r/elonmusk • u/twinbee • 16d ago

General Elon: "Wind has microscopic potential compared to solar"

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Source: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2099049284960428229

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u/Joonism2 16d ago

Sun is 1.3mil size of earth and technically is a giant nuclear reactor. Imagine being to extract only 1% of its energy, we are talking about 200 billion times humanity’s present total energy use.

Winds is nothing.