| 273× | “273 times” | Kann: Nitrous oxide has 273 times the global warming potential of CO2 | Shayle Kann | Mar 16, 2023 | Supported |
| 200× | “200 times” | Dreyfus: Atmospheric methane is 200 times less concentrated than CO2 | Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus | Oct 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 100× | “hundred X” | Vahdat: AI accelerator power density is 100x higher than storage | Amin Vahdat | Apr 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 100× | “hundred times” | Baglino: Solid-state transformers are 50 to 100x more power dense | Drew Baglino | Feb 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 100× | “hundred times” | Grunwald: Beef Production Is 100 Times Less Efficient Than Direct Grain | Mike Grunwald | Jan 23, 2025 | Supported |
| 100× | “hundred times” | Lubbershane: Electrifying LaGuardia would cause 10x-100x more disruption than renovations | Andy Lubershane | May 30, 2024 | — |
| 100× | “hundred X” | Yeh: 30x to 100x lab-to-utility scale-ups are rarely project bankable | David Yeh | Dec 21, 2023 | — |
| 90× | “90 times” | Dreyfus: Megatons of methane removal match gigatons of CO2 removal | Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus | Oct 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 90× | “90 times” | Dreyfus: Atmospheric methane naturally converts to CO2, which is far less potent | Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus | Oct 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 84× | “84 times” | Kann: Methane traps 84x more heat than CO2 over 20 years | Shayle Kann | Dec 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 80× | “80 times” | Dell: Plastic Prevents Organic Waste Decomposition in Landfills, Causing Methane Emissions | Rebecca Dell | Jan 24, 2022 | — |
| 75× | “75 times” | Steele: Average American Uses 75x More Electricity Per Year Than Average Kenyan | Kate Steele | Oct 27, 2022 | Supported |
| 60× | “60 times” | Sivaram: Grid Interconnection Studies Test Data Centers Against 10-Year Worst-Case Peaks | Varun Sivaram | Aug 28, 2025 | Supported |
| 50× | “50 times” | Peak Energy's passive sodium-ion system uses 50x less aux power than LFP | Landon Mossberg | Aug 14, 2025 | — |
| 50× | “50 times” | Kelty: LFP beats LMR for daily-cycling stationary energy storage | Kurt Kelty | Jun 26, 2025 | — |
| 50× | “50 times” | Lubershane: Solar PV and motors require 50x less land than animal power | Andy Lubershane | Jun 2, 2022 | Supported |
| 50× | “50 times” | Rutherford: Batteries are 40 to 50 times less energy dense than jet fuel | Dan Rutherford | Dec 2, 2021 | Supported |
| 45× | “45 X” | 170 new manufacturing facilities will bring large volumes of 45X tax credits | Alfred Johnson | Mar 21, 2025 | — |
| 45× | “45 times” | Bullard: Larry Fink's letters dropped climate mentions from 45 to five | Nat Bullard | Jan 30, 2025 | Supported |
| 45× | “45 X” | Alfred Johnson: Section 45X credits were second most common deal type | Alfred Johnson | Feb 20, 2024 | Supported |
| 45× | “45 X” | Johnson: First Solar tax credit deal hit high watermark at 96 cents | Alfred Johnson | Feb 20, 2024 | Supported |
| 30× | “30 times” | Kelty: LFP beats LMR for daily-cycling stationary energy storage | Kurt Kelty | Jun 26, 2025 | — |
| 30× | “30 times” | Dreyfus: Atmospheric methane naturally converts to CO2, which is far less potent | Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus | Oct 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 30× | “30 X” | Yeh: 30x to 100x lab-to-utility scale-ups are rarely project bankable | David Yeh | Dec 21, 2023 | — |
| 25× | “25 X” | Belady: Chip efficiency gains increase total power demand via Jevons Paradox | Christian Belady | Jul 18, 2024 | — |
| 25× | “25 times” | Jaramillo: 100-hour lithium-ion storage cannot clear grid energy markets economically | Mateo Jaramillo | Dec 14, 2023 | — |
| 23× | “23 times” | Top-three carbon credit broker applied a massive 23x markup | Alistair Frew (Alistair Fury) | Jun 8, 2023 | — |
| 20× | “20 x” | Fernandez: Climate tech scaling requires sequential 5-20x demonstration and FOAK steps | Mario Fernandez | Jan 16, 2025 | — |
| 20× | “20 times” | Horne: Fervo's 90MW Utah EGS project is 20x larger than predecessors | Dr. Roland Horne | Jun 27, 2024 | Supported |
| 20× | “20 times” | Yeagerson: Aggregated EV fleets will become highly dispatchable grid capacity resources | Ty Yeagerson | Aug 31, 2023 | — |
