We are going to have a relaxing weekend in preparation for our new 100 Amp service that is being installed on Monday. Luckily our electrician is a friend so we will skip town for a few days, rather than endue the lack of power. Our house in the country is entirely solar powered, completely off the grid! Sometimes friends will comment that the power went out and we have no idea!
The whole system cost less than it would of cost to install hydro! and we don't have to pay debt retirement fees! We bought a diesel Jetta the other week and we are in the process of converting it to run on veggie oil, which we can have for free from a friends bar on queen street.
On the twenty-sixth of November we are having our home inspected, through a federal & provincial program we will save about 20% on some of our upcoming renovations. We are planning to replace our standard gas water heater with an "on demand" one, and replace the furnace. We will also save on insulating the basement and upgrading toilets.
This is part of our plan to reduce our carbon footprint for all of our properties, and our lifestyle. It means walking to the supermarket, and using reusable bags, buying things that have less packaging. It is an entire switch from being consumers.
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