Poppycock. Even in the Pacific NW I get plenty of solar year round and could easily power my whole house and EV if I wanted to go through the permitting process. Instead I have a smaller off grid system on my fence and trailer that charges my EV and provides emergency back up as well as lots of extra that I use through a transfer switch when available. Solar is way under utilized with literally millions of roofs, fences, and backyards without solar panels on/in them due to the influence of oil companies and their bought and paid for politicians, presstitutes, and lobbyists. Coal is filthy polluting and cancer causing just like all fossil fuels. Also, heavily subsidized by all of us... again, like all fossil fuels. Unlike coal, with solar you can have your own energy generation plant. But, by all means keep polluting as long as you must.... or until all that crap is gone.