Annual solar deployment spending is approximately $500 billion per year; comparing this to historical energy transitions, it represents an unprecedented scale, potentially rivaling the scale of electrification.

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solar deployment is on an annualized $500 billion budget. That's the yearly amount that we're investing in deploying it. [1:15:13]

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Daniel Yergin — Oil destroyed Hitler, fracking destroyed PutinDwarkesh Patel
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:35:58 AM

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