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We already have enough land to power the entire US with solar.

The future is renewables not pushing the can down the road with Nuclear, ignoring all of its negative externalities.

Bill Gates doesn’t need government to build solar either.



Can the united states procure enough gallium, cadmium, selenium, indium, and whatever else to build enough solar panels ?


Yes. Panels based on crystalline silicon have 95% market share and require none of those elements.


A Tom Lehrer fan, I see


silicon?


land has never been even close to the shortage for any kind of electricity generation.


All the more reason we should be replacing the whole grid with it.




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