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Lol, is that supposed to impress? Tens of trillions, and you're talking money.
Global spend on oil and gas is in the neighborhood of $4T per year. Coal is another $1T. Per year.
$0.1T or $0.8T spent on making batteries, that last ten or twenty years apiece, is small change in comparison.
The argument is about who gets the money.
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Lol, is that supposed to impress? Tens of trillions, and you're talking money.
Global spend on oil and gas is in the neighborhood of $4T per year. Coal is another $1T. Per year.
$0.1T or $0.8T spent on making batteries, that last ten or twenty years apiece, is small change in comparison.
The argument is about who gets the money.