I think it would be simpler to manage actually, no energy system to maintain. And I think it's more cost effective too because you don't have to keep paying for electricity.
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I think it would be simpler to manage actually, no energy system to maintain. And I think it's more cost effective too because you don't have to keep paying for electricity.
They'd pay for this and I guess if they are to distribute to everyone the cost may be so much the citizens may object. Also this is not going to serve as their primary source of supply, rather like a secondary backup in the event of a failure in the main grid.
In the long run, if you have a company that owns the means of power production, everyone has to pay to keep that company in business. Even if it's a solar power plant that once build produces consistent free energy, you'll forever pay the owners of it for its uses.
But if power production is local, you only pay for upfront installation costs and then you're done. Governments already give some monetary incentive for going solar, sometimes they do at least.
And I think if we combine, say, solar panels and photovoltaic paints and wind power into a building, it would be able to power it. Of course every structure has different energy needs and has different energy production potentials.
I think if they are to individually install solar in every home, the application won't work for all as @bashadow rightly pointed out. Some areas that need power may not be solar or windmill compatible.
True. But there is also the potential of geothermal power, and others. We have the means nowadays to build roads that generate solar power or that generate power from cars driving over them. We have many options for local energy production, we no longer need a system of power plants. Everything can be local and free, take the corporations out of it. And yes, take away the jobs too. We should seek to free ourselves from needing to work to produce electricity. It should be a human right, not a luxury to be paid for.
I like your stance on an utopian system of sustenance. It speaks volume of your passion to be free from the corporate world's business where it is all about profit. But I personally think that such a society may not work in our present day society due to the foundation of it was built to work this current way. To be able to have this type of thing work would require no less than a revolution. Thanks for your continuous input to this topic. I'm very passionate about renewable energy so I can totally relate with you.