(08-15-2012, 08:57 PM)kandrathe Wrote: So, lets for simplicity we need about $750 billion every 20 years to build and maintain the infrastructure to provide power for about 312 million people. That's $750 billion / 20 years = $37.5 billion per year, and for 312 million people is about $120 per person per year. Pretty good. And, due to weather and seasons, and nighttime, we'd still need some other form of power production or storage for the non-sunny times.
Interesting suggestions going on in here. Your math is lacking a 3% yearly inflation on the final 15-20 year replacement cost which would have to be factored into the end cost, and the cost of labor to upkeep the utility. I'd say a flat 0.1% federal tax would cover the labor costs. You want to start an online petition to start this project
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