Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be
by desdiv on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @06:25PM
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>1% of all deserts is only correct if you are talking about only today's electricity use. Even moderate growth and actually solving energy, not just the electricity subset drives these percentages much higher.
U.S. electricity usage has been flat for the past 10 years[0] despite a cumulative GDP growth of 34% over the same period. I'm not saying the same trend will continue to hold, but you are overestimating future electricity usage growth.
U.S. electricity usage has been flat for the past 10 years[0] despite a cumulative GDP growth of 34% over the same period. I'm not saying the same trend will continue to hold, but you are overestimating future electricity usage growth.
[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/201794/us-electricity-co...