Power by the people

Clever people will save the planet.

Politicians worry about how to generate all the electricity the population needs without burning fossil fuel. They are asking the wrong questions.

Instead of trying to provide us with electricity, why don't they look for ways in which we can generate what we need ourselves?

Scientists are investigating how to generate power from the light which passes through the glass in our windows.

Now there is news of clever people at the University of Texas who are investigating how microscopic windmills can do the job:

http://www.wired.com/design/2014/01/mini-windmills-power-iphone/?cid=17794184

There must be clever young minds in British universities who can think beyond 240 volts generated by a smoky coal-fired power station somewhere.

There is a fortune to be made by someone who can let people generate small amounts of power when they need it and sell them devices which need only small amounts of power to work.