Chances are that 'lectrisity wuz made wif petrolum products.
Too many people don't realize that fact. Fewer still, know all the things we derive from petroleum. That's why the cost of a barrel of oil impacts the economy so damn hard, aside from the obvious increase in transportation of every single good in the household. ....
I am an advocate of alternative sources of energy. The government needs to support the
research into it, but not subsidize it. I'd rather see the subsidy money spent on research. That's my biggest problem I have with the current direction we're being taken. Relying on the current alternatives to support the electric grid is asking for trouble. Ya just can't force viability! LOL!.....
FYI.......None of this was directed at you. I'm just expounding on your post.