While we are on this topic of electricity, no fuel or gas, I like what the utility company in Orlando and of course other parts in the west are doing. You can install solar panels in your home or business and sign an agreement with the power company to have them buy the excess and channel it back into the grid. what would it take for KPLC to do the same?
http://reliablygreen.ouc.com/en/what_you_can_do_0.aspx
From: "Steve Obbayi" <steve@sobbayi.com>
To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 1:12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] <OT> : No Electricity, No Fuel, No Cooking gas! I need my hot coffee or need some answers.....
@Aki I once told a bunch of people a story about life in nairobi. Everybody was okay with the story until I mentioned a blackout that lasted a few hours. From there they all insist I was lying. to those guys out in the west the power blackouts we have here just do not register to them. Life there is different. We cook with Electricity, then the dish washer uses electricity to boil and scrub the dishes, then you got the scraps disposal unit which uses electricity, then you got the air conditioner which uses electricity, then there is the clothes washer and dryer which both use electricity. These are just the basics in almost every home in the city so when you have power blackouts your are basically helpless.