Friday, August 22, 2003

Did the Blackout Make me Paranoid?

I have come to realize something. I am not going to trust the grid and what it represents. I think every American should start thinking in the same terms. I am about to embark on a journey to become an Alternative Energy household. My fiance is not quite as gung-ho as I am, but I think I can get him to come around to my thinking.
It is something that in the month that we had the biggest blackout in our history that Mother Earth News ran a story on going solar. Perhaps it is divine providence? But I think that piece is worth looking at. The technology has gone a long way. Even the Northern Climates can now benefit from Solar Power combined with other power sources. Why rely on the idiots in the government to protect our livelihood when we can protect it ourselves by simply moving ourselves off of the grid? Some would call this radical. It's just Common Sense.

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