Powering Our Future

While I support these initiatives to utilize renewable energy sources to support our consumptive needs, I can't help but ponder how much easier this could be if we generated our power locally and consumed less. Wind power plants are well and good, but think of how much renewable energy would be at our disposal with a solar panel on every rooftop. Why do we have to sit around and wait for wind turbines to be erected while we suck down finite resources when each of us can do so much more on the ground level?

Here's why.

If each household generated its own power, electricity would cease being a market commodity. The establishment who sells us our power would no longer be able to hold it for ransom. By focusing on large-scale power plants, this establishment remains in control of the flow of electricity, such as it does the flow of oil, gas and other commodities. It would much rather preserve its profit margin than stabilize our communities by allowing us end users access to the means to convert energy for ourselves.

I doubt any energy executives are reading this humble civilian's log, but if, perchance, any of you have stumbled upon this, I urge you to step back and examine your approach to this pursuit of "green energy", for, as it stands now, it will not keep up with our demands and time will run out; and when time does run out, your profit margins will mean nothing.