[Wonder Warthog]

"I’ve often wondered if we did take it to the extreme and put solar panels over every inch of land what the end-effect would be"

Not necessary...the full energy usage of the US can be done with an area of solar cells 50 miles by 50 miles (and that includes the day-night cycle). The problem is storage and transmission, not collection. I looked this up years ago, so the numbers have probably changed (cell efficiency up, cost down and so forth).

[Gaffer]

US consumption in 2019 was 3.9 trillion kwhs. I’m not saying you’re wrong but if there is a source you can point me to for the 50X50 mile collectors, I’d appreciate it.