Originally Posted by monsieuroctagon

Lately I've been fantasizing day and night about the possibility of living off the grid completely. I'm thinking solar power/heating, well water with grey-water recycling and treatment, subsistence farming, and geothermal heating/cooling systems. I've already planned for a while to make sure my first car (that just died) would be the last I owned. I'm thinking a little beyond that.

Help me indulge in this fantasy a little longer. Has anyone here managed to go off the grid completely? Where did you start out? How long did it take you to cut yourself off from the grid?