Living Off Grid for 46 Years | Al and his Hydroelectric Water Wheel 

You're the youngest old man I know & one of the toughest for sure!

82 years old! ? Bless you with many more, 82 and walking up like that is incredible.

You have a wonderful life set up for you there. Thank you for allowing us to enjoy it.

Al you have a beautiful place and living the life I can only dream of more because I just don’t have the know how to build or understand solar stuff what a great job you have done

Anyone can learn, but one should do what they love. Looks like you are a gardener

Thank you for sharing your amazing place with us. It’s like a little slice of heaven in the hills. Cheers Al to good health and happiness.😁👍

hello Al what an awesome place you're a hardworking man! Ever think of making videos for youtube Im sure others would love your content!! Blessings to you Al!!

Awesome place man may you continue and prosper god bless aloha 🤙🏽🙏🏽

You are a treasure and this video will live on for a long time.

The world could use more people with your kindness, way of living with the land, and your mindset. Peace, health, and happiness to you.

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I mean, you have to own property to live this way which is out of many people's budget.

Look at how great of shape he's in for his age and I guarantee you it's because of living off grid!!!

thats wats most appealing is how mentally fit you wld be living like this

Yes you would from the rat race of this world 🌎 today a lot better life

@@angermyodewell normally I would say you’re right, but nobody is stopping you from going into the middle of the woods of Appalachia, the Pacific Northwest, Upstate NY, etc. and just building a home out of the resources you find. The authorities aren’t going to waste time and resources searching for the random dude deep in the woods.

If you take him away from there he wouldn't live much longer either. You can't move old trees.

@@whybutwhy he's a part of the ecosystem now

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@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2 This is RU-vid not a church.

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Just use a fine steel mesh screen to put on the ends of the water wheel. It'll be enough to slow the water down from shooting out the sides while allowing just a little to get through.

Nothing says freedom like not being able to experience what 95% of the world has to offer!

@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500freedom is doing things at your own will, I bet this old man has a much bigger say in his life than you do in yours. Now go and get a 9-5 job so you can be enough of a sycophant to satisfy someone’s whim and can climb that corporate ladder that would to the death of your individuality.

you are chronically online@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500

@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500 No one experiences 95% of the world has to offer. I'd take his 5% over your 5% any day.

Too many people mistake not throwing things away with hoarding. Stuff can still be usable, even if personally there is no use for it. Just waiting for the time when it becomes of use no matter who.

@@thecocktailian2091 That's all fine and dandy as long as you don't have a bunch of useless shit hoarding up the place =]

Is the immigration as bad as they say?

Yeah, feels the same. Going to move to my cabin in the next few years(just 25km from the city tho), going to start expanding it next summer, and add solar + wind power so it's self sufficient.

I'm 57 almost 58 feeling the same! I want OUT!

@@starcrystal3271 Mash theme song starts playing

"Gifted"old guys were all around us kids, growing up I the sixties. They got that way by growing up in an era where learning from older relatives in the toolshed and making things, fixing machinery and the household car was the norm. Not like today, sadly. Wages were a lot lower, you had to have these practical skills to get by. Although cost of living was lower too....Those guys, nothing fazed them. Country raised folk were very self reliant, even later living in cities.

@@pipfox7834 yes I know the type I've known a few like him

Yeah… makes me a bit jealous. In the city you’re at the mercy of your neighbours. Loud music, motorcycle engines revving, noisy families that yell late at night. You name it. The police stopped coming by, you need to call the city and it’s a shame, you gotta wait forever on hold due to high volume of calls… yes, I’m quite jealous… in a good way of course.

@@pipfox7834 Sure just looking at the numbers alone, someone today earns $9/hr and someone working in the 1960s can say "Well I only earned $1.50 an hour!" But its more complicated than that. Both of my grandfathers were able to get good paying factory jobs right out of high school. By the time they were each 25 or 26 years old they had their houses fully paid for on 2 acre lots, no need for high interest 30 year mortgages. They were able to purchase brand new cars without high interest loans, and raise their families of 6 on just the one income. They could afford to take their families on vacation to the beach every summer. Then when they got old & retired they received incredibly good pensions. This was a pretty common way of living for Americans at one point. All that was gone before I was even born. I'm currently doing the exact same job my grandfather did, but each dollar I earn only goes about 20% as far as each dollar he earned back in the 1960s. It was also more common for families to own land. When they died they passed the farm onto their kids, then their kids passed it on, etc. However all it takes is for someone in your family born before you to sell the farm off to some developer so they can move to Florida or some such place, and the family farm is gone forever.

@@pipfox7834 wages are lower than ever in real terms. And if the current stock has been coddled, who's fault is that exactly?

You should do it one day 😊

Where at in Oklahoma

No it wasn't. The opposite of Isolation is connectedness. Connecting means support. Isolation means you will not have assistance or help. Never think Isolation is the path to go down with. Always connect with support networks. They are going to assist you more than any friend you have ever known, expecially if you require help for specific reasons.

@@spaaggetii Nothing about life with less consumption means you can't connect with or see people. He literally has the internet

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Amen

Wisdom for guidance, is always an essential ❤😊

most of us don't wish to dream or live his life. no teeth and a rotten house

Of course flooding is a significant issue. Something that has to be dealt with fairly regularly.

Just a few unnecessary signs missing lol

Unfortunately “bothering no one” is not a valid criterion where I live. There’s just no way you could build such structure in the woods and live in it. It would result in a lawsuit and an order to destroying everything. Even if the land is yours. Good for them, but certainly not replicable everywhere.

