Solar power adds to nonusers' costs

[ProgressiveProfessor]

13. Not entirely, but they are getting there

In the US we are moving from large centralize facilities and control to a more distributed generation capacity based on renewables. A very good thing but there are teething problems. The Germans are ahead of us and we can learn from their lessons on the tech side and maybe the business side as well. All and all a good thing.

This transition is also causing problems with the cost models and management models that underpin the power grid and businesses in the US. If well killed all subsidies, power would be unaffordable to many, an unacceptable condition. A forward looking major rethink of how the power business is run and funded is called for. The Feds should lead it, but its not clear if there is enough understanding or desire there to make it happen. It would be proactive way to lead us away from coal/oil/nuclear into renewables dominated era.