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there's a lot of ridiculously good ideas... the problem is they cost $ and "effort" that the opportunity cost of just screwing in a light bulb and burning electricity using old technologies outweigh the benefits to short term thinkers.
I believe there's a solar company out there that installs cells on peoples homes for free and either pays them for the electricity, or locks in their rate so it never ever increases - if there's extra power, they put it into the grid and sell it to other electricity providers. It's a great idea that's spreading slowly.
Another idea - which I really don't understand why everyone doesn't do this... is just install 1-2 small wind turbines on each home. They wont' power the home (like ovens, refridgerators, washers/dryers, aquariums) - but they'll certainly provide for LED/CF bulbs and small appliances like DVD players, cable boxes etc.
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