I think about this sometimes... Living off-grid.
I think it'd be cool.
Of course, there's a lot of things I depend on the grid -- or many different grids -- for, like water and food and electricity and communication, for example, but there's a lot that could be replaced.
There's natural springs, I can grow my own food, and I can just... Go out and talk to people! Being off-grid shouldn't mean being isolated from society, I don't think; It should mean not relying on systems controlled by others. Being self-reliant and self-sufficient. That's what I think of as off-grid.
Even electricity, with solar cells and such, could be replaced. That one is a little iffy, I'm really not sure. The worst part, of course, is that I would still be dependent on the rest of the world and its supply chains and grids. If the solar cell breaks, for example, how do I fix it? And what if I can't, and need to get it replaced? How do I make more?!
The simple answer: I can't. I'm stuck.
Being off-grid, truly and forever-term (beyond long), requires a certain rejection of modern conveniences that I might not be able (or rather, willing) to give up.
Is that bad? Maybe.
On the other hand, humanity has been able to provide some great comforts to itself. That might be good.
Then again, what do those comforts costs? I suspect we're living on borrowed energy, borrowed fields, borrowed air. Earth will come ask for its dues, and all the money in the world won't make a dent in the debt.
Maybe modern conveniences are a poisoned cake.
Well, anyway, I wore my wool trousers, today. Long time no wool.