Title: Is living off the Grid now a crime? Source:
offgridsurvival.com URL Source:http://offgridsurvival.com/livingoffthegridcrime/ Published:Sep 4, 2011 Author:not attributed Post Date:2011-09-04 22:50:26 by farmfriend Keywords:None Views:443 Comments:28
Is living off the Grid now a crime?
Apparently living off the grid, off the land and without government assistance is now a crime that can land you in jail and cause you to lose your home.
Government officials across the country are forming so called “nuisance abatement teams” to intimidate people into giving up their land or conforming to the governments demands and hooking back into the grid. Counties across the country are actually jailing people for living the way they want to live.
I was alerted to this video by a reader and was troubled and sickened by what the poor people in the California Desert are being forced to deal with. From being threatened with jail time if they don’t hook back into the grid to being thrown in jail because the county didn’t like the look of their homes, the people in the deserts of Los Angeles County are being terrorized by their government.
Paddlefeet and I had a wind/solar hybrid energy system installed 5-6 years ago on our farm. I have a gas only stove. No dryer. Solar hot water and we heat with wood. We stay grid connected in case we need extra energy(an air conditioner is nice), so we pay a minimal monthly electric bill. We also have generator backup. We have been investigated by homeland security. I'm not sure why they see us as a threat. I simply want to be self sufficient. What's the threat in that?