abstract:I Stand Alone is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 2006. The album was nominated for Best Traditional Folk Album in the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
All renewables are cursed with fundamental problems that make their future stand-alone (i.e. unsubsidized) viability as anything but a marginal energy source highly questionable.
The growth of broadband enabled devices has been amazing, but at the same time, I am not convinced that most standalone boxes will ever truly be able to get to mass-market adoption.