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Everything off grid; power, water, self-sufficiency; whether you're doing it or aspiring.
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The question is too vague to answer well, but I have run a high autonomy household for 10 years, so it's possible. Solar with battery storage, small wind generator to supplement things during storms. Heating uses wood.
Latitude 59, so I get an electrical energy crisis every winter, but on most winters, I don't have to start a gasoline generator or bring electricity over with my e-car.
If you're on a lower latitude, it becomes simpler, if you only have enough surface for solar panels.
Do you have any video showing how wind energy can be utilised during storms ?
No. Also, I apologize for being a bit rude, but what would you gain from having a video of a home wind generator working? There's probably thousands of such videos on the Internet.
I would like to see how a home wind generator creates electricity, particularly the mechanism.
Small wind turbines work by having blades that spin a shaft connected to a generator (usually with magnets and coils) that converts the rotational energy into electricity - you can find some great comparisons of home wind generators on gearscouts.com if youre looking for emergency power solutions with the best watt-hour value.
Here's a reasonably representative photo.
This ?
Exotic, rare, not representative of everyday things.
You're the admin of this instance ?
Moderator of community, not admin of instance.
I'm going to join a vegan community which is also going to live off grid.
Can I post video links related to smart cities in your community ? This is one of the reasons why we wish to go off grid......
There must be a better community for that. A city, especially a smart city, would not be considered off grid.
I am not a member there, but I would take a look at "c/urbanism". It is about cities.
You get me wrong. I'm against cities and urbanism altogether.
I'm for off grid living.
Regardless of whether an opinion is for or against something, the recommended subject matter of this community is definitely not smart cities, but off-grid living.