Really, this amazed me.

[SteamyTea]

Seems that Pakistan has imported 50 GWs of PV and installed over 33 GWs of it, 18 GW in the last financial year. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/20/pakistans-installed-pv-capacity-estimated-above-27-gw/

 

The UK, 18.1 GWs installed. https://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-technology/uk-solar-capacity-up-5-9-year-on-year

 

Pakistan's first 48 GWs has an estimated cost of $2bn.

Pakistan's GDP, in 2024 was $371,570,000, UK $3,686,033,040. Near as damn it, a tenth of ours. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD

 

Per Capita CO₂ emissions are 0.72 tonne/person for Pakistan, UK 4.35 tonnes/person. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita

Population of Pakistan is 255,219,554, UK 69,551,332. https://www.worldometers.info/geography/countries-of-the-world/

[Oz07]

Is it any surprise Pakistan has a lower co2 person output?! It's the bloody third world! They don't have electricity in caves. The solar is good news but we don't want to be in a hurry to match their co2 per person else we may go back to living in caves ourselves.

[Spinny]

Tad more sun in Pakistan. Must lower the cost per unit of solar power. You are going to aspire to a fridge, a washing machine, and even some air con.