not everyone is cut out for higher education

and not everyone is cut out for a life of working with their hands

Trades are not for everyone either. I went through so many before I found one I truly enjoyed.

everyone has their own talents and skills

all important

mhm

Howdy, went to school for auto, diesel etc. Decided I'd like it more as a hobby and started working on a big potato farm, just kinda rolled with it I guess, been 12 years ago already.

i want to go into electronics as well so i could set up a couple of solar panels

Solar panels are not to complicated

Really its almost plug and play now.

Diesel techs have a hard job man. I would not enjoy working on giant trucks.

lol

yup, stuff is heavy

i also want to try my hand at possibly producing energy with a waterwheel in a river

sounds like a good idea.

Solar panels are fine

I wonder how much wattage you could produce with many wheels.

My family home is off grid

It just costs a lot of money to get all the material

equipment

i'm a bit worried with solar panels because it might rain a lot in washington/oregon

for instance we have three tons of lithium batteries

doesn't matter

sollar energy goes through rain

oh ok

but if you can

go for a place with a river

or a stream

yeah definitely

and just get some hydro power

that would be power all year round

unless it freezes over

easy to get water + build a primitive dam + water wheel

you don't need a dam

a dam is bad if you want to fish

yeah true

Yeah damming rivers is a huge project that takes a lot of study

and it's often bad for the land

you don't want to fuck up your landbase

Yep usually

true true