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It’s about MWh per sq ft. Renewables have terrible energy production density compared with nuclear. Off shore wind isn’t really a thing and the secondary benefits are irrelevant - nothing is stopping you from using a basic shade structure / solar panels if you really want the power anyway.

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What matters isn't power density, it's cost, and renewables are handily beating nuclear on that, the relevant metric.

I would pay more to not cover everything in toxic crap.

PV is toxic crap? What?

They have lead, etc. In them. If not properly recycled (they won't be) that'll end up in the environment. And they cover up and mar the beauty of the land. Maybe that's fine if you live next to a desert.

There are lead backing sheets being used with PV, but they aren't required, and are being phased out in Europe and some other places. The lead is incompatible with some PV new higher efficiency silicon PV technologies due to processing temperature, so there's additional reason to get rid of it. Bifacial PV cells would not have a backing sheet. In any case it is not a requirement for even monofacial PV.

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