Recent research published shows that using carbon based ink in ordinary inkjet printers, we can print solar panels on paper, or more durable recycled PET plastic used for beverage containers. The control of manufacturing is the reason for the high cost of products, and this is why I beat the drum of independent means.
If there is a means of making power, don't demand others do it. Just do it. I learned how to make a windmill using a car alternator and a Pinto rear end back in the late 1970s. It had wooden blades, 100% recyclable.
The key to inexpensive electric power is to make the means of producing electric power yourself. The key to eliminating our dependence on overlords is to ourselves produce the goods and services that create the blessings of civilization. When we ourselves make our meat and bread, our power and communications, our household goods and products, we also eliminate the income of overlords that they use to pay gangs of armed thugs to oppress us.
Decentralization is the key to freedom, prosperity, and our future felicity.
Thanks!
RE: Where Is Our Free Energy? Why Is Electricity So Expensive?