> The author then compounds the mistrust by stating that by 2050, we might need up to 0.5% of land dedicated to generating solar power. ZERO POINT FIVE percent. And I’m supposed to think that’s a problem? 10 million acres out of the nearly 2 billion we have

This comment reminds me of the early naïveté about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

CO2 increased from 0.03% to 0.04% of atmosphere? ZERO POINT ZERO ONE percent. And I’m supposed to think that’s a problem?