Well, I’m back in civilization today.  We have been without electric at our house since late in the day Tuesday, so I have been at home in the dark.  I ventured back to work today, in order to pick up a generator from a friend.  I wouldn’t have worried about it really (I sorta like it with no electricity or tv or anything, turns out!)…but our deep freezers were going to need some juice shortly or we would have lost all of our food we had frozen.

Shortly after I got to work today, my wife called and let me …

OK…I hate to even admit I watch American Idol, but…I do.  My wife and I still love the show…still pick our favorites to go all the way…still get angry when good singers get sent home and bad ones move on.  It is a  sickness…we know that.

Anyway, this year, they held auditions in Louisville, and the show aired last night (January 21).  For the most part, they didn’t make Kentuckians look TOO bad, but we didn’t exactly come across as well adjusted, either.

However, one of the hopefuls came in and sang “White Lightnin’”, by George Jones, and at the …

This article on CNN.com talks about how our electricity needs will be changing in the future and what we must do to keep pace, especially if we want to shift our focus to renewable energy sources.

Currently, our electric grid is VERY out-of-date, and to carry the electricity from sources such as wind or solar farms, some changes will have to be made, and they won’t come cheap, at least not in the short-term.

So what do you think…is it worth the price tag for a future that is FAR less dependent on non-renewable resources?

A $2 trillion bet on