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by kesor 3493 days ago
If a cellular network, or a power-grid provider decided to foreclose your accounts. What are you going to do?
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The difference is that i can build my own email server, file server, web server, and so can you. The internet needn't be in the hands of powerful few.
You can also build your own power to some level, with solar and wind.
Not enough to power my mail & web server and an electric kettle, unfortunately, where I live, especially during winter months (~2-3kWh / day, when electricity is most needed). It's more viable to use diesel generator if i were thinking of going off-grid. To go on further minimizing dependency on something that isn't readily available, i'd probably go with gasoline engine generator equipped with wood gasifier [1]. Green power, unfortunately, is no libertarians dream - it only works when you can scale - that is, basically, if you're state-level actor.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas