A Lesson Not Learned

A Lesson Not Learned

Decades ago, I was lucky to have interviewed a number of rural people who told me what it was like when they finally got electricity. Almost every person I talked to mentioned how life-changing it was to brightly illuminate their homes with electric lightbulbs. Other than that, everybody’s electricity story varied according to their economic circumstances and priorities. Wiring a home with electricity was a big expense for a lot of folks, and ma…