TP aside, I applaud his efforts. Ya know that idea that if you go too far in one direction you’ll end up coming back from the other side? What he did was a great exercise in survivalism - hardly a Leftist notion. He examined his life, simplified, got in touch with where it all comes from, and developed self-reliant ways (insofar as he still lived deep in a city). Should disaster have befallen his region, he would have been one of the few to get by - considering most of his neighbors couldn’t even get home or open a can without “the grid”. Inconvenient at times, yes, but that’s the tradeoff for independence.
Point well taken.