| Imagine this, every home in the US with
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| | Especially if you live in a town or city.
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| solar panels on the roof. Each one
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| | But, most everyone has a roof of some
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| feeding power into the national power
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| | sort, or, at least their apartment
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| grid. Or, industrious individuals
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| | building has a roof. The electric
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| producing biodiesel out on their suburban
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| | generation would be good for what I think
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| or rural homesteads. How about wind
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| | of as the "helpless" members of society.
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| generators on buildings in cities making
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| | That is those who either think it is too
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| power and sending it all into the grid.
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| | much bother to do something for
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| Historically energy has been produced by
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| | themselves or they just are too fuzzy
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| big enterprises that build big facilities
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| | brained to understand how to do it.
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| to generate power and then sell the power
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| | The power companies could provide the
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| to the consumer. Maybe it made sense at
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| | solar panels themselves. They could also
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| one time but it no longer does. Please do
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| | do the installation and maintenance. I
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| not think I am implying we should scrap
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| | know there are some utilities that will
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| ourcurrent infrastructure and start
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| | let you interconnect to the grid with the
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| tearing down generating plants, although
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| | proper equipment. And the price of that
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| that might be a worthy goal in the
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| | equipment is coming down all the time.
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| future. But with the technology we have
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| | The homeowner really would not have to do
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| now we should be looking at a differnet
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| | much of anything which seems to be the
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| model.
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| | standard for too many Americans.
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| Decentralization makes sense. It is far
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| | The greatest thing about implementing
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| more secure than a big power generating
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| | these approaches to energy production is
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| facility because it is safe from
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| | the reduced need for new massive coal or
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| terrorist attack or sabotage.
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| | nuclear power plants. Did you know there
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| Decentralized power generation is also
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| | are people trying to revive the nuclear
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| more resistant to weather disruptions.
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| | power industry on the grounds that it
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| Last winter a transmission line went down
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| | produces no green house gases? They fail
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| in our area during a storm and we were
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| | to point out that it produces radioactive
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| without any power for nine hours while
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| | waste that no one knows what to do with.
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| the temperature was below freezing with a
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| | There have been no new nuclear power
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| blizzard going on.
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| | plants built for decades and it should
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| Local fuel production seems to be
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| | stay that way.
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| worthwhile also. Can you imagine who will
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| | What this will all take is individual
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| work at shooting down this idea. But, why
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| | intitative. Government does not seem to
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| not produce some of your own fuel for
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| | have the will to do much of anything
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| your vehicle. I live in the country and
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| | except get re-elected. Industry just
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| could produce my own biodiesel.
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| | seems to have its head in the sand and
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| Interestingly enough, a man in Central
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| | wants to preserve the staus quo. Do a
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| Illinois was fined by the Department of
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| | Google search on some of these ideas or
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| Revenue for producing biodiesel. They
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| | technologies. You can buy cheap solar
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| said he had not paid fuel taxes on his
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| | panels on Ebay. I bought six of them this
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| production. Now they want him to fill out
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| | year to power small fans to blow heat
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| a monthly multipage form just like a
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| | into the house from heat collectors. They
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| major refinery.
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| | make a small contribution to our heating
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| This idea is not for everyone. Most
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| | needs in the winter. I will continue to
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| people do not have the space to make a
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| | expand this idea to cut down on my
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| fuel like biodiesel or ethanol.
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| | heating energy needs.
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