I’ve been living on my own out here for such a long time.
As a matter of fact, when I 1st moved out to the woods on the edge of town, there wasn’t an electrical hook up for miles & miles; But that’s just the way I wanted on some base level… I wasn’t looking to be off of the electrical grid, nor was I looking for any neighbors or any central a/c.
I feel living sustainably was something that came to me quite naturally, my parents were honestly happy to live a honestly simple life & in harmony with nature for the most part… They owned a small home where my sister & I shared a room until my friend and I decided to attend school. The home didn’t have any residential Heating & Air Conditioning equipment, however there was a large wood stove for heating; However, when it came to having a/c, the best you could hope for was a cooling breeze on the porch. And in lieu of that, it was whatever cooling comfort my friends and I could get from fans. But once I got to school, I realized that I needed to go a step further than my parents & be completely self reasonable. It took a few years after school of working inside the commercial Heating & Air Conditioning of an office suite for me to set my plan in action, then well, that’s been a long, long time ago & a few things have changed. I now have residential Heating & Air Conditioning thanks to a replacement in the solar array that powers my home. I have a ductless heat pump for the first time… Mostly, I’m gleeful to finally have some a/c when I easily need it in the Summer. I’m getting weaker the older I get when it comes to the heat.