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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1583194" data-attributes="member: 2189">Sad this thread was hijacked by the minimum wage issue.&nbsp; Some good and interesting comments on both solar and alternative energy (good stuff on geothermal) were posted and I wonder where that conversation might have gone if not for the course change?Hope nobody minds my now OT comment but a point was made early on by one poster about going solar something to the effect of why we continue the need to pay ever rising electric bills and I agree.&nbsp; Alternative technology is growing that off grid is becoming a real potential for anyone.&nbsp; Solar is good even great in the right location but in others in may not produce the optimum result.&nbsp; Wind is an option that gets better and better but so to is micro hydro.But another thought, what happens in our world when energy is not a commodity controlled by scarcity but is all but free for anyone who wants to pull it from nature?I think it was RB who argued the point earlier about no need to pay an electric bill and the above question speaks right to his excellent point IMO.&nbsp; How does this begin to change our lives?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1583194, member: 2189"] [I][SIZE=1][COLOR=#808080]Sad this thread was hijacked by the minimum wage issue. Some good and interesting comments on both solar and alternative energy (good stuff on geothermal) were posted and I wonder where that conversation might have gone if not for the course change?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I] Hope nobody minds my now OT comment but a point was made early on by one poster about going solar something to the effect of why we continue the need to pay ever rising electric bills and I agree. Alternative technology is growing that off grid is becoming a real potential for anyone. Solar is good even great in the right location but in others in may not produce the optimum result. Wind is an option that gets better and better but so to is micro hydro. But another thought, what happens in our world when energy is not a commodity controlled by scarcity but is all but free for anyone who wants to pull it from nature? I think it was RB who argued the point earlier about no need to pay an electric bill and the above question speaks right to his excellent point IMO. How does this begin to change our lives? [/QUOTE]

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