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Old 11-11-2009, 09:28 PM   #1
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Even if you don't buy a house, at least buy some dirt!
Getting slightly o/t here but very soon Lithium Ion 12v car batteries are going to be plentiful. Couple that with led lighting and everything else getting more efficient and living "off the grid" becomes completely do-able.

A nice chunk of land deep in the sticks. A diesel generator that you run once a day for about an hour. Propane for heat. Wireless internet access card plugged into a laptop. A 40 mpg car for trips to town to get supplies. "Thank god I'm a country boy" playing on a little radio. I'm not entirely joking here. Someone that makes their living as an author or programmer or graphics artist or, or, or could really get away from it all and do okay.
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Old 11-11-2009, 10:30 PM   #2
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Getting slightly o/t here but very soon Lithium Ion 12v car batteries are going to be plentiful. Couple that with led lighting and everything else getting more efficient and living "off the grid" becomes completely do-able.

A nice chunk of land deep in the sticks. A diesel generator that you run once a day for about an hour. Propane for heat. Wireless internet access card plugged into a laptop. A 40 mpg car for trips to town to get supplies. "Thank god I'm a country boy" playing on a little radio. I'm not entirely joking here. Someone that makes their living as an author or programmer or graphics artist or, or, or could really get away from it all and do okay.
Are you close to being off the grid? Do you see the storm on the horizon?
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