| 3M | “three million” | Moskowitz: China supported 3 million solar jobs while installing twice US capacity | Scott Moskowitz | Mar 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 3M | “three million” | Cantor: BYD vehicle sales jumped from 400k to 3 million by 2023 | Corey Cantor | Feb 1, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 2.8M | “2.8 million” | Bullard: DeepSeek V3 matched Meta Llama 3.1 using under 2.8M GPU hours | Nat Bullard | Feb 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 2.7M | “2.7 million” | Pantano: 2023 US heat pump shipments fell 9.5% while furnaces dropped 25% | Steve Pantano | Oct 19, 2023 | Supported |
| 2M | “2003 thousand” | Berdichevsky: Only 2,000 to 3,000 EVs were sold worldwide in 2011 | Gene Berdichevsky | Jul 25, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 2M | “two million” | Yedvab: Halting global warming would cost $20 billion annually using Stardust | Yanai Yedvab | Jul 1, 2026 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Hoyland: Geothermal slim wells cost $1M to $4M at 5,000-6,000 feet | Carl Hoyland | May 29, 2025 | Supported |
| 2M | “Two million” | Bullard: China exported 6.4 million vehicles in 2024, outpacing global rivals | Nat Bullard | Feb 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Kann: Projected 2030 battery recycling capacity exceeds scrap supply by 5x | Shayle Kann | Feb 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | China consumes roughly half of the world's annual copper supply | Cristobal Undurraga | Jun 1, 2023 | Supported |
| 2M | “two million” | Yergin: China's Russian oil imports surged from 1M to nearly 2M bpd | Dr. Daniel Yergin | Sep 22, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 1.6M | “1.6 million” | Cantor: BYD vehicle sales jumped from 400k to 3 million by 2023 | Corey Cantor | Feb 1, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Linville: India recently bought 2.5 million tons of fertilizer above $900/ton | Josh Linville | May 14, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Linville: European nitrogen fertilizer production is running at 75% capacity | Josh Linville | May 14, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Stadler: Early microgrid feasibility studies cost $500k and took five engineers a year | Michael Stadler | Apr 7, 2025 | — |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Bullard: China exported 6.4 million vehicles in 2024, outpacing global rivals | Nat Bullard | Feb 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Klauber: ZEMBA second maritime fuel procurement targets nearly 500,000 tons of emissions | Adam Klauber | Dec 19, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Delta buys 4B gallons of fuel yearly, securing only 3.5M of SAF | Amelia DeLuca | May 16, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Woolley: Europe has 8M plug-in EVs compared to 4.5M in the US | Nick Woolley | Nov 30, 2023 | Supported |
| 1.5M | “a half million” | Pantano: US Needs 3.2M Induction Stoves by 2025, Double Current Pace | Steve Pantano | Oct 19, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 1.5M | “1.45 million” | Cantor: US EV sales grew nearly 50% in 2023 to 1.45M | Corey Cantor | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.2M | “1.2 million” | Cantor: Tesla Model Y was the world's top-selling vehicle in 2023 | Corey Cantor | Feb 1, 2024 | Supported |
| 1.2M | “1.2 million” | Pierpoint: California grid hosts 1.2M solar panels and 1M EVs | Lara Pierpoint | Mar 11, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Quantum roadmaps target million-qubit systems within three to five years | Bob Sorenson | Jul 16, 2026 | Supported |
| 1M | “one million” | Yedvab: Background stratospheric levels make small-scale sulfate testing impossible | Yanai Yedvab | Jul 1, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 1M | “a million” | Linville: Over 900,000 tons of urea are trapped behind Strait of Hormuz | Josh Linville | May 14, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Hershman: Solar installation is closer to manufacturing than traditional construction | George Hershman | Apr 30, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Phillips: Duke Energy manages one million customers and 2.5GW in summer capacity | Stacey Phillips | Mar 10, 2026 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Phillips: Duke Energy has one million field switches, mostly one-way | Stacey Phillips | Mar 10, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Brown: Large VPPs remain predictably stable even with individual customer control | Ben Brown | May 6, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Bullard: GM vehicle sales in China dropped from 4M to under 1M | Nat Bullard | Feb 6, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Klauber: RMI RFP allows two-thirds of green steel procurement via book-and-claim | Adam Klauber | Dec 19, 2024 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Lockmiller: Crusoe's large GPU clusters require over one million fiber strands | Chase Lockmiller | Oct 22, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “one million” | One large cement plant supplies roughly 100 ready-mix concrete plants | Leah Ellis | Oct 17, 2024 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Loo: Singapore and Rotterdam bunkered 1 million tons of biofuels this year | Dr. Lynn Loo | Jul 12, 2024 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Moerenhout: Zero Chance Energy Transition Succeeds on Schedule Without China | Tom Moerenhout | Apr 11, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Visioni: Mount Pinatubo injected 10 to 20 megatons of stratospheric sulfate | Dan Visioni | Sep 14, 2023 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Yeagerson: Aggregated EV fleets will become highly dispatchable grid capacity resources | Ty Yeagerson | Aug 31, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Chile's Escondida mine produces as much copper as the entire US | Cristobal Undurraga | Jun 1, 2023 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | China consumes roughly half of the world's annual copper supply | Cristobal Undurraga | Jun 1, 2023 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Schneider: California Overdraws One Million Acre-Feet of Groundwater Annually | Gia Schneider | Apr 20, 2023 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Bullard: Global electric fleet reached 287M two-wheelers versus 27M passenger cars | Nat Bullard | Mar 2, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Friedmann: Moving 1M tons of ammonia in Galveston requires $500M in storage | Julio Friedmann | Jan 5, 2023 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Ellis: Portland cement plants produce between 1M and 5M tons annually | Leah Ellis | Nov 17, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Yergin: China's Russian oil imports surged from 1M to nearly 2M bpd | Dr. Daniel Yergin | Sep 22, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Jaffe: Second-life EV batteries struggle economically against sub-$100/kWh new cells | Sam Jaffe | Jul 21, 2022 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Jaffe: Vehicle-to-grid integration is the future of EV battery deployment | Sam Jaffe | Jul 21, 2022 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Ackerman: Northfield Mountain pumped hydro can power 1M homes for 8 hours | Daniel Ackerman | Jul 1, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Kann: 1PointFive's million-ton direct air capture plant targets enhanced oil recovery | Shayle Kann | Apr 7, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Jenkins: European gas prices reached $26 per MMBTU versus $4 in US | Jesse Jenkins | Mar 31, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Jenkins: Corporate self-sanctioning stranded 1.5M barrels daily of Russian crude exports | Jesse Jenkins | Mar 31, 2022 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Pierpoint: California grid hosts 1.2M solar panels and 1M EVs | Lara Pierpoint | Mar 11, 2022 | Supported |
| 4K | “three A thousand” | Bullard: China electric commercial truck sales grew from 3,000 to 81,500 in H1 2025 | Nat Bullard | Jan 22, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.5K | “a half thousand” | Bullard: China electric commercial truck sales grew from 3,000 to 81,500 in H1 2025 | Nat Bullard | Jan 22, 2026 | Supported |
| 1.5K | “a half thousand” | Apley: Orca runs at 2,500 to 3,000 tons after 2.5 years | Andreas Apley | Oct 3, 2024 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Wang: Voya's generator runs indefinitely via continuous aluminum refueling | Richard Wang | Aug 27, 2026 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Quantum qubit scaling follows a near-exponential trajectory | Bob Sorenson | Jul 16, 2026 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Kann: Department of Defense is seeking a 2,000 Wh/kg battery | Shayle Kann | Jun 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Lubershane: Ultra-dense batteries will commercialize in defense long before EVs | Andy Lubershane | Jun 18, 2026 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Araque: Over 50 super-hot geothermal wells have been drilled worldwide | Carlos Araque | Mar 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Bullard: Simple-cycle gas costs hit $1,500/kW while RICE costs reach $3,000/kW | Nat Bullard | Jan 15, 2026 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Bullard: Texas 2030 demand forecasts diverge between 1,000 TWh and 1,600 TWh | Nat Bullard | Jan 15, 2026 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Rountree: Selling software to legacy industries limits operational innovation | Ian Rountree | Jan 8, 2026 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Competition on AI latency will force local GPU deployments in major markets | Dr. Ben Lee | Dec 18, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Clements: FERC has avoided standardized rules since standard market design failed | Allison Clements | Oct 30, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Brough: Roughly 1,400 new data centers are planned across the US | Tony Brough | Jun 5, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Kann: The US lacks end-user demand for 1,000 new hyperscale data centers | Shayle Kann | Jun 5, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Belady: Modern GPU modules consume 1,000 watts compared to 200W CPUs | Christian Belady | Jul 18, 2024 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Vijendran: Space solar becomes economically viable below $1,000 per kilo launch costs | Sanjay Vijendran | Aug 10, 2023 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Ellis: Cement emissions split evenly between heat and chemical decomposition | Leah Ellis | Nov 17, 2022 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Chay: Stripe exclusively purchases carbon removal with at least 1,000-year durability | Freya Chay (Freya Che) | Aug 25, 2022 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Kann: XPRIZE Carbon Removal drew 1,000 applications and awarded 15 milestone prizes | Shayle Kann | May 5, 2022 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Bataille: Global saline aquifers offer thousands of gigatons of CO2 storage | Dr. Chris Bataille | Apr 7, 2022 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | DeWitt: Large Western nuclear builds face multi-billion-dollar cost overruns | Jake DeWitt | Feb 25, 2022 | Supported |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Ransohoff: Stripe requires 1,000-year permanence and a sub-$100 price trajectory | Nan Ransohoff | Nov 18, 2021 | — |
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