On a more ethical side, bring designs for a solar panels with today’s efficiency and ways to build in a home smart grid. Also bring methods to raise capital so you can start with owning most of the company. I can try to bring better battery technology as well, but I might have to settle for lead acid batteries at first.
By 2001, California’s electricity prices are going to spike. Being able to take people’s homes off grid at this time is going to bring a ton of money and demand for your solar panel solutions. By the total recall of Governor Davis in 2003, I should be flush with cash and expanding significantly. California pays for the development of the technology as it becomes cheap enough to deploy to the rest of the country.
By 2007, most new homes will be built with solar power because it is cheaper in the long run. You even see air conditioners being designed to run in reverse to handle minor heating needs. While my company makes a lot of panels, I license a lot of the technology out, both to encourage mass adoption and to keep away anti-trust issues.
Electricity costs drop along with coal and natural gas demand. This leads people to start buying electric vehicles as the second car for the family as people can’t afford the gas but they can afford the electricity. The Prius is initially sold as a plug-in version.
By now, we’ve seen peak oil and peak carbon output. The only vehicles sold today that use gas are hybrids.