"Richard A. Lewis" wrote in message
"Fran" wrote:

You are both reading into the original post something that was not there.

The "slant towards isolation" is an interpretation and was not mentioned
as
is the "guy building his own off-grid house".

As I said, the original post as seen here in misc.survivalism was....

I am working on long-term plans for self-sufficiency, oriented to
buying
some bare land and building an off-grid house, rainwater catchment,
composting toilet, etc, etc.

The post does in fact state "long-term plans for self-sufficiency" as
well as "building an off-grid house".

I can only reply to what I read.

What I am objecting to is that both you and George are putting forward
information that was NOT in the original post (and Lord knows how off beam
into realms of pure fantasy this thread has moved from the simple question
originally asked!)

You have put in what YOU think he will (or should perhaps) do BUT not what
he specifically said.

He did not mention that he would be doing the building. He may or he may
not but it cannot be read into what he wrote.

It is not unusual for people in both NZ or Aus to have even a fairly
traditional builder come in and build an off grid house that includes items
like slow combustion cooking stoves (which also heat the hot water),
composting toilets, water collection from roofs etc etc. Even if one is not
off grid, it is still quite common in rural areas to have electricity but to
still use solid fuel for cooking water heating (for at least part of the
year) and tank (cistern) water for the whole of the year.