first time I got current from a photo voltaic cell taken out of an unsuspecting light meter as a child I knew that this was better than magic.
off grid experiences in the early 1990's, full time off grid in 09 or so and a
guy on a harley pulls in, friendly at first, then gets to raving about solar panels and how they should be banned, no why in that, just a reptilian existential crisis in the door yard, which seems to have become contagious, the unfortunate part is that they seem to have a lot of guns, and tanks, and ships in there info bubble, the only positive part is that they have no magic, or aything as good, or better and I hope they hurry up and loose now.