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joshcryer

(62,536 posts)

17. What fucking undersea robot armies?

Reply to kristopher (Reply #16)

Mon Jan 20, 2014, 12:24 AM

Jan 2014

Anyway, you're really grasping here. Kenya makes a little over 2GW of electricity right now. It'll grow 15x that by 2030. Of course solar accounting for half of their electricity by 2016 is a really meaningless prediction, since they'll be a net exporter of oil by 2016.

We'll revisit this in 2016, shall we?

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Elon Musk�s five insights into solar energy [View all] kristopher Jan 2014 OP

One of the most brilliant, fascinating people on the planet. silverweb Jan 2014 #1

One insight he clearly lacks is the one that would give him compassion for the 99%... NNadir Jan 2014 #2

Bunch of sour grapes cprise Jan 2014 #4

Didn't you know that $16B nuclear plants are the friend of the poor? kristopher Jan 2014 #6

I asked our landlord about sticking one out in the garage cprise Jan 2014 #7

That sounds like a plan but kristopher Jan 2014 #10

It would stop the alpha radiation at least :) n/t cprise Jan 2014 #11

Nothing is "inherently exponential" for long periods of time NickB79 Jan 2014 #3

Not Moore's Law, but "Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns" kristopher Jan 2014 #5

Actually, it could continue for a very long time. bananas Jan 2014 #14

Good discussion of the next step in scaling solar manufacturing kristopher Jan 2014 #8

CRAPPY Mathematics PamW Jan 2014 #9

he won't share IP, so it's meaningless joshcryer Jan 2014 #12

Right, too bad he doesn't offer practical solutions like your undersea robot-army cities. kristopher Jan 2014 #13

??? joshcryer Jan 2014 #15

??? kristopher Jan 2014 #16

What fucking undersea robot armies? joshcryer Jan 2014 #17