Please, Vince, understand scale.

"Jacobson also was co-author of a 2013 report outlining how New York state could supposedly transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2030. However, a close look by Bloomberg News revealed the state “would need about $382 billion and wind turbines covering an area equivalent to 13 percent of the state’s land mass” to follow the blueprint."

New York used about one trillion kWH of energy in 2008. At 12 cents per kWH, they spent $120 billion on energy. Transitioning to 100% renewables would save 35% of that energy, or $42.4 billion per year. That makes the payback less than 10 years on energy cost alone, aside from secondary benefits.

Presuming the Bloomberg article stated the entire are of wind farms, divide by 100 for actual land required. Recognize that wind farms are actual farms and ranches simutaneously.

Be careful picking demagogues.