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30 trillion? We would have to burn up the remaining fossil energy to build the green utopia, which would be vastly less energy per capita, with no fossil energy left to maintain the infrastructure of the green utopia, the utopia gradually feeding on itself until there is nothing left.

Heating the average house in Minnesota with electricity would cost well in excess of a $1000mnth, probably $7000 October to April. You would have to reduce the house size by a factor of about 4, while rebuilding for vastly improved efficiency.

The whole thing is likely a quadrillion dollars on the way to history's dumpster.

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