Ive been reading Home Power lately and there are quite a few people successfully living off grid with solar/wind - including one couple since the late 70s with no backup diesel generator. (they use wood for heating, but solar for all their electric and theyve never had a power outage - in fact the batteries never discharged below 75%. its not a future technology its here now. One guy added solar panels to a $1900 electric scooter and commutes the 5miles to work - unfolds the panels and re-charges the scooter for the way back..
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