Shout It From The Rooftops! (And Generate It From There, Too!)

What amazes me about this article is not the idea that rooftop-based solar power could be a rival to utilities.  It should be.  What amazes me instead is the following quote:  "According to the Energy Information Administration, rooftop solar electricity — the economics of which often depend on government incentives and mandates — accounts for less than a quarter of 1 percent of the nation’s power generation."  (Emphasis added.)

Less than a quarter of 1 percent!?  Hell, we're nothing if not a nation of rooftops!  Put solar panels on as many of them as possible!  Then we'll see a real rivalry.  Or maybe, just maybe, we won't see any utilities.