> Fracking is immensely damaging to the ecosystem.

Not really. Energy is a dirty business, and also one filled with politics and propoganda. Fracking, much like nuclear, was targeted mostly for political, not technical reasons. It's damaging, but less so than coal and not all that much more than vanilla drilling and pipelines in general.

Worth to mention that US reserves are enormous even without fracking. Tons of oil, and gas everywhere.

It’s not as damaging as coal, which is fortunate for the clean energy transition.

Solar is now the cheapest assuming we get grid scale storage(or, more likely, store excess solar as hydrogen fuel).

Most solar is now produced in China, at 71%+ as of 2019 (and only grown since then I imagine). If we’re talking national security, that is a concern too.

These panels might last 30 years, which is great! Also gives us time to consider strategies…