"How to cope with high energy prices. Not only is the burning of fossil fuels a probable contributor to global warming, there is also the problem of availability of some fuels (major price swings based on politics of oil regions). No one can predict how prices of fossil will evolve in the future, but the days of cheap oil seem definitely over. So what to do? Generate your own electricity Impossible you say? Your backyard isn't big enough to install your own nuclear power plant? Maybe you don't need to..."