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Equation 1 · Part 2 · The Fifteen-Point-Six-Terawatt Number Is Real Arithmetic Built on the Wrong Fleet Size

Symbol L

F=L×HwHrF = \frac{L \times H_w}{H_r}
LL

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L occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.

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L occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.

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…throughout, giving 7,884, 6,132, and 4,380 operating hours per unit per year respectively. Solving the labor-hours ledger, F=L×HwHrF = \frac{L \times H_w}{H_r}. for fleet size F across all nine combinations of the labor-force total L , the hours-worked bracket HwH_w , and the duty-cycle-adjusted operating hours HrH_r , produces a range from about 0.76 billion units (90 percent duty cycle, 1,600 hours worked) to about 1.88 billion units (50 percent duty cycle, 2,200 hours worked), with a representative central case — 70 percent…

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