Here is a new way of tieing them in..an anti-poverty grant is buying windmills near where I live, in a very very windy part of the world, and providing free or cheap energy to low-income people. This is interesting because it is not energy money but poverty money that got it set up...but it is a good idea for others to follow..and so much of a low-income family's income is spent on energy often, especially in places like NE USA. Here we have low enough temperatures that if we can stay dry we at least won't freeze, although it can be quite uncomfortable.

This idea also of course could be used for schools, other public institutions etc., with surplus being sold. mg