Quote Originally Posted by KerrAvon View Post

I knew it would only be a matter of time before a big business conspiracy theory appeared - it's the nature of political debate on here - the Right blame immigrants for the ills of the world, whilst the Left blame the wealthy and big business. God forbid that anyone accepts a bit of personal responsibility.

How do you say the shareholders of utilities are blocking a more rapid spread of solar? There's money to be made in solar, as Bramley appears to have found to his cost. That by itself would attract operators to it, if there were much of a market.
I was talking specifically solar to battery. You broadened it to 'solar'. No conspiracy theory. Just hard economics. Utility companies will not develop products that allow electricty flow to bypass their till.