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	<title>Off The Grid &#187; definitions and theory</title>
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	<description>My journey to living off-the-grid in Europe</description>
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		<title>History of Solar Energy Usage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often think that modern societies were the first to use solar energy. Not true! Early cave dwellers preferred caves that had openings facing southeasterly that allowed the morning sun to warm them up without overheating in the warm months.  Native Americans in the Southwest oriented their pueblo dwellings.  So the low winter sun would [...]


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		<title>What is solar energy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solar energy is a term that refers to the direct use of sunlight to produce heat or electric power.  The sun&#8217;s energy is plentiful, but it is thinly distributed over a large area. It must be collected and concentrated in order to produce usable power. The amount of solar radiation per unit of flat area [...]


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		<title>Is living off-grid a good way to reduce utility costs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just looked at the results of the poll I posted in the sidebar when I launched this blog. I ask there, what are the causes you want to live off-grid. One of the main causes is at the moment the &#8220;to reduce utility costs&#8221;. When I cast my vote in that poll I didn&#8217;t [...]


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		<title>Walden, or life in the woods</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago I finished reading the &#8220;Walden&#8221;, a book by Henry D. Thoreau. Though it was published more than 150 years ago (in 1854), it is considered by many off-gridders as their bible and source of inspiration. When I first started reading about living off the grid, I found references to this [...]


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		<title>Liquefied petroleum gas &#8211; LPG (wikipedia)</title>
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		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/liquefied-petroleum-gas-lpg-wikipedia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liquefied petroleum gas (or short LPG) is a mixture of propane and buthane and is commonly used for home heating and as an gasoline (petrol) alternative for internal combustion engines. It is made from crude oil or from natural gas, so by all means it is non-renewable fuel. It cannot be obtained easily at home [...]


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		<title>Natural Gas (Wikipedia)</title>
		<link>http://off-the-grid.eu/natural-gas-wikipedia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural gas is used in many homes to fuel furnaces, stoves, cookstoves and preparing domestic hot water. It&#8217;s relatively easy to be delivered to your home (if you have a natural gas pipeline near), very easy to use and clean to burn. Burning natural gas produces almost only water vapor and carbon dioxide, with small [...]


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		<title>Why live off the grid?</title>
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		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/why-live-off-the-grid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you talk about living off the grid with someone who is not familiar with the concept, his first question will probably be: &#8220;Why do you want to live off the grid?&#8220;. Here&#8217;s a couple of good reasons that might justify living without usind public utilities.
First and the most obvious answer is: if there&#8217;s no [...]


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		<title>Off the grid &#8211; what does it mean?</title>
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		<comments>http://off-the-grid.eu/off-the-grid-what-does-it-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you came to this blog, you probably already know what does living off the grid means. If not, here&#8217;s a simple explanation.
Living off the grid means you live in a self-sufficient way in terms of energy, water, heat and other utilities.
Sometimes off-grid living means being independent from ony one public utility, like the electrical [...]


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		<title>The Electrical Grid (Wikipedia)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most common public utility homes are conected to is the electrical grid, or simply the grid.   Electricity is the most convenient way of transferring energy to long distances. Because it&#8217;s so easy to use, it&#8217;s become the main energy source for most home appliances.
Before I start getting deeper in the labyrinth of [...]


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		<title>What does &#8220;off-the-grid&#8221; mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wikipedia says, that living off-the-grid means
living in a self-sufficient manner without reliance on one or more public utilities.
That is the most intuitive way to describe the term.


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