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tht said:

So about the size of a major metropolitan and suburban area, for the entire USA.

And it would have to be built in Arizona, New Mexico, or western Texas, because you’re not going to get significant amounts of power otherwise.

It would be no more, no different from the fossil fuel infrastructure today in terms of land use really.

In terms of land use, maybe. In terms of location, there would be virtually no large-scale power production anywhere but the southwest.

The one impediment to solar is production capacity, regulations, and permits.

Latitude.

Wind, solar, and electricity storage will be the cheapest form of electricity generation in a few years.

Did we solve the energy storage crisis while I wasn’t looking? Also, I prefer my electricity to be available 24 hours a day.

Battery storage is in a virtuous cycle with electric vehicles, and storage will be built it as well.

What does that even mean? How are you going to store large amounts of power for long periods of time without constantly swapping hardware?

TomE said:

Build one with a New Technology that does not have these legacy costs.

If Apple entered the business of thorium reactors, I suspect they could have a monopoly on power production in the US within 20 years.

claire1 said:

ericthehalfbee said:

Fingerprint sensor still on the back (and so many hoping for it to be under the screen).

And Apple was laughed at and called a failure for not accomplishing TouchID under the screen. Sammy gets a pass though....

Yeah, but how’s Samsung going to do it if they don’t have Apple to steal from? There’s only Android expectation if there’s an Apple equivalent.

danvm said:

Apple is the first US company with $1T valuation, and second worldwide, behind PetroChina.  

Yes, I certainly trust Chinese stock report numbers, just like I trust every other number from the Chinese government–which, if you’ll remember, only exists because the US still uses the Bretton Woods system. And we’re not going to anymore.

Not until $207.05