I was going to start a new thread for this but this thread has taken off in the direction I wanted to see anyway :-)

I've been curious how many people out there live in a grid supplied but alternative energy like wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, etc. If so, whats your KW/H cost? Statistics show that alternative energy lacks in proficiency...do you notice any times of day when your power fluctuates? Brown outs due to lack of supply? Peak hour brown outs? Etc. Etc. Discover magazine had a great article last month about the real problems for alternative energies being the lack of technologically feasible storage. There are several workable options but they seem too expensive for wide-spread use right now. Thousands of options for alternative energies though get put in a strangle-hold from establihed moguls.

Transportation-wise. This could never be a wide-spread option either, but on a personal level, if your interested, I'm posting the link to my brother-in-law's bio-fuel site. If not anything else its an interesting read and its much better than a fucking segway. ( minus the congestion/traffic)

www.greasenotgas.com