[Carry_Okie]

I have become more convinced over the years that a key to our energy self-sufficiency is at least partial and in some instances total self-sufficiency for individual homes. Homes that overproduce could actually reduce draw on the grid.

IMHO:

1. Home heating should be passive solar as much as possible.
2. Home air conditioning should be geothermal.
3. Home water heating should be solar where climatically favorable.
4. General electricity should be nuclear near cities and a combination of propane or LNG fuel cell, biomass conversion, and photovoltaic in rural areas.
5. Automotive transportation should be LNG gas-turbine-electric unless/until generating capacity and nanotube capacitors make electric viable.
6. Transportation should be reduced by broadband enabling home education, telecommuting, and online shopping. Amend the Constitution to disband the Post Office to make it economic.

[donna]

Give me a portable solar unit I can roll onto a slab near the house to run my refrigerator or AC.