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Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Electric Vehicle charging is getting expensive! Specifically, DC fast charging using paid networks like Electrify America, EVGo, Blink, Chargepoint, and others. Even dealerships are charging EV owners. Per my experience about $0.50 per kWh is the most common rate, but can vary from $0.25 to $0.60 per kWh. I found that in an EV with efficiency of about 5km/kWh (3.2mi/kWh) as compared to purchasing gas at a per gallon cost of $3.30 for a 48 KPG (30 MPG) vehicle; you pay the equivalent of a whopping $4.80! ouch!For information purposes only. Always follow appropriate and applicable regulatory code for all installations, modifications, and fabrications. For US electrical installations follow the codes of the authority having jurisdiction.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Energy Hogs -Water heaters. Water heating is very convenient in many areas of the US. It brings comfort and pleasure to bathing and washing, especially in cold seasons. But, electric water heating is a high energy consumer and brings high cost to most people. If you want to live off the grid or reduce your electric energy consumption; getting rid of your electric water heater is a must. You may alternatively reduce the size of your water heater, and decrease its set temperature to about 100 degrees F or 38 degrees C. The best option for water heater is to go with a solar one, but if that is not an option for your area then a tankless LPG water heater is the most efficient.For information purposes only. Always follow appropriate and applicable regulatory code for all installations, modifications, and fabrications. For US electrical installations follow the codes of the authority having jurisdiction.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Off the grid for time. Time is the most valuable commodity we own. Our time belongs to each of us. It cannot be stolen from us. Yet, we often misuse it, scuttle it, waste it, and don’t value or protect it. We often sell it to the lowest bidder and do unwanted work just to keep up with our comfortable lifestyles. We ignore loved ones, our health, and our dreams and goals for the pursuit of a few dollars and give away massive percentages of our time. Heart beats. Living off the grid decreases your need for energy, money, resources, and is against a lavish lifestyle. All these allow you to regain control over your time and what is really important for you and those around you. Here are a few reasons why.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Batteries for off grid applications. Lithium ion based batteries have greatly increased in popularity in the last 10 years due to its decrease in cost and increase in efficiency and safety. However, cheaper batteries still remain lead acid based. Marine, deep cycle, and absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries remain popular options for off gridders on a budget. Here I discuss what batteries are, how they basically work, wiring them to the load and to battery banks, and battery applications.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Energy hogs – heating and cooling. There are 5 known electrical energy hogs in the home. The air heater, the air cooler, air dehumidifiers, the water heater, and lighting. These can be covered with alternative energy such as PV solar, but they draw so much energy that this becomes very expensive and impractical. To combat this, you must downsize, be efficient, and consider if you even need these items. You can also run some or all of these with more affordable or controllable fossil fuel energies like gas.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Other challenges for getting off the grid. There are social and psychological challenges to getting off the grid. It is not easy, it is expensive, and requires lots of dedication, work, knowledge, and appreciation for larger things like the environment, animal and plant life, and the future of the planet. These reasons will provide you with the extraordinary will power required to tackle the social and psychological challenges. These challenges come from your household, family, friends, neighborhood, employers, and the government. The city and state where you live don’t want to to live off grid, and they will do everything possible to prevent you from achieving this. Here, I explain a few solutions for these. Among them are smart decision making, ease into off grid, be patient and gradual, start simple and small, and be conspicuous. Don’t broadcast all of your goals and aims unless you’re sure you’ll be welcomed with those.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Running your household power hogs are among the top challenges with living off the electrical grid. Those power hogs are your air heat, air cooler, water heater, refrigerator, and steady-on equipment. Unfortunately those are critical to have operating in most areas of the US, and they are difficult to run with batteries. But, plenty can be done to have those, or equivalent technologies, run with batteries. Here I discus those options. These options include limiting their use, downsizing those equipment, switching energy sources from electric to gas, and using alternative equipment like some that are high efficiency or that run on low voltage and batteries.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Efficiency and performance test for 2023 Nissan Ariya Engage electric vehicle. Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. This trial shows real world data from a 2883 km or 1791 mile trip. Driving conditions were normal highway and road conditions. Vehicle was loaded only with luggage and some supplies. This test gave me some surprising results. I routinely matched or overperformed on the rated EPA vehicle range of 348 km or 216 miles. The average km/kwh was about 5.3 km or 3.3 miles per kwh. The average rate per kwh paid was $0.45 per kwh, that's $196, for the trip, ouch! Cost per km per kwh was about $0.07 per km or $0.11 per mile. Had to stop 12 times to travel 2883 km (1791 mi). I spent more money on fuel/energy and much more time on the road, for this trip, when compared to a gas vehicle. Especially when compared to a hybrid. I spent about the same money as an average gas SUV on fuel. These are other valuable information is included in this study. Much more planning would have decreased the cost and length of this trip, but I believe not by much. Don't use fast charging if possible, charge at hotel over night when possible, and plan your stops carefully.Living Off the Grid in the City Radio ShowHector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist...http://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jqN4EGC8p8_c0Rz98VZW3wvZLD53DtZR/view?usp=drive_link

