Eric-- You noted:
“I suppose governments will step in if things get usurious.” I also hope so for the sake of City dwellers in Anchorage and Fairbanks does something. For example, the State could use eminent domain to take over the oil leases and the pipeline from the usurious oil companies and at least provide propane and natural gas for off grid systems until LENR comes on. It could also provide a nice incentive for companies under Alaska corporate charters to locate in Alaska for manufacturing/industrial purposes to replace the extensive oil interests. As of now, that may be too progressive for the establishment in political control. Bob Cook From: Eric Walker Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 7:28 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Cheap Solar Power (harvard.edu) On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote: If you are building a new system, based on each home having renewable energy and needing less grid power, the infrastructure can be much smaller and cheaper. But this does not help the power companies that have already made the big investment in delivering lots of power to your home. This is why there is a war between the power companies and those promoting and using such distributed power systems. The war will last over 20 years and we are far from seeing the worst of it. Many big utility companies will go out of business before it is done. Some utility bonds will fail. And, if your earlier point turns out to be true, there will be a disproportionate impact on lower income people who are unable to afford the cost of switching to such distributed power systems. I suppose governments will step in if things get usurious. Eric
