Wrong.

The US has 120,000 cases - far the most of any country in the world. 44,000 cases are in the state of New York, 9000 in New Jersey, 1000 in Connecticut. That leaves 66,000 other cases in the US, which currently puts the rest of the US behind only all of Italy, all of China, and all of Spain.

That is not "a few scattered cases". That is a massive outbreak.

Sources:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldometers.info%2F...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplague.com%2F

This does not compete with solar panels, nor is it a "better" or "worse" idea. This should be obvious. Paint is several orders of magnitude cheaper than solar panels.

As to your "bootstrapping" idea on making solar panels with the electricity from solar panels - guess what - it takes more than electricity to make solar panels.

You are right though, something here sounds retarded.

I don't understand why people want to "rip" with anything more complex than "cp /dev/cdrom GoneWithTheWind.iso". When you play back the file, you get the exact same quality and options as on the DVD. Other than choosing a filename, it is zero-click. What am I missing?