Sure we can we just don’t have the technology for a Dyson Sphere https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

Bet she thought she was real smart making that smarmy comment, while being completely wrong.

The actual problem with painel solars, is that they require an existing infrastructure to sync with the AC grid but if that infrastructure fail, or just get out of sync, it could trigger every painel solar fail safe making the damage 10x worse especially if the infrastructure depends on the solar panels to supply most of the energy

I wouldn't be sure we can't. Just have to find the right "angle":

https://futurism.com/the-byte/startup-space-mirror-sunlight-night