==California represents the easy 80% side of the Pareto curve for a lot of this stuff==
It also represents 12% of the country's population, which makes it a better benchmark than just being 1 of 50 states.
It also represents 12% of the country's population, which makes it a better benchmark than just being 1 of 50 states.
Florida and Colorado are not much farther below California in total solar radiation per year per sq meter, either.
Ditto for even Idaho and Oklahoma.