| 18× | “18 times” | Fulgham: Global gas generation grew 30–40 TWh in 2025 vs 636 TWh for solar | Nick Fulgham | Jun 4, 2026 | Supported |
| 16× | “16 X” | Cabiyo: Global biomass demand in 2050 exceeds sustainable supply by 11x | Dr. Bodhi Cabiyo | Jan 19, 2024 | — |
| 11× | “11 X” | Hade: PJM capacity prices have increased 11x over 36 months | Tim Hade | Jul 30, 2026 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Wang: Equivalent battery backup requires over 10x the footprint of diesel | Richard Wang | Aug 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 X” | Vahdat: AI accelerator power density is 100x higher than storage | Amin Vahdat | Apr 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Moskowitz: China supported 3 million solar jobs while installing twice US capacity | Scott Moskowitz | Mar 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Moskowitz: Domestic manufacturing creates the political power necessary to scale deployment | Scott Moskowitz | Mar 19, 2026 | — |
| 10× | “10 times” | Araque: 800°F Geothermal Wells Transfer 10x More Power Than 200°F Wells | Carlos Araque | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 x” | Lubershain: Grid-enhancing technologies will take up to two decades to scale 10x | Andy Lubershane | Oct 23, 2025 | — |
| 10× | “10 X” | Chaset: Startup puts GPUs on water heaters for 10x compute revenue | Nick Chaset | May 1, 2025 | — |
| 10× | “10 times” | Chiang: Four electron volts equals 4,000 to 6,500 Kelvin in thermal energy | Yet-Ming Chiang | Mar 13, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Johnson: Paying consumers to reduce demand costs 10x less than coal | Charlotte Johnson | Sep 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 X” | Khan: Clean tech startups need a 5x-10x improvement to beat scaling incumbents | Shayle Kann | Sep 12, 2024 | — |
| 10× | “10 X” | Berdichevsky: Solar has 10x higher value per kilo than batteries | Gene Berdichevsky | Jul 25, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 10× | “10 X” | Lubbershane: Compute grew 10x over a decade while power consumption rose 10% | Andy Lubershane | Aug 17, 2023 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Grogan: Seafloor massive sulfides can have 10x higher copper grades than land mines | Renee Grogan | Jul 27, 2023 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Corbeau: IEA estimates e-methane production costs at roughly $80 per MMBtu | Anne-Sophie Corbeau | Jul 13, 2023 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Kugelmass: Poor construction methods and subsidies crippled global nuclear deployment | Brett Kugelmass | Feb 16, 2023 | — |
| 10× | “10 X” | Reed: Underground HVDC may cost only 1x to 2x of overhead lines | Liza Reed | Nov 3, 2022 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Schroeder: Batteries charging at 10C in six minutes already exist | Dave Schroeder | Mar 17, 2022 | Supported |
| 10× | “10 times” | Lubershain: Biomass gasification for RNG costs 5x to 10x fossil gas | Andy Lubershane | Dec 9, 2021 | Supported |
| 9× | “nine times” | Lubbershane: Distribution Transformer Prices Rose Up to 9x Between 2020 and 2023 | Andy Lubershane | Aug 17, 2023 | Supported |
| 8× | “eight times” | Piper: PJM capacity prices jumped eightfold to around $270 per MW-day | Steve Piper | Jul 31, 2025 | Supported |
| 8× | “eight times” | Smit: Land-based mines require 4x to 8x the tonnage of seabed nodules | Hans Smit | May 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 8× | “eight X” | Climeworks plans a 250,000-ton DAC plant for its first US facility | Andreas Apley | Oct 3, 2024 | — |
| 8× | “eight X” | Kann: PJM interconnection costs surged 2x to 8x over three years | Shayle Kann | Feb 2, 2023 | Supported |
