About those German solar power plants...

[Cleita]

47. They also use wind, which we also have an abundance of.

Go stand on the prairie in a state there like Kansas in the middle of winter. You will find there is nothing but some barbed wire fences between you and the Arctic Circle. You will know what wind, icy wind feels like and there is plenty of it. btw the Southwest is almost a quarter of the landmass of the USA, not just Arizona.

If you put solar panels on every single family residence in the USA with deep cell batteries storage, you will take care of most of those households' electric needs. When there is excess you can sell it to the power grid. When there isn't enough you can buy it back. The technology is there. Scientists who want to colonize other heavenly bodies in our Solar System know this and their blue prints rely heavily on solar power.

Please we aren't children here. We know it's possible.