Off Grid living

Hey guys my name is Austin! I'm 20 and have been interested in off grid living for a while. I am thinking about joining or starting an off grid community. If anybody has any ideas, information, or would like to talk to me about this, then reach out to me through this post or my phone number, 210-316-4783, I've also attached a photo of myself, I hope to hear from you guys! Thank you! Oh you can also contact me via email - Austinpadayao@gmail.com

I appreciate your post!

You hopefully have many years to explore and experiment with off-grid living. You might find that there are many ways to approach it, and getting some experiences of others and how they are living or trying to live can be an important part of figuring out what works for you!

Since you mentioned community, that might mean a system or technique that you are comfortable with does not fit into the realms of another human. So many factors come into play how an individual or a place (homestead, farm, village) stays functioning.

Some people want refrigerators and air conditioning while being off-grid...others are more content without those luxuries.

The region one is setting their lifestyle in plays a signicant role as well as combined with personal desires. There are calculations and equations to put the realities of the potential demand into building an infrastructure setup.

For example, I approach this in a way where the 12v batteries in my truck, tractor, and 4wheeler can supply nearly all my basic needs which is just keeping a cell phone and a headlamp charged...thats it! No panels, nothing. Of course tho, theres massive infrastructure hooked to the coal-burning grid somewhere out there building the machines and making those batteries that I'm utilizing.

Also, I leave my place a couple times a week to work for $...while I'm out and about doing odd landscaping or mechanic jobs I bring along my 18v and 40v tools and batteries to charge off of someone or someplaces electric on-grid outlet. I'm a scavenger in ways, but it's just how I've been doing things to get by

I have a small propane powered generator as a backup plan if need be, I run that for less than 10 hrs a year I'd guess. Thats only when I land jobs on raw land where theres no power and need to keep a couple things going.

Electric is just one part - theres also a water grid that can be a challenge to work around physically and spiritually.

Stay fluid in your thoughts, just because someone presents the idea that they have something wonderful and sustainable figured out to power their plasti-culture market farm doesnt always mean theres not a dark-side to the setup. I've been guilty of jumping on many bandwagons over the years out of lack of experience, only to find myself sliding right off the back to the lonesome dusty road again and again with my own contemplations.

For me it's just about steadily using less and striving towards sticking to a philosophy of never buying solar panels, a dedicated battery bank, or having devices that draw current if Im not directly using them, life refrigerators, tank water heaters, etc.

Now, I do think there could be some hope eventually for mainstream eco-friendly solar (maybe biological?). And, turbines in wind or water seem halfway decent too. I may eventually entertain the idea of small scale wind generated electricty at my place, but for now my focus is elsewhere.

Thanks for the inspiring post, great to see young people expressing interest and will towards off-grid living!

Thanks man for the comment, I can see you put time and effort into it! where is your off grid place at?