This
might make a great workshop
In 1975
because of the oil embargo there was a great interest In “simple” living. I lived off the grid at that time, with no
electricity. Did have a car. I taught a night continuing ed class at one
of the local college. In my naivete (and
arrogance), I thought I knew what simple living was (not in anyway like the 3
billion people in the world that lived that way not by choice but by
circumstance.
Having
said the above, there was an exercise that was interesting.
The
first class I suggested that for a couple of days whatever they touched, they
would ask:
What
is it made of.
Where
does it come from
Do
I need it.
Can
I make it myself.
How
much energy is in it.
How
much electricity does an American home use?
In 2014, the average annual
electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,932
kilowatthours (kWh), an average of 911 kWh per month. Louisiana had
the highest annual consumption at 15,497 kWh per residential customer, and
Hawaii had the lowest at 6,077 kWh per residential customer.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3
What if
you were allocated 1/10th of average use – approximately 90 kWh a
month; how would you use it? That is 3
kWh a day.
How about
three times that much 270 kWh a month; 9 kWh a day.
Here
are your appliances choices, click link for larger chart:
Here
are your tool choices:
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Go here for the chart above
http://www.dieselserviceandsupply.com/Power_Consumption_Chart.aspx
