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It's not a bad idea. Better would be just to replace them with a Public Utility District. For-profit is a poor model for utilities and you've done some good work in explaining why. When an improvement comes along they resist if there is no profit motive to acceptance.

It's true that the cost of error is higher, and you pay for errors caused by others. And yet, in all that time I've been hit once by a car that pulled out from behind a truck. No damage to me or the bike, left a crease along the side of the car. The trick is learning to anticipate what others...

Suggest, if you miss the mechanicals, get a motorcycle. Performance envelope is higher (much) and it's a lot less expensive. Bikes are ALSO going electric so it's not a forever solution, but by then you'll be tired of the noise, the stench, etc. For the record I have a few hundred thousand...

Battery isn't the only solution. We have some 'pumped hydro' here in Washgington state where excess power is used to pump water uphill - a gravity battery. I have seen similar ideas using concrete blocks and other ideas. Just different types of storage. The 'expert' energy minister is lying.

Thanks! I have just been shutting the garage door on the cord - older automated door that allows just enough room for the cable, but I didn't want to leave it this way. I just hope I have enough room in the very narrow exterior wall there....