mbelcher

With jalapeños it’s a “pick them when they get to be the size you want” situation.

Your plant looks like it’s doing really well, awesome job!

You need to pull your usage records from the electric company to have a baseline of what you will need in terms of Kw over the course of a month. It should be on your bill.

Then figure out what you can cut, and what size generator/solar panels/battery backup you'll need to get by. Make sure to figure out what you are going to do in the cold months and the hot months.

THEN figure out if you are even allowed to be "off grid" in your area. You may be required to keep the electric line running to the house, but you can shut this off at your breaker box so you won't use any electricity. You will still get a monthly bill from the electric company for the hookup (it's usually very small, $5-$15).

best of luck!

For thousands of years humans have lived in "15 min villages" where almost everything has been nearby.

And most 15 min city definitions I've seen includes some sort of bike option.

I encourage everyone who lives in a city (or suburb) to look up routes from their home to groceries/pharmacies/schools/etc on google maps. I just did for myself and I'm already in a 15 minute city.

What's lacking is the infrastructure for people to safely get to these places without a car.

Not just incompetent, but also just plain mean.
After making an incompetent decision (super high api costs) he didn’t reassess the situation, he just started lashing out.

First at the app devs, then at the mods, now at the users.

Monk and Robot books by becky chambers are a good introduction to what is possible in a solarpunk setting.