>1. Establish a huge solar concentrator, with a 10-mile  area of sunlight
>concentrators.

The environmentalists will tie this up in the court system for 
decades. Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone.

>A plant of this size can supply the needs of the entire USA from one
>site. No new nukes,
>no use of petroleum to generate electricity anymore. The headaches of
>the past are ended.

100 sq miles (I assume that is what you mean) is about 3 x 10^8 sq 
meters. We get about a kW of solar power when the Sun is shining. So 
we'd get 2.3 x 10^12 kWh a year, if the Sun shined 24 hours a day and 
you were 100% efficient. (Please check my math) We presently use 
about 4 x 10^12 kWh a year of electricity. Throw in the fact that the 
Sun doesn't shine at night, and various conversion inefficiencies, 
and you'd probably need more like 1000 sq miles.



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