Why is the last line not allowed?

IEnumerable<double> doubleenumerable = new List<double> { 1, 2 };
IEnumerable<string> stringenumerable = new List<string> { "a", "b" };
IEnumerable<object> objects1 = stringenumerable; // OK
IEnumerable<object> objects2 = doubleenumerable; // Not allowed

Is this because double is a value type that doesn't derive from object, hence the covariance doesn't work?

Does that mean that there is no way to make this work:

public interface IMyInterface<out T>
{
    string Method(); 
}

public class MyClass<U> : IMyInterface<U>
{
    public string Method()
    {
        return "test";
    }
}

public class Test
{
    public static object test2() 
    {
        IMyInterface<double> a = new MyClass<double>();
        IMyInterface<object> b = a; // Invalid cast!
        return b.Method();
    }
}

And that I need to write my very own IMyInterface<T>.Cast<U>() to do that?

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