Whilst not overtly disagreeing with any of your major points, the alternative to this 'financial product' as you term this infrastructure investment (an asset on the ground is hardly a financial product, because a financial product is worth nothing once it's term ends, whereas even when the cells can hold no more charge they're going to be worth a residual in recycling) is an alternative where we are actually building more infrastructure - gas or coal.

This one arrangement has the potential to totally change the completely derailed energy policy discussion in australia, which continues to default to a coal or gas fired immediacy and future, out of fear over rationality.

We shall see either way