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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
The only way the US could power everything with solar by doubling current solar capacity and adding 7 hours of storage is get everyone to cut their consumption by about 95%, including industrial users.
As of 2014 if Japan bought every solar panel on earth they wouldn't even be able to provide half the country's power.
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That's just what the Saudis have in mind...
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ark-36306.html
Almost 3 times their total current electricity usage, 100 times as big as the biggest PV plant in existence.
If every oil producing country would invest 10% of its oil revenue in solar it is going to be big. Just include shale oil.
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