Hi Tom - Ouch!
 
You kinda make me want to series-circuit myself into a 24 panel photovoltaic cluster at high-noon, and just get the stinking thing (life?) over with.  No, but seriously, you made many good points with your apocalyptic scenario.  My take is that we have finally entered the period where fossil fuels (why do you think they call them "Fossil Fuels"?) will begin to reflect their true worth - as a commodity that is limited, and very valuable.  To this end, I see the whole chain, from peanut farmer to solar wrench, as a means to absorb and reflect the true value of that fuel.  I am, of course, speaking of $5.00/gallon gasoline and $10.00/jar peanut butter (organic, I pray) that may come in during any such transition period from the fossil to the photon.  The biggest concern of those of us "in the know" is the limited window of remaining carbon based fuels available to us from this planet.  If we do not maximize the potential of the remaining carbon fuels by creating massive renewables, we will not have the needed resources to continue in the future.  
 
Let us harness the photon now, so that we need not harness the atom latter.
 
Rant-return now locked in the "off" position.
 
Namaste, Baran DBA HelioElectric 
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