[from occupied ga]

It is entirely possible to heat/cool your home and have all the electric/electronic toys as well using solar photovoltaic panels

No it is not. Night, winter and cloudy days prevent this without some sort of energy storage. Are you proposing hydrogen as the storage medium?

[hoosierham]

The two system profiles I read were tied to the utility power grid with bidirectional flow(and automatic cutoff in case of failures).It's not cloudy EVERYWHERE at once.

My fault for not making more clear that annual energy is balanced;sometimes you send(sell) power to the grid, sometimes you take(buy) from the grid. LARGE batteries can be used to store a few days of power .

I don't advocate shutting down coal-fired plants but using American coal. Why not burn solid fuels in place and liquid fuels in motion.

There is a lack of appreciation for APPROPIATENESS;no one fuel or power source can do all things well. (A solar chain saw is silly unless you are willing to pull a wagon with a BIG battery.)