[Discseven]

From input here and delving into the pros & cons of genuinely off gridding it, I've found what floats my boat and what doesn't. In my simplified perspective, to off grid one must attend power, water, food (livestock or caught proteins and garden) and waste capture & recycling. There are two dark spots for me. Killing & butchering raised livestock. Dealing with waste capture and recycling. Power, water, and hunting I can deal with.

Isolation is another downer but not entirely. Not oddly to this crew but surly to some is my interest in being able to receive shipped parts and have relatively nearby retail hardware facilities. Looking at land prices throughout the Rockies, the further from civilization one gets the lower land costs naturally are. Water... it's an odd thing that rainfall is under government rule. Solar too. Waste too.

Taking what I know now into consid, what appeals to me is getting land on the outskirts of a small mountain town where rules and conditions allow for a passive home to be 100%+ solar & wind powered. Am still researching water rights in CO, MT, WY, and ID as well as sun days and wind averages in certain locations in all these states. Point being to land somewhere and... not regret it.

Planning and building a passive home seems a no brainer---is matter of finding right architect and material resources. Where I'm at in this journey, deciding where to plunk down is most complicated decision.

Most inspiring detail to date... $8 annual tax on 30 acres in CO. That, in itself, is very appealing.