We agree that 'solar power' will eventually be a 'cheap energy option'. It will only get cheap, if it goes through its 'expensive' stages, like TVs, combustion engine cars, computers, telephones, cell phones. Just like electric cars, there has to be 'market incentives' to producers. The incentive is called 'profit', which 'Big Brother' government calls bad, and 'horse and buggy' industries do not want to give up.
We might have seen several 'solar' improvements develop last year had the governor chosen NOT to protect his butt by signing the outrageously priced energy contracts. Deferring the costs of his cowardice, the governor also deferred the advancement of alternative energy, IMHO.