How about this then: take all the immense acreage of land we'd need to use for wind/solar, put a nuclear power plant and storage facility in the middle of it, a

How about this then: take all the immense acreage of land we'd need to use for wind/solar, put a nuclear power plant and storage facility in the middle of it, and then turn all the earmarked land into a no-trespassing national park. We'll produce just as much energy, we'll be efficient about it, and we'll have a ton of wildlife and preserved habitat. Because to actually power the country with renewable resources will require a TON of space.