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I cringe when I hear phrases like ‘green power’ or ‘environmentally friendly’, because they are so overused. Renewable energy is in fact a socially responsible lifestyle choice. If we are going to keep our beautiful forests, lakes and rivers clean and alive we have to take personal responsibility for our fuel choices. The choices we make today will ultimately determine if our world will remain the beautiful place that God intended it to be There are other reasons besides economics for installing renewable energy systems. The desire to be a leader in your neighborhood and to make a contribution to green living- even if it doesn’t quite cover all of the costs involved. It is definitely a step in the right direction. It soon becomes clear that power production by your renewable energy system is best used in the household, and not sold back to the low paying market of the power utility. Now, many people disagree on this point, but as you will soon discover the first option holds much more promise for the average family today. Is it possible to live off the grid? If you are considering buying a new home site, it makes sense to purchase a scenic rural property for considerably less money than you would pay in town. In certain cases it would be more expensive to run power lines to your new home site, compared to installing a renewable energy system; solar, wind, hydro turbine, or a combination of all three. You would never have to pay another utility bill, or see those unsightly wires and poles dotting the landscape. Best of all, there are never any power outages when you are living off the grid. Buy an off grid property, invest the money you would have spent on power lines in a renewable energy system, save money and reduce global warming in the process. In a rural setting you can have more land, more trees and basically the same house in the city with a substantial pile of money left over. In some cases a lot more money than you would have ever believed. There would be money to start that home business, speed up the retirement process or any other worthwhile cause.
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