It's always been my instinct that decentralisation of energy production is the true path forward, regardless of method.
If most of us had solar panels on our roofs for example you would reduce the demand on the power grid. It's not enough to be completely self reliant except for a very few people, but if everyone dropped their consumption by say 20% on average, that's a whole lot of power that centralised plants don't need to generate.
For people living on larger properties, a small wind turbine or two is also not out of the question.
If most of us had solar panels on our roofs for example you would reduce the demand on the power grid. It's not enough to be completely self reliant except for a very few people, but if everyone dropped their consumption by say 20% on average, that's a whole lot of power that centralised plants don't need to generate.
For people living on larger properties, a small wind turbine or two is also not out of the question.
Every little bit helps.