| 8× | “eight times” | Lubershane: Wind requires 7-8x more steel and cement per GWh than gas | Andy Lubershane | Jun 2, 2022 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | Google's 2026 CapEx is 5-7x the entire US transmission spend | Shayle Kann | Apr 23, 2026 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | Mukhopadhyay: Electric Aircraft Are 6-7x More Efficient Than SAF Jets | Jayant Mukhopadhyay | Aug 18, 2022 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | Rutherford: Supersonic aircraft are 5 to 7 times more carbon intensive than subsonics | Dan Rutherford | Dec 2, 2021 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Ackerman: Hydrostor's underground cavern pressurizes air to six atmospheres | Daniel Ackerman | Jul 1, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “five times” | Fulgham: India's per-capita renewables generation is 5x China's 15-year-old baseline | Nick Fulgham | Jun 4, 2026 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Von Munch: Practical fusion power plants require 5x net facility gain | Carrie Von Munch | May 21, 2026 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Moskowitz: Post-IRA US clean tech manufacturing investment surged more than fivefold | Scott Moskowitz | Mar 19, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Paying construction labor premiums is far cheaper than nuclear schedule delay costs | Chris Colbert | May 9, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Bullard: Larry Fink's letters dropped climate mentions from 45 to five | Nat Bullard | Jan 30, 2025 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Grabow: US-built container ships cost five times more than international builds | Colin Grabow | Apr 18, 2024 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Kann: Projected 2030 battery recycling capacity exceeds scrap supply by 5x | Shayle Kann | Feb 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Copper mining volume is 5x lithium, nickel, and cobalt combined | Shayle Kann | Jun 1, 2023 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Kugelmass: Replicating 1968 nuclear blueprints would cut global energy costs fivefold | Brett Kugelmass | Feb 16, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Lubershane: Pipeline energy transport is 3-5x cheaper than electric transmission | Andy Lubershane | Jun 2, 2022 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Pierpoint: California EVs could reach 5 million by 2030 | Lara Pierpoint | Mar 11, 2022 | — |
| 4× | “four times” | Wang: Voya achieves 100 MW per acre, quadrupling diesel density | Richard Wang | Aug 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Lubershane: A home humanoid robot will use 3-4x a refrigerator's annual power | Andy Lubershane | Jun 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Lubershane: Ultra-dense batteries will commercialize in defense long before EVs | Andy Lubershane | Jun 18, 2026 | — |
| 4× | “four times” | Fulgham: India's coal generation will peak 3 to 4 times lower than China's | Nick Fulgham | Jun 4, 2026 | Open |
| 4× | “four X” | Sivaram: Computing demand is more than quadrupling every year | Varun Sivaram | Aug 28, 2025 | Supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Rappahannock Electric received interconnection requests four times its total summer peak load | Nat Bullard | Jul 3, 2025 | Supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Bullard: Rappahannock received single interconnection requests 4x its peak load | Nat Bullard | Feb 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Johnson: Texas grid batteries earned 4x more revenue than UK in 2023 | Charlotte Johnson | Sep 24, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Shah: Rocky Mountain Power pays battery rebates for 10-year dispatch rights | Jigar Shah | May 23, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Grabow: US-built container ships cost five times more than international builds | Colin Grabow | Apr 18, 2024 | Supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Lovering: US and Finnish nuclear projects reached ~$8,000 per kilowatt | Jessica Lovering | Nov 16, 2023 | Supported |
| 4× | “four times” | Yeagerson: V2G capability is three to four times more valuable than V1G | Ty Yeagerson | Aug 31, 2023 | — |
| 4× | “four times” | O'Donnell: Biogas trades at about a 4x price premium to natural gas | John O'Donnell | Dec 8, 2022 | Supported |
