Chessmite....you crack me up... can those numbers be right ? You'll have to excuse my ignorance here... as far as high math is concerned... I fell-off the back of the truck... at the intersection of Square Root & Pi Avenues. Far be it from me to prove you wrong but... 309 Sq.Miles of solar cells in 8 hours ? Like Jim Carry's character would say: "Thats Smokin" ! Is that even possible and who would buy that much ? According to an overview I saw recently (& by coincidence)... thats roughly equivalent to the area required (+/- 300 Sq.Miles)... to supply all the solar needed...to power the entire friggin' world.
btw; I fully concur w/ your summation in your last paragraph.
Thx 4 your efforts...they are much appreciated...gltu