Back of the envelope tells me you can power the whole world's current energy needs, not just electricity, with an area that's 3/4 of Texas: https://docs.google

Back of the envelope tells me you can power the whole world's current energy needs, not just electricity, with an area that's 3/4 of Texas: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B3Vtm-bk8NIntYc8mZRwcpikF-U2VkBDOLt8PaDjR1c/ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B3Vtm-bk8NIntYc8mZRw... Getting 10x our total energy would only require half the Sahara. We have plenty of deserted place for this if that's what we wanted to do. Transporting and storing that energy is more the issue, which is why hydro/wind/solar mixes aided by batteries/nuclear are probably what we'll be focusing on for the next few decades.