Solar Security

I try not to wade too deeply into politics in my blog, yet a story today about how Israel is responding to the taking of its soldier last week has an interesting angle for the “power of power”.
Amongst their many types of responses, the Israelis have taken to targeting the energy infrastructure of the Gaza strip. In this story you will read (near the bottom) that after taking out their main central power station, the Palestinians resorted to gas-powered generators for energy supply. So what did the Israelis do next? Cut off their gas supplies…
No matter where you stand on this situation, the interesting perspective from a solar industry veteran is that solar power provides independant, safe AND secure power. Can you take out a million roofs if each is providing the power that the building which they protect requires? It has often been said that the same would be true of a terrorist’s targets (nuclear power plants or other centralized power generation facilities).
Solar power solves many issues. Just imagine if the Palestinians would invest in rooftop solar power plants instead of centralized power…the Israelis would develop a solar blanket that can be shot over a rooftop and drape it? I think I may just have discovered a new industry…solar powered counter-attack equipment supply!
I wonder if this means that expenditures in solar power can be considered military defense expenditures under US-GAAP accounting rules? (kidding!).
Sass
PS> To all my readers, please note that I do not make light of the plight of any of the people involved in the conflict example I used above. I am simply pointing out the strength of independance, safety and security of solar power.