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  • World Military Spending - $1.7T
  • US GDP - $17T, and Government Budget- $7T
  • World GDP - or GWP - $85T
  • World energy use - 144 PWhr
  • USA Military Spending - $640B - $2k per capita spending
  • USA Trillion Military Budget - [1]
  • Annual energy use by USA - 94 exajoules
  • US energy consumption by sector - 40% electricity, 30% transportation - [3]
  • Total USA energy use - 25 PWhr - [4] - (petawatt hours (See Metric Prefixes))
  • Equivalent to 90 exajoules, consistent with Renewable Energy "Blue Bible" above.
  • 250GW of PV is installable on existing rooftops - Cosservative estimate (50% of residential rooftops) - [5]
  • Per year, let's take average insolation as 6 hours per day * 365 days - or 550 TWhr per year. That is 2% of USA's energy use, or 5% of USA's electric use. This is JUST RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOPS. Needs to add commercial rooftops, parking lots, roadway medians.
  • USA road density - 67 km/ 100 sq km of area - [6]
  • USA area - 10 million sq km
  • USA roads - 6.7 million km. Assume an average road is 2 lane with shoulder - each lane has 12 foot (3.7m) standard in the USA - [7] - or an area of about 100,000 sq km. This could power 1/4 of the world's energy needs (oil, nukes, solar)
  • Area required to power all of the world with PV is 400,000 sq km - [8]
  • Total forest area of the world - 4 billion hectares - [9] - 30% of land area of world.
  • Total farmland area worldwide -
  • Total land area - 150M sq km - google
  • Total agriculture land - 33% of world land according to FAO - [10]
  • Energy per capita US vs Switzerland - As an indicator, the average energy use per person is 12,000 watts in the USA but only 3,000 in the Switzerland - [11]
  • Percentage of USA energy by source. Coal electricity is 40% - [12]
  • Half of USA rooftops could replace all coal electricity in the USA - [13]
  • World electricity production 2009 - 20PWh - [14]
  • Area of all cities compared to world land area - 0.5% - [15] - or 750,000 sq km.

Other

  • Average driving distance - 13.5k miles/yr - USA - [16]
  • Average commute, USA - 14 miles - [17]
  • Tesla Model S battery - $12k for 10 years of service - [18]
  • This source says 5 years of service - [19]
  • Given $1200/year battery costs of Tesla Model S, cost of fuel or electricity is $1700 - no savings - between the electric and regular fuel option approximately at the 15,000 mile per year mark - according to cost calculator at [20]
  • Lithium Ion batteries - predicted to go down to under $200/kWh -[21]
  • Nickel-Iron battery energy density - 50Wh/kg - [22]
  • Lithium ion battery is 2-5x as energy dense.
  • Wikipedia says Nickel-Iron battery is 25Wh/kg -[23]
  • This source says 30-50Wh/kg - [24]
  • Lithium reserves - 13 million tons worldwide - [25]
  • One study shows there are supplies for EVs until 2100 (about a 100 year supply)
  • EVs could replace 75% of petroleum fuel - [26]
  • Materials cost for a 18650 cell (Lithium Ion) is $1.25 (about 4W) - [27]
  • Lithium is $40/lb - [28]
  • According to this source - [29] - we have 100 years of nickel reserves, nad 200 years of iron and aluminum.
  • Nickel - $6/lb
  • Iron - 20 cents/lb

Resources

  • Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air - [30]