Govt will find a reason to F with him soon enough

@@adrienferreira4666 where I live if you even put a tent in your garden behind the house, you'll get a fine of 400€-1000€. Anything to make your life cheaper is just straight up illegal.

Sadly him being put on youtube is gonna cause police to show up there and kick him out.

This is the guy that survives societal breakdown. ❤

Jesus Christ wants a personal relationship with you through the Holy Spirit, not religion and blind faith. You see, we all have sinned, and have broken God’s law (The Ten Commandments). Wrong doing deserves justice and must be punished (just like how a criminal has to pay for the crime they have committed) but God saved us from the eternal punishment of our sins by sending His Son Jesus Christ, fullness of God in flesh, a perfect, sinless sacrifice to pay the penalty for our sins by dying on the cross and resurrecting, so that we may have everlasting life. It is all finished and now for you to accept the free gift of grace, you must repent of your sins and put your faith in Jesus Christ and Bible says that His Blood will cover all of your sins, you will be forgiven, saved from eternal punishment, and be given everlasting life. By faith you will receive the Holy Spirit, become born again, know Jesus personally and He will transform your heart and clean you from the inside out. Turn away from sin, read the Bible, pray for the Holy Spirit to fill you and change you, obey the Word. Much love and God bless you!

Yep, the best AI is gpt-4 right now

Every home could have that actually - abundance of water everywhere could be utilized for us if people knew the truth of the vast subterranean water resources and stood against the false narrative tyranny of pretty much everything.

til some capitaIist finds actual gold in land upstream, and they or their g0vt seizes it and destroys all life downstream for more $$$$

Lol there is nothing basic about this setup.

Bring her to a EE system

Sorry to hear that. Wish you guys the best.

Good luck to you and the Mrs, God bless yall

@@jerminator0688 I really appreciate that

@@whistledick thank you very much. Blessings to you

these days, we have to get into debt just to afford some land somewhere to even try doing this on. then you gotta figure out how to pay that debt, and the jobs out yonder are scarce. freedom has all been bought up already

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Jesus Christ wants a personal relationship with you through the Holy Spirit, not religion and blind faith. You see, we all have sinned, and have broken God’s law (The Ten Commandments). Wrong doing deserves justice and must be punished (just like how a criminal has to pay for the crime they have committed) but God saved us from the eternal punishment of our sins by sending His Son Jesus Christ, fullness of God in flesh, a perfect, sinless sacrifice to pay the penalty for our sins by dying on the cross and resurrecting, so that we may have everlasting life. It is all finished and now for you to accept the free gift of grace, you must repent of your sins and put your faith in Jesus Christ and Bible says that His Blood will cover all of your sins, you will be forgiven, saved from eternal punishment, and be given everlasting life. By faith you will receive the Holy Spirit, become born again, know Jesus personally and He will transform your heart and clean you from the inside out. Turn away from sin, read the Bible, pray for the Holy Spirit to fill you and change you, obey the Word. Much love and God bless you!

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Loneliness is never good, being alone for a short while is fine but we all need someone

I’m surprised they haven’t hassled Al, the Washington government likes to weaponize anything that they can’t control.

Comfort is dangerous.

Seems he has just the right amount. I believe more the point here is excess comfort of a Bacchanalian level is destructive. Power wise, people really dont need that much. A light or two, some music and an ability to power a screen. The biggest power sink is the refrigerator, so when you change that power demand, a few hundred watts becomes copious.

@@brianmatthews4323 No it isn't. Just because you have comfort and amenities doesn't mean that you have to surrender to that. That's a choice.

@@BeardedDanishViking Why do you want to argue with me instead of seeing the point? What if I had said the table saw in my shop was dangerous? Would you have argued that, too? Driving is dangerous, construction work is dangerous, etc. I never said that you had to "surrender to that", now did I? Quit wasting my time.

He is blessed to understand the value in minimalist living.

I’m not sure why people have to be so envious and jealous. Just be happy.

You say that, but it takes a different mindset, and person, to do that. No cell phones, internet, etc. You are completely dependent on yourself for everything. No walmarts, fast food, and convenient stores. Are you sure? No where to have your hair and nails done either.

@@jymcotton9904 i live pretty rural already, although not as rural as him. I am building a community with friends on a huge piece of beautiful land where we are going to grow our own food. Right now we are fixing up the 3 huge but very old buildings on the land. The store is 20 minutes away by car and we cook at home everyday. Dont miss fast food at all. But it’s nice to enduldge on the rare occation that I go into the big city that is 3 hours away. Next spring we are gonna start growing food and I’m also gonna experiment with natural herbal remedies and I’m gonna keep experimenting with fermentation and preserving food. Funny of you to assume that I get my hair and nails done. I do my own hair maybe once a year and I bite my nails. Bad habit.

@@jymcotton9904 I do have internet & phone

@@albutterfield712 Hi Al, do you mind letting me know the type of internet set up you have ? Thought you were completely off the grid

​@@albutterfield712greetings Al, Yes, I read that comment and thought, ' didn't they watch the video? Yet comment so...🤔' Bless you sir! Glad to know you're out there... an inspiration. 😊 🍃🕊🍃

i think sitting to much (driving car, office work, couch tv) is what gives bad posture. Staying upright and walk doing medium physical chores all day keeps good posture. We should change our working and mobility to what serves our health, not what makes most financial profit....Good health and good humour are far more worth then that...

I found his posture truly stunning too. And the way he walked up that mountain. He's an example of what the human can be (and should be). The modern world has really done a number on the human species!