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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> But isn't it so that even when thinking of alternate energy, we are still
> somewhat thinking in a box?

Indeed it is so. Even here with informed, open-minded, eco-friendly 
homesteaders, the focus is on alternative energy sources.

I submit that the biggest source of alternative energy is the energy 
not required and not used. In the vein of Amory Lovins' negawatts, 
conservation is often the most reliable, least expensive, most 
eco-friendly alternative to using any common form of energy.