Excellent post. We have been in the OffgridLife (Beta) Planning stage for about 20 years now... saving up to install our solar system at the cabin on Lake Superior... and mostly doing research on batteries.... Why has it taken so long ? When we looked at the costs we realized we needed to work a few more years. We ended up buying a place outside the city and planted hundreds of trees to recreate the Forest that was once here. Now we live in a house surrounded by a pine and spruce forest we planted..... and working our way to Net-zero in Suburbia.