That’s just one country.
Multiply by 200 countries, assuming each one of them were as advanced as the West and you need probably about 5 billion new lines or so.
Add it to the list. But the rats keep the push.
Well, no.
From the Article: the world will need to refurbish or add 50 million miles of new transmission lines within 17 years
Add to that all the batteries that have to be built for backup for when the sun don’t shine and the wind don’t blow.
And also all the towers they have to build to hang those lines.
Half of the earth is going to be one huge mine.
A half of mile of power lines for every human on the planet in 2050. That does not seem right.... A mile for every 10 I can almost accept. I put in 1/2 mile of private powerlines for 10k with new poles, transformer, wire and hardware. The new occupants are 66% likely to be urban, they need a battery and a solar panel each (500W).
“That’s just one country.”
Article: global; world
“lines”
miles x 200 not equal to lines.