Stepping Off of the Grid?

torpor asks: "Has anyone on Slashdot ever stepped off of the grid? I don't just mean long yuppy vacations to pacified islands, but seriously gone from 'tech-dedicated' to 'doing my own thing in the middle of nowhere for a while'. It's that time of year again. I've killed my TV, and I'm finding myself looking for adventure and mayhem in distant quarters. Have any of you ever done this, and returned with interesting stories to tell?"

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50' yurt, 12v power and WiMAX laptop...

[tfurrows]

I'd like to get off the grid in a different way... one that still lets me use /.

I've found Yurts to be an interesting architectural endeavour, and very affordable... not to mention the interesting psychological/environmental changes that one would experience living in a round building.

In a few years I plan to take advantage of Composting toilets, solar and exercised charged deep-cycle battery power, Solar Cooking, Efficient wood cooking and heating and whatever other kinds of natural/off-grid lifestyles I can find...

Let's not forget Intel's WiMAX technologies that should let me get my /. fix out in the sticks...

Luckily I should be aquiring 5 acres of land for free or cheap in the next few years, which makes this whole thing much more feasible.