Why I think "the Pipeline" thing is a BAD idea:

[sabrina 1]

56. We are making a serious switch to alternatives. Our house, which we bought two years ago, is

outfitted with a huge woodburning stove in the basement that heats the hot water, three other woodburning stoves, that make the use of oil or gas negligible, which is why we are looking to install outside Solar panels.

We live in Amish country, where there houses are built without any of the pipelines, no hookups to electric companies, absolutely no dependence on oil or gas whatsoever.

More and more people are buying Amish homes which are off the grid completely, the farmers use horse drawn ploughs and one of our friends just bought an Amish farm, which has an eight year old house with no hookups, pipes or anything else such as the picture you posted. And the people are motivated to completely remove themselves from any dependence at all on oil and gas.

Demand for oil is down, the transition is happening faster than people anticipated. I don't own a car since you asked. Working from home cuts down on the need for more than one car in a family. The Amish do not own cars here, they manage beautifully with horses and carriages, which we could also.

I am excited about the prospect of not depending on oil cartels and pollution anymore. And I am not alone. Computers, which can also be operated by solar and wind energy, have made it possible to work from home, making it desirable for many young people to move out of congested areas where they are able to cut down drastically on their dependence on oil.

The oil era is coming to an end. It was short in the scheme of things. I am happy to be part of the change back to more efficient and natural methods of energy production.