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Legacy. Updated for 2024. Conventional fuel combustion engined generators can be a good option for certain off grid situations. Yes, they are loud, bulky, polluting, and can be expensive to run. But if they are employed for very limited time, and for some situations, they may be a smart complement to an off grid renewable system. Here, I discuss on ways how to reduce cost, noise, and pollution while using a backup gas powered generator.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio (Legacy) Show. There are other solar technologies that may enable you to get off the grid. The photovoltaic effect history is briefly discussed here. These other solar technologies include solar coolers, non-electric refrigerators, and electric non-moving-parts heaters and air coolers. These technologies are based on solar concentrators, thermocouple and thermo-electric effects. These concepts and technologies may allow the curious and ingenious to generate heat, cold, and electricity using heat energy from the sun.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Solar energy has been on the rise in the last 2 decades. Many countries and companies have embraced solar. Solar technologies are more accessible than ever. Solar technologies include photovoltaic and heat collectors, and light concentrators. Light collectors and concentrators can be built at home for various uses.Living Off the Grid in the City Radio ShowHector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast. This text addresses the issue of mandatory water and sewage services. Water service refers to the supply of drinking water for human consumption and other applications in a given area, through different methods such as pipes and vehicles. These services are provided by both public companies (called water supply company) and private companies (called water company). In some cases, these companies exercise abusive control over the population and communities they serve, similar to electric companies. Although the severity of the abuse can vary by area, it is considered problematic in most cases. Additionally, in many places around the world, including the United States, water services are provided by private, for-profit companies. In summary, concerns are raised about the control and abuse exercised by water service providers, whether public or private.Hector Vladimir 2024© https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc6nd-_C6bkiKnMxLBg7DfgK https://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByron http://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtech Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimir Substack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Yes! I believe it to be not only possible, but practical, advantageous, and necessary to live off the grid. It can save you money, give you freedom, and help the environment, your community and technologies. You need no more than a few hundred watts of energy to live generously, and using simple alternative energy methods and technologies can enable you to safely and easily be off the grid.Living Off the Grid in the City Radio ShowHector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. To more easily and conveniently get off the grid you should take a few smart steps. Consider your current energy use; change some energy use habits, and move high energy away from electric. These will enable you to switch to alternative energy sources and off the electrical grid.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Retails store shopping is outdated and abhorrent. It is energy intensive and wasteful. Internet shopping is generally more affordable and creates demand in a wider region of the world. Demand for internet shopping can decrease cost, save energy, and improve world trade and relations.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024©http://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast. Electricity companies have the obligation to grow in size and finances to satisfy their investors and obtain positive profitability. To achieve this, they must increase their size and sell more energy. However, in their quest for growth, power companies often become lazy and wasteful, passing increased operating costs onto their customers. In addition, they push for more energy to be used, encouraging lower efficiency on the part of consumers, and demanding less diversity of energy sources. These practices are carried out through the influence of the electric company in laws, advertising and propaganda. Companies sometimes grow by purchasing smaller electric companies, when they cannot expand into newly developed areas; where another electric company or electric cooperative already exists.Hector Vladimir 2024©https://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. The entertainment grid is wasteful, expensive, and one-sided. You have very little choice as to the programming you are served, and the content is ever-more extreme. Violence seems to reach for new heights every year. Sexual content seems to spread into more time slots and is becoming more extreme. The entertainment grid, as it has been fed to us; must go.Hector Vladimir 2015-2024© http://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast. It is common for local electric companies to be monopolies and have influence over public utility commission members. This allows them to have almost absolute control over the electricity supply and affect the economy of a wide area. Although you don't have many options to change providers, the company can disconnect you if you don't pay. Additionally, non-payment can lead to threatening notices from your landlord, city, county or state and even eviction. The power company often behaves arrogantly and abusively, knowing that customers have nowhere to turn. In addition, they have a large and well-paid staff, and have considerable economic, social and political support. They have managed to establish close relationships with the officials in charge of regulating their performance. In short, power companies have excessive power over communities and customers. Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast Hector Vladimir 2024© https://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByron http://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtech Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimir Substack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/Music: Brindisi – Live in concert by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the L.A. Philharmonic, and the L.A. Music Center Opera Chorus. Performed in 1994, at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles California USA. Especially orchestrated by composer/arranger Lalo Schifrin. Werner Classics.

