MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) releases report on the future of solar energy

[kristopher]

6. That is the entire point Mr Contrarian.

The issue under discussion is the failure of the analysis to consider the implications of the effects of the conflict between centralized generation and distributed generation. They pay lip service to distributed generation and then make a policy proposal that is guaranteed to discourage distributed generation and protect the profits of the in place Fossil and Nuclear Generating Assets.
Now, maybe you have a belief that there is a magic wand buried in the idea of protecting utilities that will actually encourage them to strand their investors' assets, but I am quite certain that is as faulty a belief as your enthusiasm for hydrogen. Independent of your statements we know that in the structural sense, hydrogen and large scale centralized thermal generation are seen as complementary (not in spite of their wastefulness but because such inefficiency drives consumption to produce higher profits). Building on that, when we go by your epoxy-like affinity for both of these counter-factual ideas it is pretty evident that they are linked in your value system no matter your disclaimers of wanting a rapid transition.