-=> Rob Mccart wrote to MARK HOFMANN <=-


 RM> If you build from scratch to be off the grid it's not so bad if you
 RM> make certain allowances. A friend of mine built a big ($1 million?)
 RM> cottage on a lake with no road access. He was told by the power company
 RM> that it would cost him $100,000 to have a line run to his place, even
 RM> though he was within 500 feet of power lines on the ground, but they
 RM> insisted on feeding him power under water instead of burying lines or
 RM> putting in a couple of poles..

(amazing description omitted for brevity)

That's a great setup, with self-sufficient non-well water and alternate 
energy. I'm surprised, I've heard of more and more municipalities which are 
insisting people have sewer and water hookups, enforcing a monopoly through 
legal means.



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