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Episode 6. Here in part 2, I continue discuss the clear disadvantages and harms of the current grid system. It is harmful due to the low priority given to customer service, and to the unchecked rate increases. Water service enjoys the same status, and it is a needed service that has turned for profit. Leaving the poor and destitute to suffer. Communications and entertainment have also turned to greedy for-profit industries in the US. And, this has curtailed their use for the poor.Living Off the Grid in the City Radio ShowHector Vladimir 2015-2024©http://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/Soundtrack was Drummer’s Salute Composed by John Williams (1992).

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Episode 6. Here, I discuss the clear disadvantages and harms of a monopoly. And, how most areas have monopoly electric utility service. It is harmful due to the low priority given to customer service, and to the unchecked rate increases. Water service enjoys the same status.Living Off the Grid in the City Radio ShowHector Vladimir 2015-2024©http://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/Soundtrack was Drummer’s Salute Composed by John Williams (1992).

Most electric utility companies are set up as monopolies, privately-owned, for-profit corporations. All these are, I believe, harmful for customers of the electric companies. Monopolies are known harmful entities due to runaway greed, power, and inefficiency. For profit corporations are known not to be optimal for basic and needed services, especially for the majority, the poor and low-income classes. And, the electric company is incentivized to be inefficient. Music: On point - by House of Pain, Tommy Boy Records 1994.Hector Vladimir 2024©Patreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Here I discuss a recent article that draws parallels on my ongoing arguments on electric company corruption and abuses. My goals being to save my hard earned money, for my purposes and not to maintain the high life of electric company employees; to save the environment and the planet; and to forward technology and efficiency worldwide. As a reminder, your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month, and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2023©Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Here I share my sour experiences with several electric companies, and how I became an advocate for renewable energies. My goals being to save my hard earned money, for my purposes and not to maintain the high life of electric company employees; to save the environment and the planet; and to forward technology and efficiency worldwide. As a reminder, your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month, and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2023©Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Here I share my sour experiences with several electric companies, and how I became an advocate for renewable energies. My goals being to save my hard earned money, for my purposes and not to maintain the high life of electric company employees; to save the environment and the planet; and to forward technology and efficiency worldwide. As a reminder, your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month, and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2023©Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Here I share my sour experiences with several electric companies, and how I became an advocate for renewable energies. My goals being to save my hard earned money, for my purposes and not to maintain the high life of electric company employees; to save the environment and the planet; and to forward technology and efficiency worldwide. As a reminder, your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month, and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2023©Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Here I share my sour experiences with several electric companies, and how I became an advocate for renewable energies. My goals being to save my hard earned money, for my purposes and not to maintain the high life of electric company employees; to save the environment and the planet; and to forward technology and efficiency worldwide. As a reminder, your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month, and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2023©Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Here I share my sour experiences with several electric companies, and how I became an advocate for renewable energies. My goals being to save my hard-earned money, for my purposes and not to maintain the high life of electric company employees; to save the environment and the planet; and to forward technology and efficiency worldwide. As a reminder, your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2023©Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Here I share my sour experiences with several electric companies, and how I became an advocate for renewable energies. My goals being to save my hard-earned money for my purposes and not to maintain the high life of electric company employees; to save the environment and the planet; and to forward technology and efficiency worldwide. As a reminder, your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month, and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2023©Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2023©

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and produce ever-more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it is a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2022©

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and or produce more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, it's a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2021©Living Off the Grid in the City Radio ShowHector Vladimir 2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZYoutube channels:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLGGap2cgFY1CRurHvwZKwNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and or produce more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, its a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabaited. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month, and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2021©

