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tmellon2 • today at 4:34 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

We can simply get rid of most oil - Just ONE square mile of batteries and a TOTAL of 100 x 100 square miles of Solar can power the entire USA 24/7.

It is because of world wide adoption of EVs that the fossil fuel demand has reduced and stabilized gas prices in the US.

See : https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/batteries-have-unlo...


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readthenotes1 • today at 5:53 AM

So cover 6% of California in solar panels?

Or nearly all of Maryland?

clipsy • today at 5:10 AM

> a TOTAL of 100 x 100 square miles of Solar

But first we’d need to develop four dimensional solar panels