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06 August, 2008
Micro Generation and Micro Farming:

One of the world's leading experts on trend forecasting says that producing
our own energy for our homes and cars (called "micro generation") will
become a huge trend in the next couple of decades.
What's he talking about?
Well, energy and food prices will keep going up. Every dollar we don't have
to pay to the energy utility or food producers is a dollar we get to keep.
And the technology for producing it ourselves is getting better and better.
So increasingly over the next couple of decades, we will generate our own
energy and food.
Indeed, if the economy really crashes, we may not be able to rely on
centralized energy producers and utilities or large-scale agriculture and
transportation. So getting a head-start in thinking about micro energy and
food production will not only save us money, it will give us confidence in
uncertain times.
Energy
Due to high oil prices, major breakthroughs in energy production are
happening every day.
For example:
A new generation of highly-efficient wind turbines (and see this) is being
introduced which can produce much more energy And new approaches to solar
energy (see this and this) are making residential solar very
cost-competitive
With recent breakthroughs, individuals can now generate enough energy to get
off the grid and power their own homes. Indeed, some companies will even
provide the equipment for you (and see this).
Moreover, if we get together with some of our neighbors and pool our energy,
so we can distribute it where and when it is needed, we will save even more
money. I'm not talking about hugging trees, holding hands and singing
Kumbaya (although if you want to do that, that's okay). I'm talking solely
about economics. If you start talking to your neighbors about this now, you
ll be ready when the energy storage technology becomes cheap.

For more of the article see http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_13636.cfm

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Written at Wednesday, August 06, 2008 by Andy Mahoney.
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