So solar power doesn't work?

I've read some stories very critical of solar power recently. Andrew Cantor tore up solar power in an article for USAToday that made me wonder what is this freaks problem? Is solar power the answer to today's energy problems? No. Does it have amazing potential? Yes. Enough said. There are those that visualize the future of emerging technologies, and those that see the future constrained by the technological limits of today. If the world followed such provincial thinkers, technology would never advance.

Anyway, MSNBC.com posted a cool article on how California farmers are COST-EFFECTIVELY accomplishing what Mr. Cantor believes is impossible, today. (Read it)