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Florida Woman maybe forced to Comply to City Regulations for Face Consequences Robin Speronis found not guilty on two of three alleged Cape Coral city code violations at hearing in her fight to live off the grid. Speronis will likely continue to fight for her rights to live free, and off the grid despite the […]
Cabela’s Co-Founder Richard Cabela Dies at 77 SIDNEY, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 17, 2014– Cabela’s Incorporated (NYSE:CAB) announced that Richard N. Cabela, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, passed away today at his home inSidney. He was 77. Dick, along with his wife, Mary, and brother, Jim, founded Cabela’s somewhat inadvertently in 1961 when he purchased $45 worth of hand-tied fishing flies while […]
Jesse Ventura goes off the grid ‘so that the drones can’t find me’ Surveillance drones haven’t started hovering outside and above the homes of Americans en masse just yet, but former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura claims he’s left the United States just in case. Ventura, a 62-year-old professional wrestler-turned-politician, says his new Ora TV program […]
An electric cooperative in Minnesota is investing in a community solar initiative, hoping its members will benefit from it for years to come. In December, Lake Region Electric Cooperative launched the program giving its members the chance to buy part of the solar output from the HQ Prairie solar project built at the co-op’s headquarters. “We followed […]
Harvard Technology could economically store energy for use when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine. This could in turn be great news for off the grid sustainable energy, but is it going to come at an absorbent price or provide instant returns in power price reduction? Cambridge, Mass. – January 8, 2014 […]
Boom in deer population in Southwestern Ontario may lead to a review of current hunting season timelines and restrictions. Apparently, hundreds of local residents asking for an increased deer quota, special deer hunts or extensions to hunting seasons. A Southwestern Ontario MPP who is concerned about the rising number of deer-vehicle collisions says he’s been […]
Maximizing solar cells With silicon solar cells set to become a thing of the past, a Flinders University researcher has developed a novel computer system to find the best emerging carbon nanotubes to fuel the future. As part of his PhD, postdoctoral research fellow Dr Daniel Tune has designed a computer modelling system that shows which combination […]
Off Grid Tips: Off Grid Living Expert Robert Henry Shares Self-Reliance Tips A growing portion of Americans are opting to go off the grid and live a more self-reliant lifestyle. Some of the folks who chose a more simplistic existence did so out for environmental reasons, others relocated because they are “preppers” concerned about economic […]
Wind Turbine Crashes to the Ground at Pennsylvania Wind Farm On Wednesday evening, a GE 1.5 MW wind turbine collapsed at NextEra Energy Resources’ Mill Run wind farm. The 15 MW project, which came online in 2001, is located at a remote mountainside on private property in Pennsylvania. No one was injured. Steven Stengel, a […]
The Congressman Who Went Off the Grid Roscoe Bartlett spent 20 years on Capitol Hill. Now he lives in a remote cabin in the woods, prepping for doomsday. When Roscoe Bartlett was in Congress, he latched onto a particularly apocalyptic issue, one almost no one else ever seemed to talk about: America’s dangerously vulnerable power […]
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