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This says replacing all energy requires about 20 million times this amount. | This says replacing all energy requires about 20 million times this amount. | ||
Welcome - to 20 million solar entrepreneurs. That is 2.5 people out of 1000 people on earth. The would be doable, so let's do it. |
Revision as of 07:10, 9 March 2022
What Does That Mean?
Let's look at manageable units of production, such as a PV manufacturing facility that produces 5MW of solar panels per year.
How many terajoules does a 5MW array produce?
It's about 10,000MWhrs - or 36 terajoules.
Global use is 580 million terajoules.
This says replacing all energy requires about 20 million times this amount.
Welcome - to 20 million solar entrepreneurs. That is 2.5 people out of 1000 people on earth. The would be doable, so let's do it.