That's because I'm off-grid in the strictest sense .... no 'eco-power' ... no power at all
In the same way I think every driver should spend time on a motorbike before they get their car licence to sharpen their road-awareness .. I think everyone should spend a couple of years really off-grid (or with a smart-meter that simulates that and can't be bypassed) ... to learn the strengths and weaknesses of renewables and fully appreciate living within your energy means.
K
Nice one. I know three people off grid entirely. The only thing is they all need a very large amount of land to support them. So it's unsustainable in that there isn't enough land to support the population that way. These people I know still need diesel etc. So they have to have income. So they're only off grid in a relative sense. They still need the benefits of ordinary organised society. One has 200 acres, one 75 and one 5. Hard to defend on an ecological argument.
