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I agree that small towns and sects of larger cities need to combine resources and become more self-sufficient.
There is a development project in wave energy underway off the coast of Scotland. A TV report stated that with an array of such devices just a few miles square on the surface of the ocean there, all of the UK could receive all of its energy needs for homes and industry. Bye Bye land-based power plants.
I saw a TV report which documented how FedEx powered a large sorting terminal - like a huge warehouse - where packages only get sorted - not stored, by covering the entire roof of the building with solar panels. The solar panels power everything including heavy conveyer machinery. Another report showed how individual homeowners are going "off the grid" by doing the same thing. The only exception is when the homeowners want to sell power back to the power company which the power company is required by law to buy from homeowners.
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