🔋🏭 Could the Tesla gigafactory power the country?

Jason Bordoff is an expert on geopolitics, energy security and the clean energy transition. He is the Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Jason also held senior roles in the Obama administration, including on the National Economic Council, and the National Security Council.

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Host Auren Hoffman Socials:

[thepug]

People don’t understand how much energy we use, and how difficult it is to store it

[brandonh]

People not impressed with this don't really understand. The ENTIRE US can be powered for 3 minutes from one factory. That's 50 states.

[joseontiveros]

If they make 1000 factories they'll be done in 175 years.

[mikerevendale]

What's supposed to be the message here? Is it that Tesla car batteries only store a small fraction of our total energy output?

[alaneuron]

“The largest in the world in Texas”
“I’m the smartest man in the world in my bedroom”

[drew]

EVs are 85% efficient. Compared to the diesel at 38%

[wg]

Tax cuts for tesla, more property taxes for everyone else 😂.

[jeremyanderson]

We arent powering the whole country from one battery. So its actually amazing that for one small region theres enough storage to power the entire country for ANY length of time.

[bgoodrich]

All a scam. Go Elon! Best shady man alive!

[richsargent]

Uhmmm. That's a car plant.... not a battery plant

[davidlloyd]

With annual battery growth at 400% we are quickly stabilizing the grid