[Stepper]

Al Gore is pushing for an "Electranet" that would allow anyone to generate their own power and sell energy to a decentralized electric grid: "Electranet" Could See Light Of Day : MetaEfficient

[workinman]

good idea... let's see if it happens!

[peachy]

Great idea. Now, can someone explain to me how you can harness power and keep it and then sell it without wars getting started?! i.e. I wonder if everybody would just name their price and the markets would just follow. I have visions of price gouging.

[workinman]

u bring a good point peachy... a great idea often fails in this country because of the fact that nobody can ever reach a damn agreement or compromise... personal gain seems to ALWAYS be put ahead of what is best for the country and definatly ahead of what's good for the environment...

[peachy]

anybody watch Jericho? Same thing...limited resources and then the power hungry gouging comes out. In 1 minute, the price was for 500 pounds of salt. 3 Minutes later, it's 700 pounds. "It's the price of power."

So sad eh?

[Stepper]

I love Jericho, but I sure hope that's not our future we're looking at. The fictional town has a salt mine, cropland, and apparently enough water to get by. How many of us would have those kinds of resources if some catastropic event occurred?