You're right on the national level, but we can't put all our energy creation in the US midwest and just "transport" it somehow 1,000 miles to urban centers. Th

You're right on the national level, but we can't put all our energy creation in the US midwest and just "transport" it somehow 1,000 miles to urban centers. The US NE Corridor has almost zero empty land, but consumes a major portion of the energy.