"What to do?"
Make a wood gasifier. Make a supercapacitor of concrete and lamp black using saltwater as electrolyte. Help your family, neighbors, and community do the same. Break as many as free from the grid as you can. Perhaps you can show folks how to get the government out of the oil buying business and pay less taxes.
Best of luck, my friend.
This week I'm going to start working on some battery experiments. Salt Water batteries are easy enough to make, and we need illumination at night around the farm... I'm sure I'll share some experiments.
I ran across this on @limonta's the Latin American Report, and immediately thought of you and the challenges you are facing. Given the ancient Chinese aphorism that no crisis should ever go to waste, or that every crisis is an opportunity in disguise (whichever best suits your circumstances or historical accuracy) I wondered if you might be able to take your skills and experience to the bank, while benefiting your community and polity as you may find desirable.
Best of luck, and my best wishes for your family to thrive and prosper.
Man, I really look forward to seeing how your surmount your challenges. I have a lot more confidence in you than in any government, corporation, or grid. You actually care about you, for starters. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.