Living off the grid.

[Bereta_Eder]

Definitely look into it!
If you have adequate sun you can power nearly everything for free (minus the initial investment) except energy heavy things like airconditions just by the solar panels
(as an added bonus to free energy you also don't mess up the environment more)

[Egbert]

I guess I'm not talking about living off the grid, then. I'm talking about being self-sufficient without relying on utilities for electricity, water, and gas - maybe there are people who probably live that way, but they maintain Internet service.

There are plenty of farms and cattle stations, here in Australia, that are "off the grid" due to their remote locations. They have a generator to generate electricity and a pump or windmill for artesian water.

I assume there are farms and ranchs far rom the nearest town in USA who would need an independent power and water supply?

I lived some 250 miles from the nearest town for a while. That was before the internet, in the 1980's.

[giblets]

How can you live "off the grid" and yet still have internet access to come here?

Does satellite internet access count as part of the grid?

[PLATO]

There are plenty of farms and cattle stations, here in Australia, that are "off the grid" due to their remote locations. They have a generator to generate electricity and a pump or windmill for artesian water.

I assume there are farms and ranchs far rom the nearest town in USA who would need an independent power and water supply?

I lived some 250 miles from the nearest town for a while. That was before the internet, in the 1980's.

I was flying back from San Diego several years ago and it was a night flight. While flying over the desert, there was one lone house all lit up in the middle of no where. It appeared to many, many miles from anything else. I am betting they had their own power source.

[Dinner]

Is that one of the more interesting fora you've been posting at?

Sadly, I got banned from that one for trolling. It turns out "a mental health examine" is not an acceptable anwser to the question of "What to get a prepper who has everything?"

Despite their denials they know they are nuttier than squirrel poo and are quite sensative about the topic.

[jsorense]

Then I guess Hardman would not be welcome among the Peppers?

[Dinner]

Much to their lose.

[Sava]

Thi thread is crap

[PLATO]

Thi thread is crap

Of course. Why would you prep when the cops are always only 30 seconds away.

[pchang]

So, Sava lives next to a donut shop?

[N35t0r]

Uh...you can't? Remember, this is Mr Fun.

And then you complain about other people?

[Sava]

So, Sava lives next to a donut shop?

I actually do

This changes everything

[rah]

Doesn't damn near everyone live near a donut shop

[Sava]

I think we may be on to the root of the problems with police in america

[giblets]

I don't think there's a connection between eating donuts and murdering black people.