Actually, what I meant was the old fashioned, small operation that used horse or mule power to move 1 tree at a time, so no big trucks need anywhere near the cottage. Compost toilets are code. There are now office buildings in big cities that use them, so no septic system needed. In most areas, using a cistern and collecting the roof water would work, no well needed. Straw bale, cob and papercrete are all becoming or are code, so no big dollars needed. The whole idea is to get healthy, reasonable, lifestyles for those who just don't fit, not one size fits all - which doesn't actually fit anyone. Bright Blessings, Kim
motie_d wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kim & Garth Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not only is Mother Nature in deep s___t, but we as a society are. > I > > often wish we could put back the old wood cutters cottages, in the > > National forests, for the people that just don't fit our modern > society. > > They could be very useful to the rest of us and be much happier, > > themselves. > > Bright Blessings, > > Kim > > > > > Kim, > I don't think that was a serious proposal, but I'll comment anyway. > In order to comply with all the environmental regulations concerning > our National Forests, we would need to spend many thousands of > dollars on Environmental Impact Studies, being sure to include the > needed access road for the heavy trucks to get in to do soil-boring > samples before allowing a Septic system or Well to be drilled. > Outhouses and hand-dug Wells are not acceptable anymore. Then to > build a 'cottage' to current building standards..... > Top of the head estimate...10 years time and $200,000 for a 10X12 > foot shack. LOL > > Motie > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
