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What energy problem? Just do the math... |
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US population |
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300 million |
distance travelled per person per year |
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7000 miles avg. |
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20 miles per day |
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cost of electricity |
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10 cents / KWh |
high performance electric car |
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1 cent per mile (e.g.Tesla) |
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10 miles per KWh |
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2KWh per day |
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730KWh per year |
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20 cents per day |
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$73 per year ! |
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large nuclear power station |
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5GW |
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43,800,000,000 KWh per year |
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Or transportation energy for |
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60 million people |
To reduce US oil dependency by 60% |
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just 5 power stations |
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To reduce UK oil dependency by 60% |
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1 power station |
To reduce Australia oil dependency by 60% |
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half a power station |
