Wind turbines are such a blight on the landscape

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56. How long ago did you retire?

PV decreases in cost all the time.

Where I think we are screwing up as a nation is that we have these retirement accounts that go into 'funds'; it seems to me that if we took this money (that seems to disappear from those funds about every 10 years) and we used it locally in small utility companies that invest in alternative energy; something that people could actually drive around and see how their money is being spent. These small utility companies would have local meetings so that investors could keep an eye on the operation.

It would only work in states where utilities are required to purchase excess power. I'm mystified that more people haven't complained about the ponzi scheme that 'investors' take these funds and overpay themselves and then when the bubble bursts the only people who benefitted were the ones managing the fund.

Of course I don't have all the details worked out, but the ones who play a role in generating at least some of their own energy are going to be the only ones who will be able to afford to retire. IMHO