RE:RE:Fossil Fuels Popular Renewable energy will always be expensive. Can't afford an electric car. My cell phone is 6 years go (old flip phone). I was heating my house with oil until just 3 years ago when the insurance company demanded a gas furnace.
I have a friend in a small town who still burns wood for warmth each winter, has no running water and is not connected to the grid. Uses solar panels to charge the batteries. Has a radio to listen to.
Has a modern convenience, a microwave, but is powered by gas generator. Wanted to have a small wind turbine in the yard, but the village will not allow.
Living like 1000 years ago already.