Oh come on. Enough sunlight hits the earth in an hour to power worldwide consumption for a year.<p>It takes an infinitesimal amount of land if you were going to use solar alone [1]. There is enough wind power potential in the US midwest, from North Dakota to Texas, to power the entire US 4x over [2]. There&#x27;s enough generation capacity to move 77% of light vehicles in the US over to electric immediately. There&#x27;s plenty of energy to go around.<p>Fun fact: The latest budget bill that passed at the end of 2015 had one of the largest subsidies (ITC production tax credit) for solar and wind generation installation ever.<p>[1] 
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