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Going off the grid once meant saying “Sayonara, Suckers!” and trading the urban jungle and all its modern conveniences for a rustic cabin in the backwoods, powered only by firewood. However, today’s off-the-griders are as modern as they come, and off the grid is a Zen-like place where sustainability rules alongside 21st century technology.
In this volume, we turn up the heat to learn how a solar water-heating system can meet your needs for heating water in your home (page 40): “Not to be confused with solar electric systems that generate electricity from sunlight, solar thermal systems capture the heat from the sun and use it to heat water or even provide space heating in a home.”