We could harvest the sun on our rooftops, turning every home into a little power station. Instead, we import fuel from overseas, binding households to price shocks and foreign supply chains. Local solar is painted as impractical or costly, while dependence is framed as “security.”
But here’s the kicker: households could not only power themselves, they could earn revenue by selling power back to the grid. We know this because the government already subsidises farmers to install solar panels and sell the surplus. When farmers do it, it’s innovation. When households ask for the same, it’s dismissed as unrealistic.
Meanwhile, valuable land is still sacrificed for coal mines — locking us deeper into a dying industry while cheaper, cleaner options sit on our rooftops unused.
This isn’t misfortune. It’s by design. Keep households passive, keep profits centralised, and keep the public chained to imported energy. Independence is dangerous; dependence is profitable.
This is why households bleed each winter while energy giants announce record returns.
The crisis of “energy insecurity” is no accident. It’s engineered.