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and or produce more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, its a monopoly in most areas. This is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you, and you have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They know their customers are trapped. They buy your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits unabated. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame the high bills on your high-power usage. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high amount every month and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up from month to month. They are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to “solar energy” so that they can control that market too. The power company sucks!Hector Vladimir 2021©

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Your power company is set up to make a profit, expand, and or produce more energy. And, your power company has no competitors, this is why the power company keeps raising the rates on you. You have no choice but to pay them. They know they got you under their thumb, and you are hopeless but to pay. This is why power companies are abusive, arrogant, and not worried about their customers. They pay your representatives so that they keep raising rates and making record profits. They have agents to pick up your phone calls, for any complaints and try to blame you for your high as power bill. They are trained to calm you down and to robotically say that you are to blame for using too much energy. They also try to scam you into a plan that estimates your power usage and averages your bill so you can pay the same high as amount every month and prevent you from getting outraged when you see your bill go up. This and other scams are offered by the power company, they are even brazen-enough to offer you to contribute to their solar projects so that they can control that market too and bill you later for it. The power company sucks.Hector Vladimir©

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Episode 5. Here I discuss more of the disadvantages of remaining on the grid. I discuss the actual cost of energy paid for a household over a long period. I talk on how it is costly, slavish, and wasteful to remain on the grid. Learn how water is energy and it is very expensive to pay for, how the BP oil spill dumped 3-5 million barrels of crude oil into the sea. Also, learn how paid entertainment is a waste.Hector Vladimir 2015©

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. In addition to the traditional $20 vehicle registration fee; the backward state of Georgia charges electric vehicle owners a whopping $212.78. This has been in effect since 2015, and the current additional fees are ‘automatically adjusted’ according to a ‘statutory formula’ applicable to vehicles registered on or after July 1, 2019. This appears to mean that the fee will go up with a mysterious formula that most people can’t access, and certainly did not vote on. The greedy state of Georgia says it distributes the revenues from these extra fees for so-called “transportation purposes”; including roads, bridges, public transit, rails, airports, buses, seaports, and accompanying infrastructure and services necessary to provide access to these facilities, and for paying general obligation debt and other multiyear financing obligations. This jargon sounds to me like the state just found a new tax revenue for just about anything it wants to use it for, and to avoid taxing the rich. This extra fee is the absolute highest in the nation, as of this writing, and it clearly targets the poor and middle classes for abuse or exclusion. Many to be EV owners are not even told of this high fee before they purchase their EV in Georgia. And, the poor and middle classes can barely afford to purchase these expensive vehicles without the exuberant annual fees, let alone with those extremely high fees tacked on every year. In a 10-year period, that fee would add to $2,127.80; if the fees don’t automatically increase in that period.By HVB 7/7/2023Living Off the Grid in the CityFor Sparky Alternative Energies and Aerospace

Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast. 2-05. Here, I continue to share my personal experiences with the electric companies in the US. And, experiences that solidified by belief that electric companies don't care and act as ruthless overlords. This relationship is one of servitude and manipulation.Hector Vladimir 2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZYoutube channels:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLGGap2cgFY1CRurHvwZKwNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/Music:Get your roll on - Shells - 2004 Fight Night: Round 2 - Shells - Get Your Roll On (youtube.com)

Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast. 2-04. Here I continue to list my sour and abusive experiences with electric service, electric companies, and other not so sour life occurrences.Hector Vladimir 2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZYoutube channels:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLGGap2cgFY1CRurHvwZKwNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast. The electric company is corrupt with power. They treat customers exactly as what they are; choiceless servants that must have a connection and pay. In this relationship, abuse and manipulation is naturally expected. In this first section of part 3, I discuss other's personal experiences with their power companies, as well as my own experiences and abuses with several power companies in different municipalities.Hector Vladimir 2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZYoutube channels:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLGGap2cgFY1CRurHvwZKwNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Here I continue listing vehicle safety technologies that save lives like air bags and side monitoring lane change assist systems. And, I list a few vehicles recognized for their safety, Acura, Honda, and Subaru as standing out as safe for small and mid-sized vehicles. Lastly, I list US states according to their 2021 road fatality rates per 100k people. There NY is doing best, and West Virginia is dead last.Hector Vladimir 2023©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZYoutube channels:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLGGap2cgFY1CRurHvwZKwNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast 2-02. Electric service companies charge brazen fees, recoup construction losses by rasing rates, and are allowed to make a profit off their customers. All these while they are given free reign as monopolies by your government and by obedient utility commissioners.Hector Vladimir 2023©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZYoutube channels:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLGGap2cgFY1CRurHvwZKwNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/End music:Strauss - Sprach Zarathustra (Copyright free)Conducted by PhilmanAlso Sprach Zarathustra - Strauss [COPYRIGHT FREE] (youtube.com)

