First they stopped coming for the plastic bottles, and I did not speak out -- Because I don't use many plastic bottles. Then they stopped coming for the cardboard, and I did not speak out -- Because I can burn my cardboard in the chiminea in the backyard. Then they stopped coming for the aluminum cans -- And since I drink cold beverages from cans, that's when they … [Read more...]
Electric power to the people!
It's a gorgeous day full of singing birds and sunlight. Beautiful, streaming sunlight. Soon the photovoltaic system that added some aggression to my passive solar house in the mountains of western Virginia will be one year old, the time of reckoning. Getting off the grid has always been nirvana for 1970s back-to-the-landers like me. With net-metering - a 21st century … [Read more...]