Comments on: Fire the Grid

By: Jerry D.

Jerry D. — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:39:03 +0000

Agreed. We recently stayed on a friend’s island with very little power, and a composting toilet. It’s amazing how quickly we reduced our (over)use of everything!

The technologies to radically reduce our consumption already exists, and the challenge is how to get governments to push their use, when those same governments rely on our increased consumption for their revenue?

By: irene

irene — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:48:44 +0000

Yes, good to do once in a while as a reminder of how much energy we use without a thought–
staying on an island and living off the grid and unlit except for oil lamps is instructive. Also, living for a week with solar generated power (and a refrigerator that has its very own solar battery gives a lighter feeling!

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:30:32 +0000

Great blog. I feel the haze clearing!

Having lived in the blackout zone of 2003, the experience of being off grid (for three days in our neighbourhood in Toronto…) was very enlightening.