Hello! Currently the netbook I am using is working fine using a GNU/Linux based operating system called Ubuntu, but I do plan on switching it out for a Tablet PC with Solar charger and Hand crank charger, and a Mini stick PC. I may also build a mini video editing machine and mini server as well. It depends on how much processing the mini stick pc can handle. The mini stick pc and tablet capabilities seem to be proof that off grid living is possible if a person agrees to a low sentience raw food diet. Currently I'm planning on doing the 80/20 rawfood low sentience diet until I learn enough to go 100% raw. There are concerns with cooking, chemical conversion, and potential carcinogens. I did have some phytic acid concerns but now believe they were answered. The bugs, worms, and micro-organisms can provide the nutrients the phytic acid in the plants may be restricting but I did find a way to lower phytic acid levels without cooking. This is going in my blog and flickr album. My water heater is set to low. My furnace is set to 50 degrees F. I'm wearing a beanie cap indoors, wearing thermal clothing, using CFL bulbs for light, and am even using a low watt 2.1 sound system for entertainment. Instead of using a conventional television I'm also using a 23 inch low watt monitor with the low watt 2.1 sound system for entertainment. I'm reducing my carbon footprint and using a bicycle instead of a personal car. If I can train myself to live like this on the grid then I'll be ready for off grid living in 3 years or so. I need to find some friends to live in a commune with, work at a worker cooperative, and save money with the help of a credit union so that we can build the eco-community I envision. Oh and I'm also going paperless and planning to purchase some meal worms and marine phyto plankton as a starter batch for home growing nutrients. I'm trying to come off of the supplements next with the help of a rawfoodist low sentience diet which includes garden variety, fruit, bugs, worms, and micro-organisms. If I do feel like celebrating I can celebrate without antibiotic beer and use herbal and probiotic drinks instead. Those can be made at home and I don't need to recycle as much glass. I have a stainless steal 40 oz canteen I use for mineral water and may use clay bowls as well if it's found to be more sustainable. I'm thinking that stainless steel may be replaced with clay and carbon, because those do not require mining and are more sustainable. I believe that carbon fiber will eventually replace metal for safety reasons and economical reasons. I'm for a sustainable economy. As nano-tech replaces micro-tech the carbon fiber should replace metal, diamonds, and gems. In the future I think dangerous mining and mining of non-renewable resources will be considered a crime against humanity. That said I plan to switch to clay and carbon fiber when I can, yet realize that this change needs to happen responsibly over time in a gradual yet fast enough pace to help prevent the extinction of our species. I wish you well and hope that you find inner peace and true happiness. If you know anyone who can help me help them, I prefer that you provide them with my contact details which are posted below. I seek to help liberate people from wage slavery through the compassionate method of worker cooperative and intentional community/eco-community development.
Namaste!
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Creative Commons Attribution Artur Conley
Creative Commons Attribution Artur Conley
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