A closer look
The sun turned from a distant star into the neighborhood bank. With shining panels glinting on every roof, streets once quiet at night now buzzed with energy deals as neighbors traded power like cookies at a bake sale. A surplus of sunshine meant swapping for favors, charging bikes, or even bartering for homegrown tomatoes. The old electric grid became a social grid, weaving people closer together. Suddenly, community pride wasn’t about the biggest lawn or tallest fence, but who could share the most sunshine.
