>A bigger thing hurting greener competitors is bad information and idealistic proposals that do not have practical engineering foundations. This is absurd and

>A bigger thing hurting greener competitors is bad information and idealistic proposals that do not have practical engineering foundations. This is absurd and speaks to your lack of knowledge of the industry itself. Their biggest enemy is the oil/gas/utility industry who are explicitly out to destroy them (it's not a secret). This is why the feed in tariff is being chipped away state by state by ALEC, how subsidies (though they shouldn't really be called subsidies) for 'not polluting' get removed, how subsidies for natural gas get ADDED and how 30% tariffs on solar panels get added. All these things are designed to artificially shift the market landscape in favor of non-renewable, polluting, environmentally damaging technologies. And it's working. >Remember, the goal behind the grid is to provide very reliable power to customers at a decent price, and operate the utility at a profit. Remember that the goal behind the privatized grid is to make a profit. That's IT. That creates all sorts of absurd incentives and is the reason why California's electricity became very UNRELIABLE at one point. It's also the reason why grids HATE rooftop solar with a seething passion and are desperately trying to destroy it. They can't make a profit out of electricity that you generate for yourself, can they? They can make a profit out of unreliable, expensively generated electricity though.