More than 1 million power outages in the Northeast after blockbuster fall storm

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12. Gee, I wish someone would acknowledge that and pay our electric bill here in the Rheinland

They're trying to get away from fossil and nuclear, but we're nowhere near there yet, and someone has to pay for the upkeep on all the wind and solar power stations, too. The number of people who don't pay for their electricity here in Germany is negligible. Better news in 20 years or so, we hope.

A friend of ours out in the country has a self-sufficient property (LOT of land for Germany) that supplies all its electrical needs with solar panels, but he's the exception, and he still has gas stoves and water heaters (he didn't buy his house new, although there have been some renovations since it was built 300 years ago).