Interesting "Off the Grid Article" for Australia:
I love solar! As I learn more about it, how logical it becomes to use the energy of our star and not the dreaded corporate crap! Forbes article you may enjoy :::
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We've been living off-grid for almost 4 years now. It's very easy, just not cheap initially.
ETA: Now that I've read the article, it doesn't have much to do about actually living off-grid. And being grid-tied is not exactly getting even with "the man". When you "sell" electricity back to the utility, they only pay you the wholesale rate which is a fraction of what you pay them. Plus, they will try to raise your rates to make up the loss.
BTW, if grid power goes down, so does yours, you can't have batteries when grid-tied.
And...I ain't no hippie!
LS
ETA: Now that I've read the article, it doesn't have much to do about actually living off-grid. And being grid-tied is not exactly getting even with "the man". When you "sell" electricity back to the utility, they only pay you the wholesale rate which is a fraction of what you pay them. Plus, they will try to raise your rates to make up the loss.
BTW, if grid power goes down, so does yours, you can't have batteries when grid-tied.
And...I ain't no hippie!
LS