Podcast 2-1. The electric company is abusive in many ways, first and most notably is the high percentage of one's income that it charges from the poor and working classes. It imposes ridiculous fees and taxes with its already high rates, and it charges, rich and poor, the same rates for energy. These abuses cause that those of low-to-medium incomes; pay majority of the power company's profits and service. So, it is inherently economically abusive.Hector Vladimir 2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZYoutube channels:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLGGap2cgFY1CRurHvwZKwNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Continued chat on how cars are a stupid idea and how they have brought mostly injury, death and destruction. Transportation should be much more efficient and safer, yet we have chosen to go the dumbest, least efficient, and most expensive route.

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. We have put emotional, distracted, and dumb hairless apes behind the wheel of very fast, heavy, and hard-to-control vehicles that require consistent good judgement, fast sensory reaction, and rational decision-making; and yet those apes wonder how and why tens of thousands of people die on the roads worldwide.Hector Vladimir 2023©Sparky Alternative Energies and Aerospace Please visit my channel: @HBCSolarPVTechByron @hbcsolarpvtechPlease visit my Patreon: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirPlease visit my substack: hectorvladimir.substack.com

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Electric Vehicles are expensive, don't help you quit the coal industry, and create a carbon footprint, but they do help you get off the petroleum industry. Buying a new EV in late 2023 or early 2024 may contribute to continued high inflation and keep finance rates high. This only helps the wealthy and bankers.Hector Vladimir 2023©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZ Youtube channels: @HBCSolarPVTechByron @hbcsolarpvtechNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/For Sparky Alternative Energies and Aerospace Music: 2000 B.C. (Before Canibus) · Canibus 2000 B.C. ℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 2000-01-01 Producer: Ty Fyffe Composer Lyricist: Ty Fyffe Composer Lyricist: Canibus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufwOtUCA6Z8

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Discussion 1 of 2 on how EVs may contribute to your decarbonization efforts, but only if you really "need" a vehicle, and you are "not" purchasing it to replace an older and paid-for and fuel-efficient ICE. It may not make sense to purchase a new EV if it will put you in financial strain, to where you will have to work excessively. Remember all new vehicles, even EVs, have a significant carbon footprint. Hector Vladimir 2023©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZYoutube channels: @HBCSolarPVTechByron @hbcsolarpvtechNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimir Substack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/ For Sparky Alternative Energies and Aerospace

Living Off the Grid in the City Podcast 16.What we consider to be obligations are often things we are taught to think of as mandatory. Paying for anything, especially necessities should not be mandatory. This robs us of our rights to exist and categorizes these rights as privileges to those that can pay. Living off the grid helps you become aware of this and empowers you to live truly free.Hector Vladimir 2023©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Tiny homes can be very beneficial to many people, but they do have their disadvantages too. If you buy or rent a new tiny home, they may not save you money as compared to old existing homes. The space limitations may be a deal breaker for many. And if you build, these may be costly to bring up to local building code. Tiny homes may be a good choice if you have a plot of land in an area with relaxed building requirements and good privacy.

Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Free and affordable communication options for those off the grid. Homemade telephone and computer networks are possible. And, wireless radio communications, free of charge, have been used for many decades. There is no need to pay to communicate, it is a necessity and a right that must not be curtailed by monetary limits. Hector Vladimir Living Off the Grid in the City Sparky Alternative Energies and Aerospace Please visit my channel: @HBCSolarPVTechByron @hbcsolarpvtech Please visit my Patreon: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimir Please visit my Substack: hectorvladimir.substack.com

Among the most important reasons to get off the electrical grid is to begin to decentralize electric power production. This can bring unimaginable advances in quality of life, independence, and efficiency. We have been mostly denied our ability to harness and produce our own energy, and this is by design.Living Off the Grid in the City Radio ShowHector Vladimir 2023©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5tJy1BbtZaohmLi5F0-DFZNew Living Off the Grid in the City podcast:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc5Wpx9yCm5Z2eop7fURphqMPatreon page: www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/