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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

cbayer

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7. I hear you. A lot of people see it as completely idyllic, and

Reply to fizzgig (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 12:28 PM

Sep 2012

while some of it is, others are not so much

I am very fortunate to live with someone who was doing it long before I met him, but two greenhorns would have a really rough go of it.

Now a houseboat is a nice alternative. They generally just sit in a slip, giving you some of the advantages of living on a boat while still providing most of the services you would get on land. Not for me, but others love it.

At any rate, I have no idea where you could even close to doing it where you live. I recall seeing a big beautiful lake up above Colorado Springs once, but, otherwise, not a lot of large bodies of water.

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The Joys of Simple Living: Water [View all] cbayer Sep 2012 OP

Fascinating to contemplate the difficulties just for water. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #1

Sounds like you learned early and well. cbayer Sep 2012 #2

You are right about how fast it goes down a drain. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #8

Lol at the yell. I have had many a guest be the recipient at that. cbayer Sep 2012 #9

That pool water is "stale". LOL. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #11

He was just going to run it into the street where it would go down the sewers. cbayer Sep 2012 #19

The problem with the wonderful faucet is what we do with it. Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #3

This country has always been blessed Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #10

Great question Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #12

The house of Saud abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #13

End how? Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #21

Even the Saudis can run out of oil abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #25

OK I thought maybe they were starting to go solar, which I guess they are. Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #29

thank you for this fizzgig Sep 2012 #4

Before living on a boat, you may want to charter one for a week or two (if you haven't already). cbayer Sep 2012 #5

it's his go-to dream when he's feeling unhappy with where we are fizzgig Sep 2012 #6

I hear you. A lot of people see it as completely idyllic, and cbayer Sep 2012 #7

yeah, where we are is not conducive to such living arrangements fizzgig Sep 2012 #14

Do you think it would be possible? abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #15

Not exactly sure what you are asking, but, yes, it is quite possible to design cbayer Sep 2012 #16

My question is really abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #17

We are coming very close to that. The biggest challenge is the farming aspect. cbayer Sep 2012 #18

Yes and no. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #20

We charge primarily by solar and hardly ever plug into shore power. cbayer Sep 2012 #22

Most of my boating is in Puget Sound lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #23

Yes, it would be a lot harder for you to get 3 miles out, and there may be an cbayer Sep 2012 #24

WA DOE is trying to get Puget Sound designated as a no discharge zone. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #26

I figure it would take us months to put out what a whale probably puts out in a day. cbayer Sep 2012 #27

Composting toilets are becoming more popular on boats, RVs and other off grid housing Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #28

The composting toilet is interesting lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #30