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Several problems. Back in the 70s when I took physics and did the problem to supply the U.S. with the electricity we were using back then would require capturing all the energy falling as sunlight on an area the size of New Mexico. It would simply be too expensive to build and even if you built it it would have to be in a place like New Mexico where the sun shines. Pushing that much power East where it would be actually used would just not be feasible. Solar just don’t cut it. Great for heating your pool, though.

For the life of me I don’t understand the addle brained thinking of people. What in the world is the problem, we have 100 years of high grade oil and 500 years of oil shale and even more of oil sand. Drill here, drill now isn’t just a bumper sticker, it is only logical but I guess that is too hard for our politicians and high school drop out voters.

Drill here. Drill now.

There are thousands of federal, state and local regulations on drilling that can be lifted if angry Americans demand it be done. That day will come if prices get high enough--though a bunch of politicians may have to be voted out of office to make it happen.

I think you need to re-do your calculations.

http://www.americanenergyindependence.com/solarenergy.html

“A 10,000 square mile solar energy farm that produces 46,464,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per day would produce 365 x 46,464,000 = 16,956,360,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year or about 17 trillion kilowatt-hours, which is 17,000 terawatt-hours or 17 petawatt-hours.
Tera- (symbol: T) is a prefix in the SI system of units denoting 1012, 1 Trillion or 1,000,000,000,000 (1 million million) therefore, 1 terawatt = 1 Trillion watts.
In physics and mathematics, peta- (symbol: P) is a prefix in the SI (system of units) denoting 1015, 1 Quadrillion or 1,000,000,000,000,000 (1 billion million) therefore, 1 petawatt = 1 Quadrillion watts.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_use_in_the_United_States

“The United States is the largest energy consumer in terms of total use, using 100 quadrillion BTU (105 exajoules, or 29000 TWh) in 2005, equivalent to an (average) consumption rate of 3.3 TW.”

“For the life of me I don’t understand the addle brained thinking of people. What in the world is the problem, we have 100 years of high grade oil and 500 years of oil shale and even more of oil sand. Drill here, drill now isn’t just a bumper sticker, it is only logical but I guess that is too hard for our politicians and high school drop out voters.”

because algore has convinced many people the most evil thing in the world is a car engine.
if we drill - we will only be enabling our “oil addiction”.