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Originally Posted by Griff
My reaction is more like yours Lamp.
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I agree for different reasons.
First a fundamental reality posted repeatedly: We must do more with even less energy. Going off grid is a classic example of myopic destruction. A Troglodyte attitude.
First man had his own power sources (ie trees outside the house). Advancement meant living better with less power. So coal was delivered. Then later a grid. Today, the innovative integrate the grid with their own power generation.
Doing more with less means massive power generated by very expensive and local sources (ie solar cells) is mostly wasted. The true heros of all people generate their own power while consuming from the grid. And power the grid when not consuming. Only then does something closer to 100% of all power get used usefully.
Again, we must always do more with less. Otherwise cause harm to mankind.
First those Kenyans generate their own power. Then become more prouctive when a very inexpensive grid is also implemented. Yes, inexpensive. And then do what American might have been doing 20 years earlier - integrating local power generation with a bi-directional grid.
Second, America does not have a decaying grid. That myth comes from America's greatest enemies - extremists. America has a grid that must continue advancing.
You were using telephones 20 years ago. Today you are using telephones that are now portable, are on cable TV wires, and finally replaced 1980 modems in 1996 with a 1981 technology - broadband.
We did not have a decaying communication network. Our grid is no different. It must innovate just like our communication networks innovated. That means converting a world's best power grid to become bidirectional and smarter.
IOW we must innovate again. And then innovate byond those inonvations that will be obsolete when implemented. The Kenyans are simply playing catchup. Other anti-humanity natiions are not even doing that.
Third, the Economist cited Keyna as an example of a patriotic American nation. M-PESA is a pioneering mobile money-transfer service. Why we need more nations with that patriotic American attitude. An example of what we can all prosper from as more nations take different paths to advance mankind.
Going off grid is an example of being less productive – more anti-American – the stifling of innovation.