Wharfie, 1,184 km2 of solar panels is actually quite a lot. Let's do a little math:
The first result from a Google search turned up this deal from Home Depot. A 4-pack of 265W solar panels for $1,412.50:
homedepot.com
Each solar panel is 1.625 square meters. Taking into account the 4-pack pricing, that amounts to $217.31 per square meter.
Converting 1,184 km2 into m2 gives you 1,184,000,000 m2. Now you're looking at $257.3B in solar panel costs alone.
And that's not even taking into account the construction costs for the stands, the landscaping needed, the power lines and regulators, the smart grid improvements, etc.
Taking all of that into account means that the total cost of 1,184 km2 of solar panels is about half a trillion dollars.
We can't afford that. Even our high speed rail boondoggle will "only" cost us $100B, and that's already taking 10-20 years to complete.
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