West Virginia is about 15.4M acres and is indeed the land comparison used in the Net Zero report for amount required.

Life cycle emissions of Solar PV are currently 40g/kWh and falling. Gas is about 450 and coal 900. A 91% or 95% reduction isn't perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better.

March 26, 2026 - 19:38 UTC

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You seem kind of OK with such an inordinately large footprint. And you cant quantify its footprint simply in terms of carbon emmisions.
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Land occupation is just slightly higher than gas and as discussed, way lower than biofuels. Plus the dual use potential with agrivoltaics.

What other footprints would you like to discuss- mining, air pollution, water use, even waste heat production all go down versus status quo.
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