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      Nah, I messed up looking at the answer, not with the math.

      Edit: it’s wild that I was downvoted for admitting my mistake.

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        Nah, I messed up looking at the answer, not with the math.

        You messed up the math, so how is this admitting your mistake?

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          No, I didn’t. The math was fine, it was me not counting the places in the answer correctly that was the problem.

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              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.

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                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?

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                    If you think I have made an error, feel free to point it out. I prefer being corrected than being wrong.

                    I’ve never understood why people are so reluctant to admit mistakes. Insecurity? I have no problem with it.