| 4× | “four X” | GFI: Plant-based meat costs 2x to 4x conventional commodity meat | Liz Specht | Apr 14, 2022 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Lubershane: Grid equipment costs 2-3x more and takes 3-5 years to deliver | Andy Lubershane | Jun 18, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 3× | “three X” | Kann: Department of Defense is seeking a 2,000 Wh/kg battery | Shayle Kann | Jun 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Kann: Batteries must grow 2x-3x faster than solar to reach equilibrium | Shayle Kann | Jun 4, 2026 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Regulated utilities cannot take nuclear development risk with returns capped at 10% | Chris Colbert | May 9, 2025 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | U.S. Bank saw 3x more new investors via tax credit transferability | Timmy Kloster | Mar 21, 2025 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Grunwald: Global agricultural and livestock yields have tripled since the 1960s | Mike Grunwald | Jan 23, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 3× | “three X” | Frader-Thompson: Arizona Public Service VPP adoption triples the US national average | Seth Frader-Thompson | Dec 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Belady: Modern data center backrooms consume only 10% to 20% of power | Christian Belady | Jul 18, 2024 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Lubbershane: 3x battery density improvement won't make electric aviation viable | Andy Lubershane | May 30, 2024 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Lubbershane: Liquid hydrogen has up to 3x lithium-ion volumetric density | Andy Lubershane | May 30, 2024 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Norris: Texas has 40 GW of wind capacity, nearly 30% of US total | Tyler Norris | Sep 21, 2023 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Shipping copper concentrate requires 3x more energy than shipping refined copper | Cristobal Undurraga | Jun 1, 2023 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Kann: Global per capita concrete consumption tripled in 40 years | Shayle Kann | Nov 17, 2022 | Supported |
| 3× | “three X” | Lubershain: Electrifying heat could triple cold-climate peak electricity demand | Andy Lubershane | Nov 10, 2022 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Von Ossen: California and Texas will drive energy storage pipelines to triple | Britta von Ossen | Oct 24, 2022 | Partly held up |
| 3× | “three times” | Mukhopadhyay: Electric Aircraft Are 2.5x to 3x More Energy Efficient | Jayant Mukhopadhyay | Aug 18, 2022 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Lubershane: Net-zero scenarios require tripling US electric transmission capacity | Andy Lubershane | Jun 2, 2022 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Lubershane: Pipeline energy transport is 3-5x cheaper than electric transmission | Andy Lubershane | Jun 2, 2022 | Supported |
| 3× | “three X” | House: EVs require three times more copper mass than ICE cars | Kurt House | Apr 21, 2022 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | House: Sodium is fundamentally far inferior to lithium as an anode material | Kurt House | Apr 21, 2022 | — |
| 3× | “three times” | Lubershain: Moving Energy via Pipeline Is 3x Cheaper Than Transmission Lines | Andy Lubershane | Dec 9, 2021 | Supported |
| 3× | “three X” | Kann: Cleantech 1.0 software investments returned over 3x on $157M | Shayle Kann | Nov 11, 2021 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Naam: Steel accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions, tripling aviation | Ramez Naam | Nov 11, 2021 | Supported |
| 3× | “three times” | Lubershain: Grid equipment and gas plant costs have doubled or tripled | Andy Lubershane | Sep 10, 2026 | — |
| 2.5× | “2.5 times” | Norris: ERCOT connects energy projects 2.5 times faster than PJM | Tyler Norris | Sep 21, 2023 | Supported |
| 2× | “two times” | Moskowitz: Domestic manufacturing creates the political power necessary to scale deployment | Scott Moskowitz | Mar 19, 2026 | — |
| 2× | “two X” | Ball: Ammonia transport costs can be double the levelized production costs | Dr. Melissa Ball | Oct 31, 2024 | Supported |
| 2× | “two X” | Ball: Ammonia distribution costs can reach double the production cost | Dr. Melissa Ball | Oct 5, 2023 | Supported |
| 2× | “two times” | Norris: ERCOT connects energy projects 2.5 times faster than PJM | Tyler Norris | Sep 21, 2023 | Supported |
| 2× | “two X” | Kann: PJM interconnection costs surged 2x to 8x over three years | Shayle Kann | Feb 2, 2023 | Supported |
| 2× | “two X” | Reed: Reconductoring with composite core lines can double grid capacity | Liza Reed | Nov 3, 2022 | Supported |
| 2× | “two X” | Reed: Underground HVDC may cost only 1x to 2x of overhead lines | Liza Reed | Nov 3, 2022 | Supported |
| 2× | “two times” | Lubershain: Grid equipment and gas plant costs have doubled or tripled | Andy Lubershane | Sep 10, 2026 | — |
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