Which will eventually be sold to private entities and public land will continue to disappear. Just like all of the public land Weyerhauser has gobbled up and shut off access. Oh I'm sorry you could pay $350 for a yearly pass that they only put a handful of out.

We don't really need new area for solar. We've got plenty, and I mean plenty, of developed hard surfaces panels can be put on top of.

Also, they already usually have infrastructural connection to power, so thats a bonus.

How many acres of parking lots does the federal government own that could accomplish this without disturbing the environment?

I can't vouch for this website, but if true, this seems like a great step in the right direction.

https://8billiontrees.com/solar-panels/how-many-solar-panels-to-power-the-us/#:~:text=How%20Many%20Acres%20of%20Solar,13%2C600%2C000%20acres%20of%20solar%20panels.

For reference, that is an area larger than South Carolina and nearly as large as Maine.

Solar is great, but decentralization is the way. Not this centralized, metered, power centralizing "green energy".

Approx 250 acres to a square km, so let's call this 100,000 sq km of land. That's about a fifth of what would be needed to power the world.

So, is the US now planning on powering Canada and South America too, or is something funny going on?