Tuesday 8 April 2014

Survivor Malaysia - Doing It Off-Grid


This is not a game.

This is real life.

You want to live off-grid? I think you can if you can generate electricity and water off the grid. I will be testing out this idea as my plan is progressing. Now it's just a planning stage, and I seriously think it is doable.

Food source:
  1. Fish & Vegetables - Aquponics
  2. Chicken, duck, goose, and eggs (protein) 
  3. Goats and milk/cheese
 Bio-waste:
  1. Toilet - Compost toilet, then the compost generated can be used to grow earthworms to supplement fish food. 
 Other needs:
  1. Electricity from Solar Power: Solar radiation is closely related to the sunshine duration. Its seasonal and spatial variations are thus very much the same as in the case of sunshine.
    1. Being a maritime country close to the equator, Malaysia naturally has abundant sunshine and thus solar radiation. However, it is extremely rare to have a full day with completely clear sky even in periods of severe drought. The cloud cover cuts off a substantial amount of sunshine and thus solar radiation. On the average, Malaysia receives about 6 hours of sunshine per day. There are, however, seasonal and spatial variations in the amount of sunshine received. Alor Setar and Kota Bharu receive about 7 hours per day of sunshine while Kuching receives only 5 hours on the average. On the extreme, Kuching receives only an average of 3.7 hours per day in the month of January. On the other end of the scale, Alor Setar receives a maximum of 8.7 hours per day on the average in the same month.
  2. Rain Water Harvesting: The average rainfall is 250 centimetres (98 in) a year
  3. Petrol, tools, and other non-organic daily needs - purchase using income generated from Aquaponics (farmer's market or other semi-commercial methods.)
Here are two videos on solar power generated to work your water pump on off-grid set-up..



Rain water harvesting.




Happy Farming

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