How are fellow plebs achieving energy independence? I need a way to power my android workers when they get invented later this year, at the rate robotics is progressing.
Discussion
Nuclear fusion
Large-scale hydro electric
That sounds very involved and specific to people who own a river.
Yes. Large scale is impossible without the blessing of the central planners of the central planners.
There are some mini scale stuff that is relatively straightforward. Not cheap, and if you’re looking for resilience and independence worth considering.
Order if magnitude of tens of kW per turbine. Can stack in series if you have sufficient flow, head.
Solar?
Been looking into solar. It's getting cheaper and better every year, but still a big monetary investment to get any decent amount of power plus storage.
It's also pretty modular. Could start really small and scale over time.
This is what I did.
Storage is always costly. If you can DIY, you can save 20-50%.
And you can join my Solar Sovereignty Simplex group if you want to discuss things to a greater depth.
nostr:npub1q6ya7kz84rfnw6yjmg5kyttuplwpauv43a9ug3cajztx4g0v48eqhtt3sh how might do a backup DIY storage pack without solar?
The easy way is to get a 12V inverter that hooks up to your car battery. I went with 1500W, it will power my chest freezer, router and a phone charger with capacity to spare. Keep it in your car with an extension cord and power strip. When needed, hook it up and run your stuff, idle the car as needed to keep the battery up.
I wonder if Curtis Stone has figured this out yet. He has water independence, among other things https://www.youtube.com/@offgridcurtisstone/search?query=energy
My process is only theoretical until after the bull run and then give me some time for R&D.
#solar cheap to start with an quick roi. For a single household batteries usually make little to no economic sense, unless you buy used Tesla batteries or something. But it's cool anyway :)