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Welcome to this Blog on off-the-grid living.  This blog focuses on sustainable residential, USA based, OTG (OffTheGrid) living.  

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beyond off-the-grid

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when people introduce me and say 'fred lives off the grid', While I appreciate the intro,  I always want to say:  'I'm WAY beyond off-grid'...  and if a conversation engages around it, I like to throw in the moniker: 'I live off the dreadmill'... let me explain. Our society loves path dependence. The history of humans is written on it. Path dependence implies we continue down the current path even though we know better paths – because it's convenient and we 'need to pay the mortgage/rent'.  And of course, many industries profit enormously from the current path.  it. Take oil, fast food, big box stores, etc.  I like the sound bite ' we didn't sto p using  whale oil for lighting because we ran out of whales'   And so too, we are blazing new paths not because we're running out of resources (which certain groups want you to believe) as much as there are better options on the horizons (uber, AI, self-driving cars, robotics, e...
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OTG rantings

OTG=off the grid.  What does it mean to go off the grid?    Recently I've heard some youngsters say 'i'm going off-grid'  which to them means they're either off facebook, or on airplane mode.  I mean wtf - turning off your phone!!  is 'going off the grid'.... gimmee a break! since when?  do millenials really rule the world?  i thought it was new yorkers.   let's get a grip here young'uns:  going off the grid refers to the electricity grid - and sometimes it means getting away from the 'man'  - as in the fuzz, the NSA, and nowadays any and all tech companies.  Lately the moniker OTG has as many meanings as a twitter ranting - it's in the eye of the beholder.  Sure, go off grid by turning off your facebook - while you're at it maybe you want to black out your web cam, your phone cam, your location settings, all your history setting, on and on ad naseum...and they'll monitor you anyway.  -----------------------...
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