Ah, but the infinite resources are free to everyone! wind, solar...and there's not a chance in hell the big energy companies are gonna develop that! At least not to a useful, affordable level. Nope, not gonna do it, except where we, the average citizen, would be stuck on some 'new' teat, like wave or ethanol or algae or something not practical or easy for the average homeowner to produce. Gotta keep us dependant!
But, with especially solar, here is a tinker's technology. I do believe the big innovations there will be made in garages and workshops across the country, or world. Here is something still available to the little inventor/innovator to fiddle with.