Comment on The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar

gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Nice. One move that powers half a percent of the earth. Thats a huge boon.

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• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But it will be used locally so what % of the US energy usage is it?

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  • YerbaYerba@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    US total production is roughly 4000TWh per year. 20% is already renewables and another 18% is nuclear.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So an extra ~630TWh of solar which is about 15% of the current total.

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