Unless we are willing to go all out for nuclear power, there are no real means of eliminating our dependence on oil and coal. No amount of windmills or solar power stations will replace the electric generating capacity we currently get from coal. The Democrats in Congress are determined that we will all swelter or shiver in our darkened homes and stand in long lines for our ration of $5 per gallon gasoline.
That's why they want "Smart Grid", which they are marketing as some "sexy" high-tech marvelous invention.....
.....The truth is, they will use "Smart Grid" to eliminate the 80% of our current grid load that the 20% wind/solar can't cover.
As long as the Peloosy/Reid/Obama gang have their air conditioning and the White House is 72F so that sissy Obama isn't chilly, we can sweat or freeze to death.