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If you’ll recall, the Tesla CEO spoke to numerous governors this weekend, and aside from some of his personal insight concerning AI, Musk also elaborated on how America could run totally on solar energy. He claims that you would only need 100 miles of solar panels to power the entire United States: his vision entails combining rooftop panels with utility-sized solar plants and relying on other power sources during the transition.
“If you wanted to power the entire United States with solar panels, it would take a fairly small corner of Nevada or Texas or Utah; you only need about 100 miles by 100 miles of solar panels to power the entire United States,” Musk said during his keynote conversation on Saturday at the event in Rhode Island. “The batteries you need to store the energy, so you have 24/7 power, is 1 mile by 1 mile. One square-mile.”
“If you wanted to power the entire United States with solar panels, it would take a fairly small corner of Nevada or Texas or Utah; you only need about 100 miles by 100 miles of solar panels to power the entire United States,” Musk said during his keynote conversation on Saturday at the event in Rhode Island. “The batteries you need to store the energy, so you have 24/7 power, is 1 mile by 1 mile. One square-mile.”