[optimal] Re: What is living off the grid?
- From: Cynthia VandenHoven <cynthia.vandenhoven@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 11:14:28 -0400
A couple in Toronto converted their older 1920's downtown urban home into
an example of energy efficiency by upgrading windows, insulation,
lightbulbs. But more importantly they installed Solar Panels which rotate
according to the sun. They have been collecting data of their findings,
publishing papers and make the data available so researchers can study the
findings to improve the technology. Several universities in Canada and the
US are using their data.
"The Ravina Project is five years old. It started originally as a project
to reduce the
carbon footprint of a house in an old Toronto neighborhood. Today the
Ravina Project is
on the verge of becoming one of the first houses in Toronto to go off-grid.
Off-grid living
means that the house will generate all its electrical power using its own
resources...."
http://www.theravinaproject.org/
Cynthia
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Stratton, Rick <RSStratton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Very interesting photo essay but I think it paints a ‘skewed’ picture of
> what living off the grid can be. Sure, there are many who live off the grid
> in with very humble/simple means, but today that’s not a requirement. There
> are plenty of homesteaders out there today who not only live off the grid,
> they create enough renewable clean energy to contribute TO the grid. As the
> costs of ‘on grid’ continues to rise, the cost benefit ratio for self
> sustained energy gets better. Sure, it’s not for those who bebop from home
> to home, or town to town – the initial cost outlay can be steep. But then
> again it doesn’t need to be an all or nothing deal. There are plenty of
> people how ease into the process of off grid living in stages.****
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> My point being that not all ‘off the grid’ folks look like they come from
> the 1850’s, nor do they run around in loin cloths. They have comfortable
> homes, TV’s, Computers, cell phones… everything we would consider ‘modern
> technology’, only they have undertaken the effort to find an alternate way
> to power those conveniences. ****
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> *From:* optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> *On Behalf Of *Steve Elfrink
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 5:08 PM
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> *To:* optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [optimal] Re: What is living off the grid?****
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> OK - one more for the living of the grid discussion. Here's a link to a
> beautiful photo series of people "living off the grid":****
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> http://www.ericvalli.com/index.php?/stories/off-the-grid/****
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> The rest of the photo essays are also quite amazing...****
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> *From:* optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> *On Behalf Of *CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 2:50 PM
> *To:* optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [optimal] Re: What is living off the grid?****
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> Us old dogs can remember when the first microwave was the size of a bus
> and only “rich” people have them. Same with calculators!****
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> *From:* optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> *On Behalf Of *Peterson John C
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:59 AM
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> *Subject:* [optimal] Re: What is living off the grid?****
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> Check out this "eye candy":
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> http://www.teslamotors.com/****
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> See how I brought this back to ophthalmology?****
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> Tesla's goal is to have a $30K sedan on the market by 2015. All of their
> cars are electric-only and go at least 300 miles between charges. Electric
> motors are more efficient than gas motors, but battery technology needs to
> catch up before EVs get within reach to average Joe's and Jane's such as us.
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> I wish them well. Their strategy is to target early adopters in the same
> style that brought laptops, cell phones, and other electronic gizmos onto
> the market (remember the Bowmar Brain?) at high prices initially, but as
> they gained acceptance prices dropped and the rest is history. No reason to
> think the same couldn't happen for electric vehicles. Market forces are in
> place, and the upside is incredibly tantalizing.
>
> The same forces are at work in our profession. Who could have predicted
> the ubiquity of OCT even 15 years ago? To many of us, the very idea was too
> science-fictiony even to contemplate...but here we are. Would any of us
> design a new photo suite without OCT? Of course not.
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> As for off-grid living, I'm more of a smart grid advocate, especially for
> cities. But that's another topic.****
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> *From:* optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> *On Behalf Of *CPMC Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 12:20 PM
> *To:* optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [optimal] What is living off the grid?****
>
> Interesting report just this week. The average driver takes 6 years to
> recoup gas savings on Prius, 8 on the other misc hybrids and 27 years!!! On
> the Volt. Not that saving money is the entire point of “going green”. **
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> Was laughing at the last post. Have friends who bought a 5th wheel
> trailer and truck to “live off the grid”. I figured unless they knew how
> to farm their food, make ethanol fuel from the corn and live by a river,
> “off the grid” was open to interpretation…..****
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> *From:* optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> *On Behalf Of *Eric Kegley
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:03 AM
> *To:* optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [optimal] Re: OIS is now Merge Healthcare- Vendor Posting****
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> I'll actually take both. I typically am not a fan of electric cars, but
> I'd love to have a Tesla. Very fast and sweet looking. I just don't wanna
> pay for it. (I speaks English goodly - don't forget adverbs have typically
> have the "ly" at the end. >:-).
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> On May 3, 2012 11:19 AM, Peterson John C <JPeterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: *
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> If you have $100K for a Tesla, what's another $20K for a windmill?****
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> *From:* optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> *On Behalf Of *Eric Kegley
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:56 AM
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> *Subject:* [optimal] Re: OIS is now Merge Healthcare- Vendor Posting****
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> I swear I'm not trying to be a jerk or a smart aleck but I couldn't help
> but laugh when I read about the Tesla not using any fossil fuels. Unless
> you guys plug it into a freestanding solar or wind farm that is completely
> off the electricity grid, you all are using fossil fuels to charge the
> battery, :-).****
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> *From:* optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> *On Behalf Of *Brad Yates
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:48 PM
> *To:* optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [optimal] OIS is now Merge Healthcare- Vendor Posting****
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