ELON'S SOLAR REALITY CHECK: CHINA'S PANELS ALREADY MATCH U.S. GRID DEMAND Elon dropped the numbers casual but devastating. U.S. average power consumption runs around 500 gigawatts. China’s solar capacity alone can deliver steady power at that level. Add batteries, and solar could cover half America’s yearly electricity output, no coal, no gas, just sun and storage doing the work. Source: @XFreeze