Title: Living Off the Grid Pdf What to Expect While Living the Life of Ultimate Freedom and Tranquility
Author: Gary Collins
Published Date: 2019-03
Gary Collins wrote Living Off The Grid to bring people down to earth to the realities of living with less, making sacrifices, and choosing your priorities wisely. Very sensibly, he suggests buying a small RV, or at the very least renting one to live in while your off-grid home is built. Water is a top priority. Gary provides a kilowatt formula for figuring out how much electricity you will be using and then adding, hopefully, two forms of electrical power to reach your kilowatt goal. Dishwasher? Hot water? TV? Computer? Refrigerator? Stove? You can provide yourself with as many amenities as you like, but you'll have to power them. Can you afford to add some form of wind power? Not many people will live near enough to a stream to adapt some hydroelectricity. Rugged individualists have an appeal all their own. Gary Collins is devoted to his off-grid way of life. He runs a website about it, writes books about it, and answers people's questions about it. Living Off The Grid is a follow-up to his first book, Going Off The Grid. The first book is about making the move, and this second book is a how-to manual for good planning and what to expect. A place to build should be thoughtfully chosen. How far away from people do you want to go? Or how close? Either way, the author suggests that you tap into the off-grid community, as they will understand your lifestyle and be a generous and helpful resource. I have to admit that I was expecting this book to be more about living like a subsistence farmer, hardscrabble farming the land, and following a team of oxen as they pull your manual plow. I was way off. Living Off The Grid is extremely entertaining, informative, and passionate. I enjoyed it very much. - Reviewed By Java Davis for Readers' Favorite Gary Collins has a very interesting and unique background that includes military intelligence, Special Agent for the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Collins' background and expert knowledge brings a much-needed perspective to today's areas of simple living, health, nutrition, entrepreneurship, self-help and being more self-reliant. He holds an AS degree in Exercise Science, BS in Criminal Justice, and MS in Forensic Science.
Wondering if an off the grid lifestyle is right for you? Scared that it'll be too challenging for you and your family to handle? Author and speaker Gary Collins literally wrote the book on how to transition to a life off the grid. After almost a decade of walking the walk, he's sharing his successes and failures alike so you can live the simple life without missing out on creature comforts.
Living Off The Grid: What to Expect While Living the Life of Ultimate Freedom and Tranquility is a comprehensive shake-down of what this unique lifestyle looks like in practice. Told through Collins' much-loved conversational tone, you'll see complex subjects distilled into easy-to-apply lessons. Let the book calm your anxiety about taking this next step and find out how easy it can be to live a life of freedom.
- Practical day-to-day tips to make off-grid living simple
- Strategies for running a business or telecommuting while remaining mostly unplugged
- Ways to remain socially and professionally connected in your new lifestyle
- How to make the most of your newfound freedom and decreased cost of living
- Mistakes, expensive errors, and bonehead blunders Collins made so you don't have to... and much, much more!
Buy Living Off The Grid to embark on an exciting new lifestyle today!
Macro Level Discussion of Off-Grid Living I've read quite a few books about self-sustainable and off-grid living, but this is the first one I've found that has a macro level discussion. By this I mean that the author works hard to discuss all different options for living off-grid, beginning with several different vehicles you can live in (RV, van, etc.). Now, the typical image that comes to mind when you say "I live off grid" is a cabin in the woods, far from civilization. But the author is keen to note that you can live off grid in the Walmart parking lot in an RV ... well, sort of.To me, the essence of living off grid is all about not being hooked into the power, fuel, and sanitation infrastructure. NOTE that a lot of RV dwellers are very connected to those grids. So you'll have to pay close attention to the chapters on RV living to note that not all RV life is off grid.There are chapters on portable structures, tiny houses, power (solar, mainly), and more in this book. The only reason I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5 is because I get the sense that the author is more of an RV guy and less of an off-the-grid survivalist who's lived for years in the woods. I prefer the woodsman's perspective on off-grid living, I guess. That's my bias.A professional eBook that reads and looks just like a regular book. Not one of those 15 page cheapo eBooks. This one is the real deal.Useful info and complements Collins' earlier books This is a worthwhile addition to Collins’ earlier books covering topics related to transitioning to off-grid living. It provides useful reading for anyone contemplating such a new adventure, although some sections seem directed towards a very novice audience; e.g., providing a definition of solar power. There is considerable overlap with his previous books in the first several chapters, although the author warned his readers this occurs, and the author needed to do this in order to introduce supplementary material for actually living off the grid.Many of the best parts of the book cover Collins’ own experiences and mistakes. He does a wonderful job sharing his lessons learned. He usually provides model numbers and/or product names that worked (or did not work) for him, although his advice is more of an overview than a step-by-step manual. There were a few instances where I would have welcomed lengthier discussions; e.g., he describes moveable solar panels as being ‘not worth the money,’ but did not present actual numbers to the reader. It was unclear if that conclusion was based on his location in northeastern WA, or is also applicable to the sunbelt. Overall, there is a lot of useful information in this readable little book.A solid introduction to the off-grid lifestyle When surveying resources for the off-grid lifestyle, first it is useful to assess which category you might fall into:1) "Average" people who hope to save money, lead a simpler life, and go back to the land as simple and independently as they possibly can (often called "homesteaders");2) Preppers and other people who want to go off-grid completely, frequently by outfitting a primary or secondary "bug out" property;3) Boondockers - people who reject property ownership and wish to travel around the country in an off-grid, totally self-contained RV;Mr. Collins falls somewhere between Option 2 and Option 3, in that he has chosen to live part of the year in a self-contained RV, but maintains an off-grid home to go back to part of the year.With that in mind (myself having dabbled in all three groups), I found Mr. Collin's advice to be solid and spot-on. "Living Off the Grid" starts out with a phase most of the prepper books don't cover ... setting aside a bit of money first and founding the kind of job which will allow you to pack up and move off the grid. Without a financial cushion and a way to earn a future living, your off-grid plans will fail.From there the book discusses what kinds of campers and trailers you might want to purchase if you wish to either live in it while building your new off-grid house, or to travel the country and live off-grid in an RV. I found the information adequate for "live in while you build," but if you want to live an off-grid boondocking lifestyle (where you take advantage of BLM land to camp for free), you will need to look someplace else. Nothing wrong with that, the "boondocking lifestyle" just isn't covered in this book. Mr. Collins provides some real useful information about the difficulties of getting an off-grid RV onto your new, remote off-grid property that are frequently overlooked in other books.He also has a good overview on siting a good piece of land, with definite criteria that you should be looking for.He has good advice for dealing with contractors while building your off-grid house, and more importantly, there are several chapters which provide a very thorough overview of the different kinds of off-grid energy systems and which combination might be necessary for your off-grid house, including wind, solar, micro-hydro, and geothermal. I would have appreciated differentiation between "true" geothermal (you live near a hot spot) vs. ground source heat pump (ambient ground temperature) as the systems serve different niches, but since most people have never heard of EITHER type of system this oversight can be forgiven.What you WON'T find in this book: tips on homesteading, food storage, root cellars, or hunting. You'd be better off looking for a book which deals more with Off-Grid Lifestyle #1 (see above).Overall, this book contains solid advice. My only criticism is that the author comes at the off-grid lifestyle from the point of view of somebody who had access to, or the ability to earn in a short period of time, a significant amount of money to invest. If you are at the lower end of the income scale, many of the things he recommends will seem beyond your reach.Disclosure: I received this book for free in exchange for a fair and unbiased review. I do not know the author, and this did not influence my opinion.
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