TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ
 ·Sprint Broadband D..
| This calls for scientific method.
I propose an experiment for all you who are saying "luxury": let's take the BB entirely out of the county in which you live for 5 years, and measure the economic growth against the next BB-equipped county over.
Of course, the coyotes and tumbleweeds that will be rampant in your deserted county will make the exit measurements pretty hard to take...
Buncha damn mean-spirited "let 'em eat cakers" is all. |
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joemaloy
join:2004-12-21
Tonopah, AZ
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| Fireplaces dont use Electricity,for heat. Candles dont,for light. Outhouses dont use water, for sewer.
All things that we have today at one time WAS a luxury.
I live in a part of the country where people dont have a water well or city water, they have a sistern.
It really depents on whether or not you have these things or not.
Then thats a thought, Why cant I become a Water utility and force the city to let my use their pipes.... |
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Fatal Vector
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Fireplaces do make smoke, among other potential problems like chimney fires, candles dont give much light and require skills to make, as well as materials and outhouses breed germs and diseases, (which is why in towns and cities where people are packed together in high density, there are health codes, the most basic parts of which are running water and sewers) never mind other obvious problems. Cisterns are backup water sources. Most rural water comes from wells (that use electric pumps, therefore the cistern in case the pump fails. In case you dont know what a cistern is, it's a giant water tank that collecys rain water for drinking, etc in an emergency. Be sure to boil it before you drink it).
No matter how you slice it, life, while possible without electricity, running water and sewers is damn hard and much more dangerous. |
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