1. Welcome to BYOE

This is a generic Welcome post.

Welcome to B.Y.O.E. - Bring Your Own Electricity (Energy, Everything!)

This is an Alternative Energy and Self-Sufficiency blog that strives to give you useful information about how lessen your dependence on "the grid."

This blog is about real experiences and real projects from people who have actually done it. Perhaps it will be easier to tell you what will NOT be on this blog:

No theories that "should" work because they do on paper.
No environmental or political propaganda.
No unnecessary emphasis on lingo and jargon, and
No B.S. articles claiming to do things that can't be done.

I don't expect that this blog should be world-renowned or even moderately famous.

But I DO expect that people looking to ease their lives toward the American ideal of rugged individualism can get started with the information they find here.

Later, once I start posting articles, I will update this post to include tips on navigating through various posts and subjects.