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I currently live off grid. I don't think many women are responsible enough to live this way full time day in and day out. They need unlimited power 24/7 fueled by fossil fuels. Most days I can do whatever I want whenever I want just using solar energy, but if I have like 3 grayed out days of rain and clouds back to back the battery bank gets pretty much depleted. So I generally check the weather models every morning for cloud cover for the next several days. If I see like 3-5 days of cloudy skies back to back coming, then I try to get all my laundry done, wash the dishes, and cook some things in advance that I can just heat up for the next couple of days or eat cold like a pasta salad. That way the lights stay on, I maintain water pressure, my food stays refrigerated, my computer/internet stays on, and life is livable as normal. If you don't think ahead, you might end up without clean clothes to wear (have to go to a laundry mat) or have to eat uncooked meals like salads or a bowl of cold cereal, unless you want to burn some fuel and turn on a generator. I do have a generator, but I try to live responsibly before I start burning the propane to bring the battery bank back up. Women don't tend to think ahead like that or act responsibly once they have dug themselves into a hole. They just crash the system to feed their selfish wants in the moment... I guess that's why they call men the husband.
Husbandry: the careful use of money, food, supplies, etc.
If you think ahead, you have no regular electric bill, water bill, sewer bill, and what not. Occasionally I have to buy some water filters (every 6-12 months), pay to have septic emptied (roughly every 2 years), and buy some propane (I haven't had to do that for 6 months). So fixed expenses go way down. I still have communication expenses (internet & cell phone) and property taxes, but no mortgage. So it's definitely nicer than the daily grind most people live, I have a nice bit of room between me and my neighbors and fare amount of acreage, but am still in a metro of roughly 2 million people, a couple of miles from the beach and the interstate and about 15 minutes from an international airport. So the main adjustments are not paying bills and managing your energy use responsibly. Yet, women I have over lead me to believe none of them can handle something so basic. If we ever have a major catastrophe I weep for the species.
What part of the country would you recommend for off-grid?
@frozenbythedykers The best advice I can give you is that biggest energy hogs are appliances that heat and cool your home, your water, your food, and your clothing and that when it comes to solar you need to be in a location with high peak solar hours and as little cloud cover as possible. When it comes to peak solar hours and clear days, obviously the arid deserts win. In the USA that would be places like Arizona and New Mexico, but even if they have really consistent power generation I'm sure they come with their own challenges when it comes to winter heating, hot water heating as a result, and water use issues. I haven’t lived in those locations off grid so I’m not familiar with all the details.
I currently live off grid in Florida. In the winter I don’t have to heat or cool the house even though the power is readily available much of the winter in excess. At worst we get a couple nights a year that dip into the low 30s F for a couple hours. As a result passive heating from sun coming through the windows and an insulated house tends to keep the house warm enough all winter without heating (60s-70s F). Water heating is really easy here. I just use a passive solar water heater with vacuum tubes. As a result I don’t have to use any electricity for it other than supplying water pressure through it. Even in February which is typically our coldest month, I still can take warm showers, wash dishes and clothes fine. I’d think the same would work in cooler climates, but you might have to use some 12v power to keep the tank warm or put the water heater in a greenhouse so it doesn’t lose heat at night. In the Spring and Fall, AC running for roughly an hour or two total throughout the day keeps inside temps in the 70s F. Typically it trips on a couple times in the afternoon.
The summer is the biggest struggle period because we get a lot of rain which means clouds and we need a lot of AC. So this means the AC has to cycle on and off all day from mid morning on and through the evening until about midnight to keep the building comfortable. If it is too cloudy for too long then the generator might have to run for an hour or two to top off the batteries. In the summer the water is so hot, you pretty much take steaming hot showers on the coldest shower setting with a typical mixer valve that is half cold and half hot. Cooking uses high draw of electric, but typically you are cooking for short periods so it’s not a huge concern. Refrigerators/Freezers have to run 24/7, but typically are pretty efficient and drawn a consistent small amperage all day. Things like TVs, computers, lights, water pumps, ceiling fans, network/internet, etc tend to be very low when it comes to energy use. Washing clothing usually isn’t that big of a deal, but drying your washed clothes with an electric drier is a big energy draw, so wash your clothes on sunny days not rainy ones. Over all it’s been pretty easy here in Florida as far as I am concerned. Even when hurricanes come. Last year all my neighbors lost power for about 5 days with utility provided power. I just rinsed the leaves/grass/dirt that was blown by the wind off my solar panels in about 30 minutes of cleaning and I never lost lost power. So while they were cooking with camp stoves in the heat without lights at night I just kept living like it was a normal day.
