spiraljetty in Honolulu is doing 42 things including…

live off the grid

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spiraljetty has written 2 entries about this goal

island wide power outage 12 months ago

a very minor lightning storm and we all came together.
Need I say more…..

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20081228_Obama_in_dark_appears_to_have_put_Oahu_in_good_light.html

and then the Aloha spirit of a blackout…Community bands together
Waimanalo residents share resources while some shops managed to serve customers starbulletin.com

“Even though man’s power is out, God’s power is still on,” Head Elder Pat McGuire preached to about half the usual number of parishioners.”.... so fine.



Hard in a townhouse - 15 months ago

I rent and I live in a townhouse, so living off the grid will have to mean being really creative. I could do solar rechargable 12v batteries for lighting. In a perfect world, I’d have a $20000 windfall that would pay up some rent, stock up on supplies, buy some garden supplies, and get some solar charger/battery/inverters set up.



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