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Old 02-10-14, 02:03 PM   #1
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Here in Ohio we have a minimum usage fee on our NG for heating.
Assuming this fee is based on the amount of money required to maintain the infrastructure, our heating bill will never go to zero for the month as long as we are connected to the grid.

IMO. The more homes that leave the heating grid the higher the minimum usage fee will climb to maintain the grid for the ones still on. If to many homes leave the grid you will be billed a non grid usage fee attached to your property taxes that will be paid to the gas company to help maintain the grid. I can see this going as high as a $100 a month per home, if not higher.

This will be the same for all other utilities.


A friend just told me a bill pasted last year here in Ohio that requires all septic systems in each county to be inspected for proper operation each YEAR at a cost of $50 per inspection. Here in our county, if something is found not up to specs, you will be required to pay $500 for a permit and have it repaired by a certified entity to rectumfy the problem.

So now, even though we live in the country,we are no longer off the water and sewer grid.

This is not an anti Government rant. The question is, in the long run will it be worht it? Will you realy be saving anything?


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Old 02-10-14, 02:29 PM   #2
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Death and taxes. And more regulations.
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Old 02-11-14, 10:19 AM   #3
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It sounds like extortion to me, I would move far away and take my dignity with me.
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Old 02-11-14, 10:55 PM   #4
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What, did you expect the government to encourage people to be independent and be able to stand on their own with out any kind of government dependency?
No because then you dont contribute to the coffers and you largely dont need them for anything.
Last thing the govenment wants is a bunch of non contributors who they dont control that can vote.

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