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Originally Posted by sendler
We might be able to scrape up enough for 10 billion people to have 500 Wh each for an e-bike or scooter board and run some lighting when they are not riding them.
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We are currently consuming 17 TW continuous average. 400TWh to store 1 day's worth. Still 200 even if full electric conversion happens to be twice as efficient. 20 world GigaFactories for 60 years. The world will be one big pit mine before we are done.
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Wait till the green flag fliers see the mining and processing techniques for rare earth elements and what's left over from processing. They will be begging for hydraulic fracturing and nuclear power.
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