energy to the world

I made a phone call this morning that was two weeks overdue. Turns out I should have made this phone call two weeks ago. "Alternative" energy needs a champion around here and it turns out I just found one.
The inherent blockade with any solar project has been cost. No one wants to or has the ability to pay $30,000 to $100,000 to install solar panels on their domicile. I can't blame them. I don't have solar and I will never have solar because I am in the unique position of having a spring 1,500 feet above my house with plenty of flow. So for me hydro-electric is the way to go. But that has little to do with all of the houses I have built over the years for other people. I have preached energy efficiency to these contractors and home owners till I was blue in the face. "You should be building these houses with solar panels as a selling point." "If this whole subdivision had solar inter tie systems then there would a net power generation to reduce overall costs." Blah, blah, blah. No one listens to me.
Well that brings me to my phone call. I have now met with a successful civil engineer who has this exact thing in mind. He wants to start with his own house as a "test" project and continue on building whole subdivisions, parks, and communities. He has the money and political connections and I have nothing but information, skill and a need to do something correct. There is another mutual friend that is heavily involved with a new DC/AC inverter that has had its patents granted last year and is preparing to enter the production phase. It is a complete breakthrough as far as inverters go. Half the weight, twice the longevity, 99% efficient, multi-phase, and runs cooler than other inverters.
The tech is there, it just needs a few brave rich souls to move it into the mainstream. Cross your fingers, by next year we may have a whole new paradigm in a whole new economy.