re: The world's biggest deserts could be the best places for harvesting solar energy, right?

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While solar panels absorb most of the sunlight that reaches them, only around 15% of that incoming energy gets converted to electricity. The rest is returned to the environment as heat.

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There really hasn't been any significant break-through in solar power for at least the last 35-40 years.

Yeah, the 'cost' has dropped BUT that is because most are being manufactured in, you guessed it, China.
They are using low wage folks with little or no regulations to hamper production.

We have heard that there are major break throughs 'just right around the corner' for the last 35-40 years.

Solar power has some applications that are good but its still no-where near what our nation is going to need for its current and future power needs.

We are going to need lots and lots of oil and LNG for a long time.

Maybe one day, just maybe, many will wake-up see that nuclear power is the way to go for our future power needs. But don't hold your breath.