I am so impressed with all you have accomplished. Congratulations! I have books (now over 25 years old) about doing all that (solar, windmills) but met resistance from my husband who thought it wasn’t practical for us. He was probably right. There used to be a man who lived near me with 2 modern windmills on his farm. He offered to meet with us on all the ins and outs of establishing wind power as one of our sources of power. But, we never met, and he died. The heirs sold the farm.
A friend of mine purchased the buildings and land, but a pesky neighbor of hers kept cutting the wire between the windmills and the house! So, now the windmills have been removed. Can you imagine?
They were able to devise a system that will be on the roof of our large equipment shed, and they will be on the back side ... not even visible from the house or the street. They will be visible from the interstate though.
I can't imagine why someone would sabotage a neighbor's system. That is ridiculous and I would have pursued legal avenues before I took down the windmills. That is a shame.