[Cob] living with no electricity

[Damon Howell]

Charmaine, what an inspiring note. I often dream about living without  
electricity myself, but actually doing it is another subject.  
Although if everything is set up right, it really isn't that much  
harder. You do have to be more conscious of the processes. I haven't  
completely aborted my dream to be sustainable; I am still powering my  
cabin with solar panels and batteries (which is NOT sustainable by  
the way) and building a cob house. But that's a far cry from living  
sustainably. Like many people, I have no need because I still have to  
go to town every day for work (to pay for my land). Why not drop by  
the store and pick up what I need to live with while I'm there? Why  
spend all my time working at my job then come home to work with  
chickens, goats, cows, gardening, picking, washing, canning, fixing  
the leak in the roof, and laundry until dark? Sorry I'm throwing off  
on the REAL people who actually have it in them to do what we all  
should. I'll learn one day I guess, I'm still young!
Damon