Europe - With Much Less Sunshine - Has 3 Times As Much Installed Solar

It's the sun, stupid!

If the earth's entire oil supply -- ever -- were represented as an "instantaneous combustion event" in the above photo, it would not even show.

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Every state can become a solar state. "Start with the international comparison. The U.S. will get just 1.6 percent of its electricity from solar this year, according to projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In Japan, that figure is 2.4 percent; among most European countries, it's 6.1 percent. But the more compelling data comes from looking at how states already use solar power....The takeaway is that geography and political affiliation are only so important to a state's ability to generate solar power. As the EPA fight continues, it's worth remembering that moving away from coal doesn't have to be as hard as the critics say it is." Christopher Flavelle in Bloomberg View