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you seem to be comparing energy units with power units. 1 GW of installed solar capacity should be give about 1 TW hour of energy per year (365 days * 3 hrs per
by basiccalendar74 2y ago
you seem to be comparing energy units with power units. 1 GW of installed solar capacity should be give about 1 TW hour of energy per year (365 days * 3 hrs per day as a conservative estimate).
- margalabargala 2y agoI don't think they're confusing anything. If we use your numbers, then 180GW of solar is less than 5% of energy needs, and that is increasing at less than half a percent annually. At that rate, decarbonizing by replacing a meaningful amount of the other 95% with solar will not happen in our lifetimes.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoElectrifying everything makes about 75% of that energy demand unnecessary as it was waste or avoidable inefficiencies of fossil fuels.