Quote Originally Posted by jimc View Post
the human race consumes more power than solar energy hits the earth on land.
No, we're not even close.

The Earth gets about 2.7 Yottajoules (1024) of energy from the sun annually. 30% of that hits land, so 0.81 Yottajoules on land mass.

Humanity's total energy usage (electricity, oil, everything) is about 517 Exajoules (1018)

The former number is about 1600 times greater than the latter.