http://sustainableurbanhomestead.com/review-les-stroud-off-the-grid/ Urban Farming, Food Preservation and Renewable Energy Systems Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:21:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sustainableurbanhomestead.com/review-les-stroud-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Off the grid – Les Stroud | Fixing the World Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:45:20 +0000 http://sustainableurbanhomestead.com/?p=462#comment-375 [...] Sustainable Urban Homestead – Urban Farming, Food Preservation and Renewable Energy Systems Living off the grid is an expression to describe both a way of life as well as a manner of living. Living off the Grid initially came to mean self sustainable living, without electrical power coming into your habitat from the countries power electric supply system aka the electric “grid”. The phrase Off the Grid is an extension of the term “off grid” phrased by Nick Rose in the mid 1990s. Today, the term Off the Grid is being used in a much more expanded manner and scope and now covers or implies all types of alternative energy and ecological saving systems and life styles. [...] [...] Sustainable Urban Homestead – Urban Farming, Food Preservation and Renewable Energy Systems Living off the grid is an expression to describe both a way of life as well as a manner of living. Living off the Grid initially came to mean self sustainable living, without electrical power coming into your habitat from the countries power electric supply system aka the electric “grid”. The phrase Off the Grid is an extension of the term “off grid” phrased by Nick Rose in the mid 1990s. Today, the term Off the Grid is being used in a much more expanded manner and scope and now covers or implies all types of alternative energy and ecological saving systems and life styles. [...]

]]> http://sustainableurbanhomestead.com/review-les-stroud-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-331 solar Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:49:05 +0000 http://sustainableurbanhomestead.com/?p=462#comment-331 Many people like myself have searched for several years to find a cheap affordable solution using solar panels for your residential home. Unfortunately the cost has always outweighed the benefit of being off grid. The upfront capital investment in solar panels would take 20 years to succesfully pay off and maybe more. Deep cycle batteries ... Many people like myself have searched for several years to find a cheap affordable solution using solar panels for your residential home. Unfortunately the cost has always outweighed the benefit of being off grid. The upfront capital investment in solar panels would take 20 years to succesfully pay off and maybe more. Deep cycle batteries …

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