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White Sands Missile Range alone is ~3200 square miles. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/White_Sands_Missile_Range_location.gif/330px-W

by jcims 8mo ago

White Sands Missile Range alone is ~3200 square miles. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/White_Sands_Missile_Range_location.gif/330px-White_Sands_Missile_Range_location.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Wh... If you dedicated a single (average sized) county per state to solar you'd ~3-5x the land you need for current consumption.