09-19-2014, 09:50 AM
With all due respect to your opinions, I have lived off the grid on three continents for more than 30 years. My own opinion.
Energy- Tied to the grid- Not a slave of your own home system.
Energy- Modern home system- Pain in the butt!
And freedom from what? Where do you get all those solar panels, batteries, battery chargers, charge controllers, inverters, back up generators, copper wires, fuses, circuit boxes, etc. They don't grow on trees, and you can't make them at home. If it's one's passion to be constantly monitoring and messing with one's home system and replacing costly parts when necessary, then great.
But many people have neither the interest nor aptitude for it; and personally, it's grown old for me.