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For those about to get off the grid...

... the Homeworld French Ambassador salutes you!

M'yeah, hello my dear comrades smile

This is it dudes, initiating the Zocalo with a short post mainly for testing purposes...

let's see if pictures embedding still work...

http://www.neurohackers.com/images/stories/neurohacking/misc/freddy_statue.png

Scalino



Edited By:  Scalino
Mar-28-10 17:22:21

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Re: For those about to get off the grid...

Okay it still works, with full URLs.

another little test...?

wooaa, that'll do for tonight smile


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Re: For those about to get off the grid...

I am pleased to announce that I'm, at long last, off the grid.  Not saying it's luxurious living or anything, but I have solar power and get to poop in a hole.  What more can one ask for, really?

  A few items on my wish list are setting up a biodigester for collecting methane to cook with, some wind power, a veggie garden, and a protien source (i.e. chickens, fish, bunnies, etc)

   Self-suffienciency, here I come!


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Wow I only just noticed this! Well done Mnemo!!
I hope you are still able to visit us here online somehow. But anyway, please share how you've managed this so that others might follow  :  )

...'Cos I think you may find there's a queue LOL  :  )
Best,
AR


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Re: For those about to get off the grid...

In a nutshell interaction was the key to making this happen.  A friend of mine had obtained a yurt and did all the tough work by finding a land owner willing to provide a space.  He lived in it four full years and then decided that he'd had plenty of it and bought a house.  I was couch surfing at the time (not a bad way to go either) and was looking for some living arrangement that would sap my slim budget.  This yurt is on an old 20 acre farm.  They have a number of apple trees on the property that all need some attention and since I happen to have become a bit of an apple tree prunning expert I was a shoe in to become the resident care taker. 

At first this was a straight labor exchange, but after a bit of negotiating I agreed to pay $25 in addition to 3 hours per month labor.  Small price to pay for a roof of my own. 

Now, winter sad Wish me luck :D


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Re: For those about to get off the grid...

Good Luck And Have Fun  :  )
Well as a waste product of your pruning, there should be lots of dry timber around  :  )

Ah, dude, I wish I had time to be there too. Don't worry; I'm patient, and my future equivalent of yurting awaits.  :  )

If you haven't done winter freestyle before (for example lived in a bender or a tipi), or if anyone else is considering doing so for the first time, there are a few things that really help, so I put them here:

1 Research the geology and climate history of where you are. Talk to locals about what winter is usually like.

2 If there are regular prevailing winds, erect a windbreak between your dwelling and the wind direction.

3 Dig a deep narrow trench all the way around your dwelling about a foot away from its base and fill it with stones. This will help your 'island' drain easily in wet weather and dry out faster after rain.

4 Make paths to your regular routes (eg, to toilet facilities, wherever you come in and out etc) preferably with stones.

5 Remember this formula:
“Large heavy trees nearby + high winds + snow = squashed 2D human”.
Remove anything that might blow over in wind and fall on you, before it does. Don't underestimate the effect of the weight of snow.

6 Pay attention to how native yurt dwellers do things, what materials they use, what type of clothing they wear, what they do in crap weather, and so on. Saves a lot of time.

7 You never have too much fuel. Check this out:
http://www.brighthub.com/environment/gr … 24147.aspx

Best,
AR


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