No one has offered a counterargument to my 2012/04/10 comments, so I will assume that my criticism of Ellis Kraus's excerpt of Amory Lovins on renewables has been generally accepted and move on. In the meantime, Andrew Dewit offers his thoughts (2012/04/13) on the potential effect of devolution on "smart green energy," which I assume to mean wind and solar power, and electric power management. First, I would be very much interested to hear anyone's views on whether or not a superprefectural entity would be more representative of and more responsive to to the needs and desires of the residents of any municipality within its jurisdiction than the national government currently is. Second, I would like to see properly sourced documents regarding the potential for wind and solar power within the power grid at various scales. Barring a viable mass storage solution, massive subsidies, or a drastic change in lifestyles, wind and solar power will need large grids supported by reliable power sources, and that means lots and lots of fossil fuel and/or nuclear power plants. And does anyone know what the Pentagon is projecting for solar and wind power with regard to the electricity consumption of the US military?