If using public utilities becomes a widespread issue, then I guess the alternative (literally) is to give the renewable energy resources a try. Maybe alt coin mining will be the way to make those more cost efficient, more energy efficient, and more streamlined. Get off the grid!
Realizing here that we're talking solar and/or wind farms to generate megawatts of electricity probably, but the only way I see to get away from the government is to decentralize it all.
Or wait it out, until the cities and states who are forward thinking enough are the ones left prospering with a concentration of alt coin mining while the others fall completely apart.
I like the proactive (prevent governmental intervention) myself, but that might not be the most practically achieved.
I've wanted to install solar panels on my house for a while now. Not to eliminate my electricity bill, but at least help put a dent in it.
So have I. I guess I could look at the prices again. The last time I did, admittedly, several years ago, the price of panel vs. solar efficiency vs. obsolescence didn't make sense. It was like 100 years before they paid for themselves. :)
We do have a neighbor that put some up a few years ago that I've been meaning to ask how it's going.
And I'm in an area where sunlight isn't the strongest year round (Minnesota). Though the Tesla solar shingles recently got my attention. I'm posting close attention to those. They seem like they'll be an interesting investment...
In many places, including an area I recently lived, they won't even let you do this. They charge you if you overproduce as some sort of wicked back-end subsidy to the power company.
My area is a bit more progressive, and they've been encouraging solar power. I know a couple people in the metro have actually made sales arrangements to sell electricity back to the local power utility.
True statement - "the only way I see to get away from the government is to decentralize it all". I believe we all call that true sovereignty.
You make some great points above. Especially I liked the one about how these are public utilities we are getting upset about lets not forget public utilities were designed for basic needs of the people and are not always prepared to handle major advances in technology.
Answer: renewable energy from the people. Lets not forget, its the people that drive innovation, the government just reacts to it.