tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post330814248406082856..comments2024-03-11T23:18:19.727-05:00Comments on The Field Lab: off grid fluff on FacebookJohn Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783305402239706779noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-14529250780906737112015-05-31T15:58:37.379-05:002015-05-31T15:58:37.379-05:00lol Larry. You talkin bout them hillbillies? That...lol Larry. You talkin bout them hillbillies? That's so funny. I had never thought about the mt. shacks as off grid. My family is from West Virginia and Ohio originally. They even preserved deer meat in bottles. They even had a bed warmer from the wood stove to warm the cold beds in the loft at night. In Kentucky they even make their own lye soap in the front yard. etc. <br />Margery Billdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589667608391862832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-16385720823127067202015-05-31T13:41:35.191-05:002015-05-31T13:41:35.191-05:00My grandfolks lived in rural Va. "off the gri...<br />My grandfolks lived in rural Va. "off the grid", they had an outhouse. they had a dug well that dried up in the summer and they had to walk down the pasture about 200 yds to get water out of a spring. Often this was an evil mule waiting in ambush. The outhouse was halfway between the house and spring.<br /><br />the "dump" was a place in the woods where anything we normally today, we put in the trash for pickup - went on the pile.. you can still find these "dumps" near old home sites because there was no 'pickup' and even if there had been - there was no money for it.<br /><br />food was corn, beans, other garden stuff, blueberries, blackberries, apples and fruit, chickens, herring and shad put in salt barrels, squirrel, rabbit, deer, etc. trips to town was for staples.. flour, sugar, etc.. and and "mounds" bars...if enough money.<br /><br />two story house -up stairs bedrooms, no heat, no electricity, king edward cans in the hallway, kerosene lamps for light.. etc..<br /><br />pretty much "off grid" as I recall... ;-)<br /><br /><br /><br />Larry Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02282254026681944326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-19756875691675691042015-05-31T12:34:12.512-05:002015-05-31T12:34:12.512-05:00Texas version
Capricamper.comTexas version<br />Capricamper.comMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899260403822657527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-89660880044321216572015-05-31T11:40:10.080-05:002015-05-31T11:40:10.080-05:00What's wrong with this idea? No wheels IMO.
e...What's wrong with this idea? No wheels IMO.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ecocapsule.sk/ecocapsule" rel="nofollow">ecocapsule</a>fartymartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770447846555159362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-30024098476345528152015-05-31T08:14:08.846-05:002015-05-31T08:14:08.846-05:00I don't see anything wrong with the idea excep...I don't see anything wrong with the idea except that it is way too small for my wife and I and the three dogs. Where does it get stored when going down the road?Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-80159930623510086282015-05-31T04:11:37.254-05:002015-05-31T04:11:37.254-05:00You can't fully benefit from the solar array u...You can't fully benefit from the solar array unless you park east to west instead of north to south.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572577895038049062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-8620569527647955582015-05-30T22:31:06.082-05:002015-05-30T22:31:06.082-05:00I'm going to say that the biggest problem is t...I'm going to say that the biggest problem is the embedded energy involved in manufacturing and distributing such a single-purpose design.<br /><br />Can't be added on to or customized easily with that kind of skin coating as opposed to wood planks or even drywall (which I hate, but it can be gotten everywhere and can be cut into or patched easily as needed).<br /><br />Spring a leak in that thing, or want to change something about a window or the door, looks like it would need specialized help from the manufacturer instead of something any shade-tree carpenter could do.<br /><br />Speaking of which, not much shade there... A-course that's not the building's fault.<br /><br />A close second would be the wind -- anyplace that gets enough wind to be useful for power production, that house is going to go rolling...Sue Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959917241722708193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-53751240038199138092015-05-30T22:29:47.801-05:002015-05-30T22:29:47.801-05:00Good idea Sam. That would be a lovely experience....Good idea Sam. That would be a lovely experience.Margery Billdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589667608391862832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-20801601192718090662015-05-30T20:29:51.660-05:002015-05-30T20:29:51.660-05:00I see possibilities ... including mounting one of ...I see possibilities ... including mounting one of these on a pontoon boat. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292956632760082576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-40325552881630032452015-05-30T20:21:04.099-05:002015-05-30T20:21:04.099-05:00no food, no water and no internet...
;-)no food, no water and no internet...<br /><br />;-)Larry Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02282254026681944326noreply@blogger.com