On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:00:35 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:12:06 -0500, Rex B wrote:

How did this get from "Alternative Power" to "Survivalism" ?

They are as intertwined as salt and pepper.

Gunner

No, they aren't. Most of us who actually live with alternative power,
don't consider ourselves "survivalists". I sure don't want anything to
do with the label, especially after the general corruption of its
meaning by the Dale Gribble types, who are often able to magically
separate self-reliance from the definition.

The general advantage of being able to make use of home power is to
improve quality of life. For instance, off-grid land tends to be
cheaper, and it's farther away from the hustle and bustle. A desire to
say, have more acres farther from town rather than fewer closer in, or
to get away from noise, smog, and the neighbors' yappy dogs, hasn't
anything to do with the oft-blogged irrational paranoia of so-called
survivalists, some of whom apparently can't even do without brand-name
soda.

Wayne