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P.S. The oil reserves of Venezuela is worth approximately 15 (fifteen) trillion dollars! [A.R.]
Armando,
If the “War on Terrorism” doesn’t ignite a major release of “nukular” fallout, then, that whole unfortunate diversion from the human race’s actual problems may soon be ‘superfluous’ and the sooner the better since there is much more money in the SUN!
What is the SUN worth?
Again – take that 15 trillion dollars worth of oil and make ONLY Solar Panels, Solar Panel research, and Electric Cars.
This is merely an exercise in general economic theory.
Suppose, then, that the whole 15 trillion was spent on Solar Panels and electric cars and Chavez inspired this to happen without shooting or torturing people.
A. Is that enough investment to totally convert Venezuela where every household is completely independent from oil?
B. I that enough investment to convert Venezuela and Brazil?
C. Is that enough investment to convert Venezuela Brazil, New York City, and London?
D. Is that enough investment to convert Venezuela, Brazil, New York City, London, and all of China?
How about B above: the oil is gone but every citizen in Venezuela and Brazil are independent from oil.
What does that mean?
I’ve run the numbers myself concerning how much bang for the buck is produced when exchanging existing power for the power to turn sunlight into electric power and I’ve come up with a conservative 200%. Can we imagine (if not actually calculate) that the bang for the buck is at least 100%?
15 Trillion dollars worth is invested into Venezuela and Brazil so…30 Trillion comes back out.
Here is the kicker:
30 Trillion was not available on the planet Earth before the investment. 15 Trillion cost was spent with the oil into making the Solar Panels and the electric cars. 15 Trillion (very conservative estimate when considering the savings that can be realized when Solar Panels and Electric Cars are mass produced and therefore utilize the savings of economies of scale) is now flowing from the sun to the earth as productive power i.e. lighting houses, cooking food, heating homes, and supplying the fuel to drive people and supplies from place to place.
Now the 15 Trillion can be spent frivolously or it can be re-invested into new and better solar energy conversion devices and that is the point. Solar power, unlike oil power, is limitless. Once the infrastructure is in place the cost of power will steadily decline and economically speaking the world’s purchasing power will increase exponentially. Think in terms of Jobs. How many people convert from producing television sets to producing Solar panels? How many people convert from unemployment to producing electric cars, home heating units, etc.? Also think in terms of the pre-oil world economy and the post oil world economy. Now think in terms of the pre-solar and the post-solar economy? The pre-oil economy was poor in contrast because much of the human toil is replaced by oil-power. Oil is dirty and expensive to extract, control, and distribute. Oil is also a central power accelerator i.e. the flow of wealth goes to the oil companies. Solar power is a central power inhibitor i.e. the flow of wealth goes to the individual units that convert solar power to electric power (unless someone taxes solar electricity production).
Solar power is anathema to capitalism which is based upon scarcity. Solar power is abundant.
Note: The flow of oil is being stopped by the capitalists in order to raise the price (and therefore the profits) on oil.
The flow of power from the sun can be stopped. It is called “Nukular” winter.