Mostly Harmless Skip to content Home All Posts Contact .site-navigation .main-navigation #masthead .site-header August 3, 2015 .entry-meta How I Gave Up Alternating Current .entry-header The walls are buzzing. I know this because I have a magnet implanted in my hand and whenever I reach near an outlet I can feel them. I can feel fortresses of industry miles away burning prehistoric hydrocarbons by the megaton. I can feel the searing pain and loss of consciousness from when I was shocked by exposed house wiring as a boy. I can feel the deep cut of the power bill when I was living near the poverty line. I can feel the cold uncertainty of the first time the power went out due to a storm when I was a child. How long before the delicate veil of civilization turns to savagery with no light nor heat nor refrigeration? The grid, smart or not, is wasteful. Power generat...