That's 16 hours of sunlight but more importantly that allows the US to distribute energy production from hydro, wind, and geothermal production across the count

That's 16 hours of sunlight but more importantly that allows the US to distribute energy production from hydro, wind, and geothermal production across the country. During the daylight hours solar is great of course but my point about power averaging out had more to do with the other forms of renewable energy.