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minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 days agoSomeone do the math comparing total cost of Iran war to the cost of buying everyone an EV and rooftop solar.
minus-squareStabbingSky@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down15·5 days agoNapkin math disclaimer Cost of Iran war so far: $43.6b Number of people in the US with drivers license: 242.1m Average EV cost: $55k Number of households: 133m Average rooftop solar cost: $22.5k Cost to give everyone EVs: 242.1m × $55k = $13.3b Cost to give every household rooftop solar: 133m × $22.5k = $3b Total cost: $16.3b We’d have enough to do it almost 3 times.
minus-squaretoo_high_for_this@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·5 days agoYou forgot to multiply the k. You’re off by a factor of 1000.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days ago You’re off by a factor of 1000
minus-squareStabbingSky@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down7·edit-24 days agoNah, I messed up looking at the answer, not with the math. Edit: it’s wild that I was downvoted for admitting my mistake.
minus-squarewicked@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·4 days ago Nah, I messed up looking at the answer, not with the math. You messed up the math, so how is this admitting your mistake?
minus-squareStabbingSky@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·4 days agoNo, I didn’t. The math was fine, it was me not counting the places in the answer correctly that was the problem.
minus-squaresickofit@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·4 days agoThat’s part of the math
minus-squareStabbingSky@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·4 days agoNo, it’s not. The numbers used to derive the answer were correct. I did not forget to multiply by the K. I read the answer wrong when I transferred it. My math was correct, my reading wasn’t.
minus-squarewicked@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 days ago Cost to give every household rooftop solar: 133m × $22.5k = $3b Should be “133m × $22.5k = $3000b”… or 3 trillion. You don’t think the right side of the equation is part of the math?
Someone do the math comparing total cost of Iran war to the cost of buying everyone an EV and rooftop solar.
Napkin math disclaimer
Cost of Iran war so far: $43.6b
Number of people in the US with drivers license: 242.1m
Average EV cost: $55k
Number of households: 133m
Average rooftop solar cost: $22.5k
Cost to give everyone EVs: 242.1m × $55k = $13.3b
Cost to give every household rooftop solar: 133m × $22.5k = $3b
Total cost: $16.3b
We’d have enough to do it almost 3 times.
You forgot to multiply the k. You’re off by a factor of 1000.
Nah, I messed up looking at the answer, not with the math.
Edit: it’s wild that I was downvoted for admitting my mistake.
You messed up the math, so how is this admitting your mistake?
No, I didn’t. The math was fine, it was me not counting the places in the answer correctly that was the problem.
That’s part of the math
No, it’s not. The numbers used to derive the answer were correct. I did not forget to multiply by the K. I read the answer wrong when I transferred it.
My math was correct, my reading wasn’t.
Should be “133m × $22.5k = $3000b”… or 3 trillion. You don’t think the right side of the equation is part of the math?