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A quick calculation on Wolfram Alpha: to cover 2% of the world's surface at 50EUR/m2 would cost roughly 540 trillion euros, or 5.5 years of current world GDP.
by esperent 3y ago
A quick calculation on Wolfram Alpha: to cover 2% of the world's surface at 50EUR/m2 would cost roughly 540 trillion euros, or 5.5 years of current world GDP.
- marcosdumay 3y agoQuoting the GP: > People forget that PV, battey, wind costs are still decreasing. Some insist on forgetting it. And the decrease has been exponential, with no reason to believe it will stop at the next order of magnitude. Anyway, covering 2% of the world with anything is a huge undertaking.
- guerby 3y agoIf I'm not mistaken 510 millions square kilometer earth surface, 2% of that 10 millions square kilometer, at 200 Wp/m2 gives 2 PW peak. Current peak electricity production capacity is about 7.5 TW according to: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267358/world-installed-power-capacity/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/267358/world-installed-p...