Reply #2: wouldn't be necessary if everybody tried to make energy as well as use it

[yurbud]

put solar panels on your house that feed into the grid while you are at work, put some wind turbines up on your farm, a water turbine in your creek, or something that makes electricity by bobbing in the ocean.

We have been sold a false dichotomy--either live with oil or struggle to survive without while we wait for energy companies to provide an alternative.

We need to rethink how we make energy away from a centralized system that lets a handful of monopolies abuse us at will. If you had a couple of solar cells on your roof, when the utility charged too much, you could disconnect from them.

We have to do this because our elected officials are failing to protect us and look out for our best interests on this.