The average peak solar irradiance is 1,000 watts/meter^2. Assuming we get that only for 4 hours a day and no sunlight any other time, that's 1.44×10^7 J/m^2/day, or 5.26×10^9 J/m^2/year. Dividing those numbers together, we get 1.21×10^11 square meters needed.
Texas is 6.957×10^11 square meters.
You might want to take that class again.
If you did the calculations say 30 years ago when solar was orders of magnitude less efficient you might have gotten to those numbers, but today we are in a very different situation.
Nuclear base load with solar and wind will absolutely provide the vast majority of clean energy for future generations.
1.6x total area of France
Sources (these aren't great, feel free to substitute better numbers from better sources):
175 kWh/m2 per year: https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_8/advanced/a8...
About 550 Ej world primary energy usage: https://www.statista.com/statistics/265598/consumption-of-pr...
Obviously this is ignoring energy storage etc etc
That’s why a lot of environmentalist’s focus is on reducing energy consumption.
With remote working, my travel consumption is way way down. Food delivery has all but stopped my need to ever get in my car.
I mean it's not the end solution, but it's not a non-starter
Nuclear though. 100%
Is it better though? Depends on your car, but someone on a scooter loitering, then going to a restaurant/store for you, and then to your home, and then the same thing again, is drastically less efficient than you doing a round-trip.