Off the Grid

Of the 50 states in the union, 46 are on the brink of bankruptcy, 13 million people are unemployed and 49 million live below the poverty line, and the national debt has grown to a record US $14 trillion. Alarming figures depicting an unprecedented crisis in American history. Various ways out of it are with self-help remedies: the citizens of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, have decided to opt out of the dollar and issue their own currency; in Austin, Texas, Alex Jones generates his own electrical power and water supply.