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I've always argued this is a Field of Dreams problem. In that if you build it they will come. The electric will expand to meet demand.
by Server6 3y ago
I've always argued this is a Field of Dreams problem. In that if you build it they will come. The electric will expand to meet demand.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoNumbers that I saw recently: The largest US solar electrical generation plant right now is about 400MW. To electrify fast enough to get to about-as-close-to-net-zero-as-we-can-imagine by 2050, the US would need to build one of these plants and bring it online ... ... every two weeks.
- blake1 3y agoThe US installed 11.8GW solar last year. That is 453MW/every 2 weeks. :-) Yes, that’s nameplate capacity, so you can’t count on solar to delivery the power to get us over the line by itself. But we are nearly on track to the net zero goal when you add in … … wind.