Crazy. Vernor Vinge has an excellent short story called "Bookworm, Run!" [0] that, among other things, discusses the effects of cheap, clean, compact power bein

Crazy. Vernor Vinge has an excellent short story called "Bookworm, Run!" [0] that, among other things, discusses the effects of cheap, clean, compact power being distributed around the world. In particular, it describes a wide-spread economic depression. Kind of interesting to think about, and definitely worth reading if you're into sci-fi. [0]: http://books.google.com/books?id=tEMQpbiboH0C&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=bookworm,+run&source=bl&ots=UTPAJ0Ppbn&sig=dUdh7ABbXwkxVjxnCNMflKmq9To&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Utg-VKjKCdSIsQSBtoD4Ag&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=bookworm%2C%20run&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=tEMQpbiboH0C&pg=PA15&lpg=PA...