It can be done. Maybe not as easy as it should be. (Score 1)

I find posts on using Solar power interesting. If only because I grew up about 21 miles from the nearest town and power lines were not available. It is amazing how people's lives adjust. There are a lot of ways to save energy that are not even thought of in a normal home. Solar water heaters (need to be drained in the winter), wood stoves etc. that are all just part of life in some parts of the country. We needed to use a generator in the winter months about twice a month to charge our battery back. Now most folks are using the grid as a battery bank and just selling power back to the utility when they have extra. I think the problem with this method is that people are not forced to cut back and don't realize how easy some cut backs can be. In any case it is interesting.