[Cob] particular question re: bringing electricity

[Tys Sniffen]

Good for you for looking into this before you get on site! Some quick
thoughts:

1.	it can be amazingly expensive to get the power company to come to
you.  Where I'm at (off grid) it's at least $10,000 a mile.
2.	solar, wind, hydro and conservation are all you need. and, I
believe, all you should look at, even if wires come right to you house now.
My wife and I have been living on 2kw hours a week for two years, and I
wouldn't say we're suffering. 
3.	the electricity question is pertinent to anyone moving to a rural,
potentially off-grid place. Cob doesn't really factor in, unless you're
going to talk to them about permits. which you shouldn't really have to, as
you can ask/pay to get power to the site before construction starts.

 

Keep it simple, keep it sustainable, keep it low-impact. Good luck.

Tys

 

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