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This article article is ridiculous. He acts as if alternative energy sources must be cheaper than our current energy sources to be worthwhile. Of course alternative energy sources cost less, if they didn't we wouldn't be having this discussion. There would not be much of a need to worry about co2 emissions.

But in fact we do live in a world where co2 emissions are an issue. The author more or less acknowledges this and then simply ignores it. What exactly is he proposing as an alternative? Nothing. If we are to avoid the worst effects of global warming we're going to have to pay a price.

Furthermore he then goes on to completely paper over the fact that costs have been dropping significantly. The numbers that he sites for solar prices come from here: http://www.solarbuzz.com/facts-and-figures/retail-price-envi...

Solar module prices have dropped 50% over the last decade. Working backward from the numbers on solarbuzz that would mean that a residential scale system's price has dropped 25%.

And by cherry picking the prices for a residential scale installation (28.9 / 63.1 cents per kwh) he ignores the fact that industrial scale systems are much closer to parity. The price for these systems is half of that 15.15 / 33.3. And these numbers have been declining. While the age of mass scale decentralized solar generation may not be here yet, the age of solar may be here much sooner than the author would like to admit.