Alt forms of energy

I always wondered why there hasn't been more adoption of alternative forms of energy production. I think its the inertia of big business striving to maintain its hold on all of us... man do I hate MNCs (hypocritical because I want to manage one someday).

Some major strides are being made with Solar technology, it seems a new type of panel has been developed thats far more efficient than current technology (>50%) and could provide the first feasible steps for utility-based solar energy production. They say a field of 10,000 sq miles could produce enough power for the entire country.

They work by using mirrors to concentrate beams of light on a single spot, and using the heat energy to create usuable energy (maybe through steam, can't remember exactly), It'd be cool to see more ideas like this prosper. I wish more people around the world would accept the idea that solar energy was a viable source. Its as if people at the turn of the 19th century were to say, well these cars don't work very well, we should abandon this exciting new technology before it gets off its feet.

There's so much unused energy cascading down from the sky every day, what a waste when you consider how many hydrocarbons we burn in our mad obsession with oil and its byproducts. How many natural resources could be saved, pollution avoided, exploitation nullified if we took our eyes off the black gold and bent our minds to the task of these exciting new theories and technologies. What if every building had a large solar panel on its roof, how much energy saved just there, if coastlines employed tidal generators to harness the power of the tides, geothermal plants to take advantage of venting steam. So much energy that goes unused, and simply evaporates into thin air.