The reason I bring it up on FR is I want my fellow small government minded brothers to think outside the box and be open to things like decentralized solar power. Just because government screws up virtually everything it touches doesn't mean when we do it it won't work for us. It's analogous to investing in your Roth 401K and/or Roth IRA for your retirement in a way that you control and can optimize for your needs, unlike broke gubment handling social insecurity to tell us when we can retire and how much it is.
I think a lot of people here already have this mindset.
At least a general independence type of mindset.
Its why for example I believe a higher than average number here have generators of one kind or another. Some have other replacement power backups of one kind or another.
Solar and big batteries are out of reach for the majority of people today. A gas generator is closer.
Its good to know the other options out there but cost-wise less and less folks have money to acquire them.