I appreciate what you are saying, re: the first paragraph. I have been there and done that, and have returned to the luxury of the National grid. We moved to a remote Island that had no grid, twenty years ago.
The firewood demand for cooking and baking, laundering, washing ourselves and keeping warm (three kids) was a full-time job. We literally spent the daytime doing that, and stoking the fires and kneading dough, and the night-time scheming how we were going to make life better for ourselves. And yes, we had put ourselves in that position. Candles were our main form of lighting, and the only petroleum product in the house, as beeswax candles were just silly expensive.
Oh and we had these 'match crises'. Running out of matches was a disaster. I kind of like my heatpump and full baths, TBH.
But I agree with your second paragraph. Energy = life-blood to the economy. Economy = jobs and life. German Industrialists can attest to that.
I appreciate what you are saying, re: the first paragraph. I have been there and done that, and have returned to the luxury of the National grid. We moved to a remote Island that had no grid, twenty years ago.
The firewood demand for cooking and baking, laundering, washing ourselves and keeping warm (three kids) was a full-time job. We literally spent the daytime doing that, and stoking the fires and kneading dough, and the night-time scheming how we were going to make life better for ourselves. And yes, we had put ourselves in that position. Candles were our main form of lighting, and the only petroleum product in the house, as beeswax candles were just silly expensive.
Oh and we had these 'match crises'. Running out of matches was a disaster. I kind of like my heatpump and full baths, TBH.
But I agree with your second paragraph. Energy = life-blood to the economy. Economy = jobs and life. German Industrialists can attest to that.