| Until recently I would have said getting cheap electricity | | | | for a few hundred dollars and a weekend. |
| by going completely off grid would have only been | | | | There are now actually several DIY alternative energy |
| possible for those well healed enough to cover the | | | | guides that do an excellent job of giving simple |
| substantial cost involved in either solar panels or | | | | instruction in written and video format that will walk you |
| windmill generated power. The average cost for either | | | | step by step through the process. |
| of these could easily range from $30,000 to $50,000 | | | | As a LEED GA I am always on the look out for |
| just to provide enough power for a small home. | | | | information that is actually useful and that the average |
| That is changing, you now have a viable alternative, do | | | | homeowner can easily use. You need more than a |
| it yourself (DIY off grid power). I didn't realize how | | | | book on theory, you need a complete DIY off grid |
| simple and inexpensive this could actually be, even for | | | | energy guide that will give step by step instruction, |
| the mechanically challenged, but it is now not only | | | | including video to show you the actual steps and to |
| possible to obtain cheap electricity but in some cases | | | | explain exactly what parts are required and where to |
| have the utilities pay you. | | | | get them, and how to get them very inexpensively and |
| There has always been "Do It Yourself energy guides" | | | | you need someone to guide you that actually is an |
| for solar panels or wind turbine generation, but they | | | | expert in this field. |
| were not user friendly and most people would give up | | | | It is now possible for almost anyone to substantially |
| before getting started, as many of these were written | | | | reduce and even eliminate their reliance on energy |
| by people that were more interested in selling their | | | | from the grid. Some people are even producing |
| book than providing an easy way to conserve | | | | excess which the power companies must purchase |
| resources or use green alternative energy. It is now | | | | from you. You owe it to yourself and the planet to |
| possible to build your own solar panels or wind turbines | | | | check out these green alternative energy alternatives. |