Reply #30: All of which means absolutely nothing. [View All]

You can throw around all sorts of figures, but the reality is that solar continues to be a fraction of 1% of all energy generation, and it's not growing nearly fast enough to supplant other energy needs. You're talking about replacing one nuclear reactor a year, MAYBE, starting in three or four years. But there are dozens of such reactors in the US alone, hundreds in the world. At its current rate of growth, solar won't produce enough power to compete for at least 50 or 60 years.

More to the point, you haven't countered, or even acknowledged, the simple facts about the amount of area needed to produce solar energy. To supply the entire US with all its energy needs, you would in effect have to pave over all of Nevada with solar cells.