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points by jerven 2 days ago | 0 comments
Is that actually that much more than building 400GW worth of nuclear generation capacity (assuming 10 hours of nighttime)? I think that, that simple calculation shows that it is viable. Even a trillion is 1/32th of the US GDP. Construction over a decade should not stress the US economy at all.

I also think your trillion number is at least double the raw cell cost today.

[–] pinkgolem 2 days ago
A night goes 8 hours or so, so you need 50gw of nuclear
[–] jerven 2 days ago
500gw (Terra is 1000 Giga), which would make the nuclear story even worse.
[–] pinkgolem 2 days ago
You are right... Sorry about that comment