▲ 98 ▼ The World Adds a Third Terawatt of Solar Power (e360.yale.edu) submitted 2 months ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/energy@slrpnk.net 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children) If only this power would be used for good permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) For real, I remember seeing some documents claiming 73 TW would future proof humanity about a decade ago, but NOT ANYMORE! EDIT: For anybody wondering how that math worked out, it basically stipulates that by setting up the solar we would no longer need to transport oil across the globe and thereby cut total power usage to a point that it would never outpace new solar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago Best we can do is AI data centers to make memes and distract us all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) For real, I remember seeing some documents claiming 73 TW would future proof humanity about a decade ago, but NOT ANYMORE! EDIT: For anybody wondering how that math worked out, it basically stipulates that by setting up the solar we would no longer need to transport oil across the globe and thereby cut total power usage to a point that it would never outpace new solar. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago Best we can do is AI data centers to make memes and distract us all permalink fedilink source parent