Is it necessary to live in the Woods to live off the grid? Not at all. Or at least, not all the way.
What is the “grid,” first of all?
The term refers to the centralized – and centrally controlled – distribution networks for such things as power and water, chiefly. To be “off the grid” means you obtain your power (it is not necessarily just electricity) and water from a source independent of this grid that is under your control. So as to not be dependent upon the grid and – even more so, these days – beholden to it. Not having to worry that those who do control it will use it to control you, as by threatening to turn off your power and water.
But it does not mean living in the Woods. Continue reading “Off Grid – but not in The Woods”
