Saving 10% of energy used in buildings = ~$676B if you tried to replace it with solar PV.
According to the White House Budget Summary for 2010:
- The US Military Budget is ~$707B. That's about 20% of the entire US budget [or about 41% of entire world spending on military].
- Corporate income tax revenues are projected to be ~$179B. Only ~26% of what you'd need.
- The only other two income line items of equivalent magnitude are:
- Personal income taxes (~$1051B)
- Social Security payroll taxes (~$683B)
To put this number in perspective, the US Military Budget is 4.8% of GDP. That's ~17 days of spending.
Not that it's realistic or even correct, but can you imagine the entire US economic output focused on nothing but solar for almost 2/3 of a year?
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