Technology is leaping ahead of a stale political debate about fossil fuels

Within five years, solar power will be cheap enough to compete with carbon-generated electricity, even in Britain, Scandinavia or upper Siberia. In a decade, the cost may have fallen so dramatically that solar cells could undercut oil, gas, coal and nuclear power by up to half.
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The "tipping point" will arrive when the capital cost of solar power falls below $1 (51p) per watt, roughly the cost of carbon power. We are not there yet. The best options today vary from $3 to $4 per watt - down from $100 in the late 1970s.

Mr Sethi believes his product will cut the cost to 80 cents per watt within five years, and 50 cents in a decade.
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"We don't need subsidies, we just need governments to get out of the way and do no harm. They've spent $170bn subsidising nuclear power over the last thirty years," he said.

I'm eagerly awaiting the day when I can cut that
power cord. This breakthru may just come at a
very opportune time, if donkeys are to remain
just pets. It would also topple large parts of The
System giving independence to each of us,
disruptive technology at its best.

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Ripped from Bill St. Clair