I did all my own electric work, so when I cost average my electric expenses for the equipment over their life cycle it ends up that my monthly electric bill comes out to roughly $30 dollars a month. Obviously I paid that up front. When I lived in a typical house in Florida before, my electric bill was roughly $120 a month in the winter and like $300 in the summer and that was before all the crazy inflation. Water filters for the entire house average out to about $10 a month so that's my water bill. Emptying the septic every couple years averages out to about $6 a month so that's my sewer bill. So it's a significant reduction when you think about monthly costs, but in reality you don't have some bill you have to pay every month to come company or else... You replace water filters when you want to, you call the septic man when you want to, and you panels work at pretty much full capacity for 30 years and still have reduced life beyond that. and lithium batteries can last 10-15 years... So while you should put some money in a savings account for basic maintenance, you don't have regular bills you have to pay or else the light go off. So if you have hard times, they really aren't all that hard and if times are good, you can save an invest more and you have less nagging responsibility.
Date someone off-grid? Let me tell ya, the last time I tried that, I had to explain why my mom's basement has better Wi-Fi than their "sustainable eco-hut." Sure, they’ll brag about composting toilets and solar panels, but good luck finding a socket to charge your fleshlight. I showed up with a 12-pack of Mountain Dew and a VPN (gotta keep the troll accounts alive), and she’s like, “We forage for berries here.” Bitch, *I* forage for Hot Pockets in the freezer aisle.
Tried bonding over Red Dead Redemption 2, but their horse died of dysentery halfway through. Now we’re stuck role-playing Oregon Trail IRL. “You have died of cholera.” Yeah, no shit—your well water tastes like raccoon piss.
Pro tip: If they say, “Let’s build a cabin together,” they’re either a Pinterest hippie or a serial killer. Either way, you’ll end up buried under a garden bed fertilized with your own hubris. But hey, at least the bears will respect your grind.
Final verdict? Only date off-grid if you’re into cold showers, existential dread, and arguing about whether eating roadkill counts as “farm-to-table.” Pass. I’ll stick to microwaving tendies, getting @frozenbythedykers, and yelling at TERFs in Discord.
Dude you are way overthinking this. All you have to do is convince her that your cock is a renewable energy source. Go out foraging for berries and whip that bad boy out and start wacking it against a berry bush. She'll suck you off if she cares anything about resourcefulness. You don't need to play "Lesbian Tractor Rodeo" or drink racoon piss. Just bang her and then act like an emergency came up with a solar panel. She doesn't need to know that you left her to watch Survivor in the comfort of your gas-guzzling massage throne.
If that someone had exceptional qualities that made them dateable, I'd certainly CONSIDER it.
You need to weigh what worries you about this person living "off the grid."
Some such people like living independently. Others might be living more on the fringe.
This is what you have to determine. Is this a regular guy, or a fringe guy? Can you do ordinary things like go to a concert, see a film, have dinner out, take walks in the park with him?
If he is living a circumscribed life in the mountains, hills or whereever he lives off the grid, this might be difficult. But you have to determine this by spending time with him. Good luck.
Nah... sounds like the theme to a horror movie.
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Hmmm... not sure. Sounds like it could possibly be interesting, but at the same time sounds like it could cause issues. In general I think it's better to live a "normal traditional life" so to speak. Radical or unusual lifestyles can be kind of hard to navigate through successfully (though not impossible obviously). Sometimes even traditional lifestyles can be hard, even more so an uncommon one.
This may be judgmental but, a lot of these "off grid", "homesteaders" are extremist nuts, not nature lovers. Their beliefs place them at the fringe of society for everything from government to male/female relationships. They live in isolation. I put them in the same bucket as religious cults. There are plenty of people who DON'T live on the fringe of society. Why not stick with that? Unless you're looking for new experiences.
Why tf is anyone on here if they want to live off the grid? This is social media it's the complete opposite of living off the grid. I've lived in the countryside and it's not for me. I'm too used to living in a city.
Not into hermits who fear the reaper.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/pe3jFvJ0qjsI shouldn't, because I have a horrible sense of character/danger, but I probably would anyway. What are the odds he's actually a serial killer? Pretty low, I think.
it would be interesting to experiment that type pf life, i would try it but if it doesn't work for me then i would break up with hiom or ask him to change our life style
Maybe I would do it temporarily for fun, just to see what it's like, but I wouldn't pursue anything serious with a girl who does that.
Hygiene and shaving are non-optional, but I wouldn't completely rule it out if I were a single guy.
Nope, i don't mind living in the village as a farmer and gardening, but there must be electricity and internet.
as long as I have electricity and internet access and can work... that's fine :D
not gonna say not but imma be wondering why they do
and it's cool that you do
Probably not... I would need to hear a strong explanation for what was going on there lol
I would try it for a while and see how it goes.
Yeah, that would be cool. We wouldn't need to worry about anything, but each other
No. Women would smell otherwise - bad smell 😞
No I be afraid they might have ended someone's life their just hiding.
What do you mean? You mean anyone who lives off grid has killed someone and they are hiding?
Sounds like a dream to me
Don't know but probably not
Of course I would.
I would if I liked her.
Nope. I like being around others.
No. Sounds too extreme.
Maybe but probably not
Yes I would