hear hear
Well said zackers. The future for the next 20-30 years is the "golden age of gas". Solar (or nuclear) will probably be the next phase after that -- once the storage and transmission tech gets up to speed (which is the real problem with renewables, not generating kwHr itself).
Ironically, the solution to storage and transmission might actually be synthetic fossil fuels.... turning electricity into hydrogen, and hyrdrogen into CH4 (i.e. natural gas). The natural gas infrastructure is large and growing, and the technology for "synthetic methane" is real (albeit currently somewhat expensive).
Roof top solar will become more common ... in some places much more common, but it will plateau at around 5-10% of the total energy portfolio, max. However, I wouldn't be surprised if rooftop solar enjoys another 20 years of nice growth, complementing the increase in natural gas usage.
