This is an amazing concept - so definitely look into crowdfunding, kickstarter and those options.

A month or three ago there was something going around on facebook about a city/town in Colorado I believe, who basically went up against the power company with a proposal to take the whole city/town to solar and green tech. If anyone remembers that please remind me. Anyway setting up a proposal for smaller locales and communities to do this would probably be way easier than a massive national campaign...and others would follow suit. The reason is that it gives the power to the states and local jurisdictions outside of federal hands.

Definitely keeping an eye on this. I'd love to be deeper involved so will read up on what you've shared. This is another awesome idea though so +1

ETA

This! found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh1qCf-ohOQ

As for solar, just heard about the peel and stick cells

http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/18/stanford-group-successfully-fabricates-peel-and-stick-solar-cells/

and an older one which sounds really great in theory

http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/06/solar-power-game-changer-near-perfect%E2%80%9D-absorption-of-sunlight-from-all-angles/

Unmitigated bullshit. I live in an adjoining community. It is true that Boulder voters voted to relieve Xcel of their power generation and distribution property. However, Boulder has no workable plan (i.e. other than meaningless hand waving and broad generalizations) to produce power in any cleaner manner than previous.

I'm pretty sure that Solar Roadways are the near future!