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Elon Musk: “100 miles by 100 miles...of solar is enough to power the…”

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — 1/22/2026

Published | Video Starts at 17:13

And then let me ask a question. Why aren't we doing it? Yeah. So I mean, I guess rough way to think about it is 100 miles by 100 miles...of solar is enough to power the entire United States. So 100 mile by 100 mile area is, I mean you could take basically a small corner of Utah, Nevada, Nevada, New Mexico. (17:13–17:24)

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