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Sign me up. Solar has come such a long way, and wind gen is so much quieter now. If you happen to have a creek or river running through your property you can ev
by reactordev 2y ago
Sign me up. Solar has come such a long way, and wind gen is so much quieter now. If you happen to have a creek or river running through your property you can even make a hydroelectric generator. With LiFePo batteries being what they are, you could setup a complete off-grid home on 14kw. I’m all for it. Someday, someday. I’m still stuck in the rat race but I would be a solarpunk, totally.
- bergie 2y ago14kW is a lot. On our boat we can live off-grid with 860W of solar and a hydrogenerator for when we're under way. Last time we were connected to shore power was in December when we were in the Canaries... Here's a short summary of our energy setup (and other notes on the Atlantic crossing) https://lille-oe.de/2025-01-24/ https://lille-oe.de/2025-01-24/ Admittedly in the time since Canaries we've also burned some 10-15l of diesel for propulsion purposes. And we cook with an alcohol stove, not electric. But we do desalinate all our water with the solar we have.
- pabs3 2y agoIs there much movement towards electric instead of petrol/diesel propulsion on the water when there is no wind?
- AstralStorm 2y agoApproximately 3-4 kW per capita is required to approximate medium European lifestyle. A bit could be optimized, but not all that much. Anything less and you're making important tradeoffs. Either on heating/cooling, transportation, or hardware capabilities. Usually making tradeoffs hurts the most disadvantaged and poor. Remember to also count stuff. Embodied energy is a thing so often forgotten. Trash and other waste disposal is not free either. Growing food requires energy input too.