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Originally Posted by mikeyd
The amount of Solar energy being generated/collected is doubling every 2 years and is just 8 doublings away from fully meeting current needs (i.e. potentially 16 years)
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Doubling from 1 to 2, and 2 to 4, and 4 to 8 is pretty easy. 8 more doublings, not so much. Take a piece of paper, any piece of paper, and double it 8 times.
By the time we get to 100% solar power, the Earth will be dark from the shadows of the solar panels we will be living under.
j/k