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...fossil-fuel-based power and is, as millions in the Northeast learned during the 2003 blackout, anything but infallible. In 2006, Home Power magazine estimated that more than 180,000 U.S. homes were supplying their own power. "Some people want to minimize their impact on the environment," says Dave Black, a disaster-response consultant and expert in off-the-grid living. "Some people want to ensure they have service if there's an outage. And some people just want to look green." (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...simple as unplugging your television. The grid isn't just electricity but water, heat, waste management - even your cable signal. And then there's the gas that powers your car, the government-funded roads you drive on and the air in which you fly. That's where Black comes in. He has just written a book called Living Off the Grid, a practical guide to weaning yourself off the electrical milk of modern life. To Black, the benefits of going gridless aren't just about the environment - though with electricity responsible for about 40% of U.S. carbon emissions, disconnection...
...gridless? Black has a few tips...
Conservation: The average American family uses 10,000 or so kilowatt-hours of electricity a year; quitting that grid cold-turkey can seem pretty daunting. That's why Black's first three words of advice are conserve, conserve, conserve. Most of us waste electricity in a hundred ways, both small (leaving our appliances plugged in and drawing a subtle charge) and large (holding on to energy-wasting appliances and lightbulbs). Reduce that waste by purchasing more-efficient appliances and tightening up insulation to avoid heat loss from your home, and you're already decreasing your dependence on the grid. "Those...
William Lee’s hair was gelled into a mohawk, and he wore a purple velvet tie with his black suit. He projected a photo of Jackie Chan in the Emerson lecture hall, and asked, “What’s the first word that comes to your mind?” The dating coach and editor of BetterAsianMan.com led a discussion about Asian male sexuality to about 20 Asian Harvard students Saturday afternoon in an event sponsored by the Taiwanese Cultural Society. Lee first divided the participants by gender, and then asked women to sit in front...