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@XRebellionUK Carrying the energy equivalent of the aviation fuel used by an aircraft flying to Asia would require $60 million worth of Tesla-type batteries weighing five times more than that aircraft.
@XRebellionUK When the world’s four billion poor people increase energy use to just one-third of Europe’s per capita level, global demand rises by an amount equal to twice America’s total consumption.
@XRebellionUK A 100x growth in the number of electric vehicles to 400 million on the roads by 2040 would displace five percent of global oil demand.
@XRebellionUK Batteries produced annually by the Tesla Gigafactory (world’s biggest battery factory) can store three minutes worth of annual U.S. electric demand.
@XRebellionUK To make enough batteries to store two day's worth of U.S. electricity demand would require 1,000 years of production by the Gigafactory. And you have to charge them!
@XRebellionUK It costs less than 50p to store a barrel of oil, or its equivalent in natural gas, but it costs £200 to store the equivalent energy of a barrel of oil in batteries.
@XRebellionUK Transforming the energy economy is not like putting a few people on the moon a few times. It is like putting all of humanity on the moon—permanently.
@XRebellionUK Go home.
