16 June 2005

Renewable energy and the devolution of power

"The more you think it through, the more you realize: a lot of today's centers of power and influence stand to lose big in the transition to a post-oil, distributed-energy society. Power, both literal and political, will devolve downward and outward. This is, in fact, just the point jimbeyer makes in this comment: 'Renewable energy is about the permanent loss of a major source of control of much of modern humanity.'"
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