• Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    Zach Galifianakis Math meme

    By “solar power in operation” (in GW) i think they mean maximum output capacity rather than actual production, since these numbers add up to 923 GW while wikipedia says in 2024 there was 2.13 petawatt-hours (243 GW on average) actually produced by solar.

    wikipedia screenshot with pie chart. 2024 world electricity generation by source. Total generation was 30.85 petawatt-hours. Coal 10,587 (34.4%), Natural gas 6,796 (22.1%), Hydro 4,417 (14.4%), Nuclear 2,765 (8.99%), Wind 2,497 (8.12%), Solar 2,130 (6.92%),
Other 1,569 (5.10%)