That is the question!

We are having discussions at present about whether to connect to grid electricity. It is tempting, because then I could run a big washing machine at home… a $20,000 washing machine! It would cost $20k to connect to grid electricity. Then we would have to pay bills, despite being offset by our solar panels and wind turbine. For the same amount of dosh, we could purchase more panels and more turbines and never have to pay a bill again!

The petrol generator is expensive to run, given the inflating price of petrol. We still think that petrol is relatively cheap, compared to other countries’ prices and also compared to the prices that are to come. When demand exceeds production we will have the problem of excessively expensive fuel.

For now I think we will be staying off the grid. It was almost exciting to flirt with the idea of the simplicity of electricity at our fingertips. How we have taken it for granted to have this power at every need!

I am grateful to my friends for letting me come over for a cuppa and do my washing at the same time. I am glad that Geeveston has a lovely laundromat nearby an equally lovely coffee (and sweets) shop. I am grateful that we have a lot of clothes so I can get away with washing a few loads a week, rather than one (or two) a day, like I did back in Adelaide. I am not grateful for my ginormous amount of clothing that broke my quality Ikea wardrobe!