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Cost would be $3-5 trillion, or a fraction of global GDP. [1]
Then to summarize, WTF is this not happening by next year?
Only 150 GW of panels are produced per year [2]
Average consumption is 350W per person for 8 billion people. [3]. This means 3 TW needed. But need to multiply by 4 as sun shines 6 hours on average on any place, World. So say it's about 10TW need.
This means one decade gets us 1.5TW - need a few decades. But this is accelerating.
OSE proposal - entrepreneurs get involved in PV module production en masse.
Startup cost of PV manufacturing facility - couple million. See [4] - full breakdown. Initial capitalizatin appears to be spread out over an undefined period. Looks like facility would be somewhere around $2M in equipment?

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 *Then to summarize, WTF is this not happening by next year?
 *Only 150 GW of panels are produced per year [https://www.statista.com/statistics/668764/annual-solar-module-manufacturing-globally/]
-*Average consumption is 350W per person for 8 billion people.
+*Average consumption is 350W per person for 8 billion people. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_consumption]. This means 3 TW needed. But need to multiply by 4 as sun shines 6 hours on average on any place, World. So say it's about 10TW need.
+*This means one decade gets us 1.5TW - need a few decades. But this is accelerating.
+*'''OSE proposal - entrepreneurs get involved in PV module production en masse.'''
+*Startup cost of PV manufacturing facility - couple million. See [https://www.academia.edu/8045076/How_to_setup_5MW_and_10MW_Solar_PV_Module_Manufacturing_Unit_-_Complete_Business_Model] - full breakdown. Initial capitalizatin appears to be spread out over an undefined period. Looks like facility would be somewhere around $2M in equipment?