> I explicitly brought up wells and septic as an example of having to source your own resources, why is it any different for electricity?
Well rural residents pay to have power run to them and it's only feasible if they develop next to a property that is already wired for power. This means that you can't go move into the middle of nowhere and expect the power company to come to you. Your rural utility options will be limited to what your neighbors already have and any future expansion of the grid will be incremental and paid for by developers. So the claim that urban residents are incurring unjust costs at the hand of rual residens is largely a fiction.
But yes, considering rural residents have largely sourced their own resources, it is likely only a matter of time before rural residents are going off the grid as well. I've certainly seen this trend in many rural areas and as long as the price of solar/propane continues to go down I expect it to continue. But it won't be due to the supposed undue burden they place on society.
Well rural residents pay to have power run to them and it's only feasible if they develop next to a property that is already wired for power. This means that you can't go move into the middle of nowhere and expect the power company to come to you. Your rural utility options will be limited to what your neighbors already have and any future expansion of the grid will be incremental and paid for by developers. So the claim that urban residents are incurring unjust costs at the hand of rual residens is largely a fiction.
But yes, considering rural residents have largely sourced their own resources, it is likely only a matter of time before rural residents are going off the grid as well. I've certainly seen this trend in many rural areas and as long as the price of solar/propane continues to go down I expect it to continue. But it won't be due to the supposed undue burden they place on society.