I see this misinterpreted all the time. Elon is not literally proposing that we build a single giant solar farm to power the whole country. It’s an illustration. “what about all the transmission you’d need!??” You’re missing the point entirely. Solar PV has a higher power density than New York City. We don’t need to build massive transmission to use solar. In fact, one of the biggest advantages of solar PV is that solar energy is already wirelessly distributed. Solar is one of the few technologies that can actually cut distribution costs. No centralized generator, even an SMR, is going to help with the distribution costs that make up 2/3 of T&D. Solar + storage lets us bypass T&D constraints and generate electricity on site. With how slow T&D upgrades have been, solar + storage is essential for rapid electrification at scale.