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Synopsis of Ed Begley Jr. on Oprah...
His SoCal home nearly has the entire roof covered with solar panels. Currently, he stated he's only paying about $100 a YEAR for electric (and that includes charging his EV car) and that he's 90% off the grid right now. He is adding solar panels to the roof of his garage right now and will be 100% off the electric grid at that point.
I didn't follow him too much on this but he also stated he's about 60% off the natural gas pipeline as well.
There was video of him driving his Rav 4 EV to the Oscars all dressed up with his wife...classic!
He has his own gardens where he states he grows all of his own vegetables and fruit...uses rain water barrels to saturate the garden. He also has a gray water recapture system in his home.
Pretty cool feature on him during the show...he started with what he called "the cheap and easy" mods to his house back in the 1970's and when he was able to afford more costly endeavors he kept upgrading to the point he's at now.
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