Off Grid Living-

kittygrrl · 10-16-2019, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad

I thought about a water collection system too. I use rain barrels at my current house in the country.

I think that is a good back-up and good for showers and garden but i wonder about drinking?? There is still so much bad stuff in our atmosphere i would worry about drinking it...Have you done any research Chad, about using it as drinking water on an ongoing basis?

Chad · 10-16-2019, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kittygrrl

I think that is a good back-up and good for showers and garden but i wonder about drinking?? There is still so much bad stuff in our atmosphere i would worry about drinking it...Have you done any research Chad, about using it as drinking water on an ongoing basis?

I would not drink rain water. I would have a well that was tested. I guess my off grid would be a little different with a well and septic system.

kittygrrl · 10-16-2019, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad

I would not drink rain water. I would have a well that was tested. I guess my off grid would be a little different with a well and septic system.

a well and septic is cool....a nice addition if you can afford it...i had a well dug n my Alaska place and we hit artesian water......................at 400ft

cathexis · 10-16-2019, 05:25 PM

Not sure I could live off-grid unless there was a reliable alternative electric power. I really would like to live as luxuriously as possible.

If there were a natural disaster or large civil unrest, think I'd head for the top of a NY or Chgo high rise with gardens for security from the strife below and roof top food via barter.

FireSignFemme · 10-17-2019, 06:49 AM

I believe I could live off grid but only if I were part of a group of people successful at doing it because their ancestors before them had done so successfully for generations. Also I wouldn't do it with any group of people attempting to try and bring the same level of comfort and convenience they enjoyed on grid, off grid. And I absolutely would not do it on any womyn's land ever. There are worse things than dying and one of them is having to spend time on womyn's land listening to each and every one of them attempt to try and reach a consensus. Oh imagine if we were all immortal and I had to live on womyn's land – forever! World without end amen. From cradle to grave doesn't sound so bad when I look at it like that.

kittygrrl · 10-17-2019, 01:09 PM

thought-Learning to make bread is a necessity...it can be any kind of bread you fancy..griddle cakes, white or wheat bread, muffins, biscuits etc..

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10-17-2019, 06:49 AM	#5
FireSignFemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: N/A Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: WA Posts: 4,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 37,962 Thanked 10,264 Times in 3,142 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	I believe I could live off grid but only if I were part of a group of people successful at doing it because their ancestors before them had done so successfully for generations. Also I wouldn't do it with any group of people attempting to try and bring the same level of comfort and convenience they enjoyed on grid, off grid. And I absolutely would not do it on any womyn's land ever. There are worse things than dying and one of them is having to spend time on womyn's land listening to each and every one of them attempt to try and reach a consensus. Oh imagine if we were all immortal and I had to live on womyn's land – forever! World without end amen. From cradle to grave doesn't sound so bad when I look at it like that.