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    1 day 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?

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        13 hours ago

        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.

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          13 hours ago

          The person I initially responded to said that the reason I was off by a factor of 1000 was because I forgot to multiply by the K in the price.

          I said the actual reason I was off by 1000 was because when I glanced at the calculator I read the result wrong. The math was right, my reading comprehension wasn’t.

          I was never arguing that the answer I put in the comment wasn’t wrong. I even edited it.