Quote Originally Posted by Gregg View Post
Well, no, not really. I'm pretty sure its right.




Sure, you can do that. As long as you and your neighbors can come up with a few trillion dollars to build your own infrastructure you could share it with everyone. Of course you would still need someone to provide all the R&D, the raw material sourcing, the manufacturing, the engineering and design, the construction, etc. Unless, of course, you want to bring all that in house as well.





That little line deserved its own quote box. Let me know if you figure out how to do this, I'd be happy to throw in some seed money. So far its been the holy grail for a bunch of pretty sharp guys who are trying to figure the secret out.





Until you solve that pesky little storage issue you're still stuck with the fact that the sun doesn't shine at night and the wind only blows when it wants to. You can burn candles like grandma did or just go to bed when the sun goes down, I'd rather stay up a little later.





Trust me, they're not worried about that.





The simple math is that energy companies can make just as much money wholesaleing and reselling with minimal investment as they can by making massive capital investments that they have to staff and maintain for 20 - 30 years or more. And they know it.
Greg, you make it too easy for me! LOL You are making my argument for me! This is what I'm saying!
If it were EASY and EFFICIENT for me and my neighbors to install solar, then the big energy wouldn't be needed! That is exactly my point! So, big energy isn't going to work really really hard to MAKE IT EASY AND EFFICENT. Even though we both know we have the intelligence and the technology driven ability to do this, it isn't encouraged so to speak, because inexpensive efficiency ISN'T what big energy wants, except for them, but not for me.
What makes you think big energy would want to work towards obsolescence? Did buggy whip makers really cheer the obsolescence of horseless transportation, even though it was more efficient?