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Ignoring an obvious point...
The question asked if solar could meet all of our energy needs, and Pablo only talked about electricity demand. Electricity accounts for only a minority of energy consumed in America. Count everything else and you will end up needing a lot more than 1/3 of Rhode Island to meet that demand, but in fact electricity is simply not a viable substitute for many of these purposes (flying a jet plane, for instance).