Could you do it? Could you really live comfortably without relying on the local utility company? More Americans, seeing potential in renewable power sources, are giving it a try. About 750,000 U.S. households are now living off the grid and the number is increasing about 10% each year, estimates Nick Rosen, author of Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America. His website has a map showing where these people live. “Going off the grid is like insuring yourself against a time the lights may go out,” Rosen says. “If we are going to move toward an age of energy independence, these are the foot soldiers, the people who show us what we have to do.” [Read this article]
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