Community, Internet and Commerce?

I was reading about this company/website the other day in Businessweek, sounds pretty fantastic in regards to how it is run, the ideals behind it and then also in that it is doing very well.

See what you think:

http://www.etsy.com/

Businessweek Article:

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jun2007/sb20070611_488723.htm

Theory I thought Id share

Future of Energy:

See the Music Business/ more recently Food/Agriculture as examples--
Large distributors will be overcome by independant and local providers (individuals, community boards) of a host of different sustainable solutions (whatever is appropriate for the region--a couple windmills, home owner solar panels, geothermal, methane, hydro)-- see cradle to cradle, deep economy and a lot of other places Im sure for reference.

I guess the fallacy lies in this idea that we need to be dependant on centralised grids, when the better solution seems in the biased editorialised books I am reading is a diverse localised solution. Thing is this wont happen as some sort of "new solution" or economic revolution. It will simply happen when those coiches become more affordable and make more sense for people to consider. Big Energy will likely fight it and continue to push unrenewable solutions on us, simply because they want to stay afloat, make money and keep us buying from them. But people will wake up and realise a one time and then periodic maintainance costs will be far below that of more oil, gas, coal or ethanol.

Does this make sense? I really just see what happened with the hole being poked methaphorically in the inflatable raft record companies created and now what is happening as people become more concious of their food choices and local farmers start reclaiming power.

Hope one of you guys still reads this!