Living Off The Grid
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An introduction to living off the grid.
by Jonathan Drake
If you’ve been watching the news at all lately than you know the world is headed for trouble when it comes to energy. Whether it’s because of the environment or it’s because of conflict over oil rich territories in the Middle East, it is increasingly clear to many of us that something has got to change. With the world’s population on the rise and with the emergence of several nations as industrial super powers such as China and India, the burning of fossil fuels for energy simply cannot last and more and more it seems that when it comes to energy we are headed straight into a brick wall, and fast!
But as an individual, you’ve probably wondered what you can actually do about it? Well the truth is that you can do a lot. One of the simplest and in some ways most profound thing you can do is to be responsible for your own energy consumption. How do you do this? Well, put simply, by living off the grid. In doing so you not only leave a positive carbon footprint on the planet but you also influence the people and world around you.
Living off the grid essentially means that you get your power from sources other than the central power grid. Meaning, you create your own power by harnessing the energy of the sun, the wind, water, or more likely, a combination of several of these sources. Living off the grid is not only for remote farmers or tree hugging hippies, it can be for anyone. You can even live off the grid in a suburb and believe it or not, even in an apartment if you have a flexible landlord.
Wind Power, Solar panels and even harnessing the power of a stream or river if you live near one are all methods that can be used to support an off the grid lifestyle. But you should know that the advancement in these technologies has been enormous in recent years and these projects are no longer massive undertakings that will leave you broke in a poorly lit home. You can live just like everyone else, with flat screen TV’s, washer and dryers, and just about any other modern technology you can imagine all off of your own power system that you yourself can build.
You’d be surprised to learn that it is not only cost-effective to live off the grid but also extremely feasible to do so no matter where you live. If you’d like to look further into living off the grid, I recommend you read “Earth 4 Energy”, a step by step guide to living off the grid. Click the link below to learn more.
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