re: #408 SixDegrees

Solar energy absolutely dwarfs any amount of energy that we could ever use.

“The total flux of energy entering the Earth’s atmosphere is estimated at 174 petawatts.” (all the time)

Megawatt Gigawatt Terawatt Petawatt.

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We merely have to make use of it.
As a society we have been lazy at doing so because fossil energy has been so cheap.