Stan, actually rural applications of renewable solutions are getting easier than those in the city. Typical rural houses have more land and more open space to utilize than city dwellers. You may not have a hybrid tractor yet, but you can put rented solar panels out in a fallow field and grow watts while letting the soil rest (they do this in Germany). You can build passive solar features on your house and use the ground for heating and cooling. There are wonderful earthship house designs for using cheap recycled materials (like old tires) to build energy neutral structures. It's just important to focus on what you can do and not worry about what you can't.
Stan, actually rural applications of renewable solutions are getting easier than those in the city. Typical rural houses have more land and more open space to utilize than city dwellers. You may not have a hybrid tractor yet, but you can put rented solar panels out in a fallow field and grow watts while letting the soil rest (they do this in Germany). You can build passive solar features on your house and use the ground for heating and cooling. There are wonderful earthship house designs for using cheap recycled materials (like old tires) to build energy neutral structures. It's just important to focus on what you can do and not worry about what you can't.