Comments on: Les Stroud – Off the Grid

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:41:00 +0000

The guy described in the book “Into The Wild” died of starvation and cold… Certainly its possible to live off grid, humans have always, until a few short decades ago. It depends on your lifestyle; of course, now you have to pay for land and pay taxes or its seized from you; 150 years ago land was available for the settling on it and food, fuel and clean water were abundant. Good luck if you got an injury or illness though. We traded off a feeling of ‘security’; nearness to medical care and grocery stores along with canned entertainment, and pay for it with a lifetime’s worth of slave labor and interest payments.

By: M Parent

M Parent — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:03:00 +0000

Is there any followup about this movie? Did he finish it all?

By: Philsground

Philsground — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:09:00 +0000

congrats on the lifestyle, its amazing how many negative people took the time to write bad comments, your not gonna get that hour of your life back it took to watch this doc. or the time it took to bash this guy. we wonder why kids are so negative and it starts with the parents..im also off the grid with a full solar and geothermal heating and cooling. hopefully you read this post and didnt like it so i can feel like i wasted some of your life also..

By: Daniel Shuford

Daniel Shuford — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:30:00 +0000

What a bunch of jackal’s you guys are…sheesh! I enjoyed the film, and in fact all of Stroud’s catalog. Stop hating on the Cannuck!

By: jackson

jackson — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:47:00 +0000

40years for PV’s to pay for itself? where is your source for that? Simply not true, do you think if you make a figure up people will believe it I guess maybe but only stupid people.
Do not know how old you are but I am thinking if you were around in 1978 you would think the idea of “personal computers” and “electronic mail” are pure fantasy. Who could ever afford a personal computer! wow everyone knows they wont take off, like, they are way to expensive, and don’t do much!
What is your solution to the issues we have on this planet or dont we have one?

By: jackson

jackson — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:47:00 +0000

By: jackson

jackson — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:47:00 +0000

By: Aa

Aa — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:27:00 +0000

exactly..

By: Conventional Power Works

Conventional Power Works — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:28:00 +0000

How’s that off the grid thing going? Not working is it? Most Photo Voltaic (PV) projects take 40 years to pay for themselves. Guess what, the PV cells do not last this long – they are done after 15 to 25 years – not to mention the degradation that occurs every year.

By: Lolno

Lolno — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:52:00 +0000

I heard you liked woods so i airlifted some wood into your woods