Solar panels are easily recyclable as are a lot of batteries once infrastructure catches up. You burn that gas and its gone.

Millions of acres are used for corn to produce ethanol mixes for gas. All of this land is under direct sun. Also wind. This again is because of corn subsidies in the US.

The amount of money tied up in oil companies is second only to the military industrial complex. If we took that money to put toward renewable, we would solve a shit ton of issues.

Yes voltage drop exists. However , you know we have electrical lines to basically every structure in the US right? Even Joe blow in the absolute middle of nowhere has power lines. The grid is already here. We need to invest in it and improve it (also destroy data centers but thats a different discussion)

Also, panels dont just abruptly die after 20 years. They slowly start losing efficiency. You could be using a 30 year old panel, and it could be at 70% efficiency depending on degradation (*I can't say if 70% is accurate , I'd have to research it). Again, gas is burned up and used instantly, one time. Panel gets old, recycle it.

But we don't do things because they're good. We do them because they're profitable. Capitalism breeds innovation right?