The U.S. Military has a budget of $700 billion per year, so if the entire military budget went towards solar power, it would take 3 years to get all houses on solar. If we assume the price drops to 10,000 for each house, then the cost is 1.2 trillion, or 2 years of the military budget. Let's amortize the buying of solar power over 10 years and let's assume that the home owner pays $1500 towards the conversion (about what a typical household might pay in electricity for one year. So the price tag for the solar energy system, if paid out of the governments pocket, would be $8500 each or 1.1 trillion or $107 Billion per year for 10 years. Or 14% of the U.S. Military Budget in a giving year. This is about what is paid in a year to the top 5 Prime Contractors, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, and General Dynamics ($97 billion in 2016). Another comparison is the F-35 Fighter Jet. Every, single, household in America could have ...
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