I was a little off with the 1.5e12 W. More like 1.333e12 W capacity or 1,333 GW capacity. googling a bit shows that solar capacity factor is between 13 & 30%

I was a little off with the 1.5e12 W. More like 1.333e12 W capacity or 1,333 GW capacity. googling a bit shows that solar capacity factor is between 13 & 30% Say 18% for a variety of geographies. 1333 GW x 8760 hours * 18% = 2,100,000 GWh 2.1 e6 GWh = 2.1e9 MWh 5e9 MWh is what the US uses now. Solar is still maybe 1.5 or 2x more expensive than wind. By combining wind and solar, with 2 trillion investment, you'd get most of the way towards a major greening of the grid. (of course batteries, etc will make it more expensive & EVs may double or more electric demand) So instead of that war & it's bloodshed, we could have gone a very long way towards solving the energy problems & uncertainty facing the US for decades and maybe even establish a system that could last us into perpetuity. Thanks for reading.