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Not true any more. http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/rainwater-collection-colorado-6-707/

Originally Posted by manbridge 74

You don’t own the water coming off your roof in CO so that’s out.

The farther you are from civilization the more reliability becomes dominant. Hail, heavy storms and lightning, extreme low temps are the dream killers for most of the ideas presented here. Only guy I saw made it work well lived on a mountainside above tree line and used the water coming down to charge up a huge bank of batteries. But even then he got tired of the constant maintenance and inability to leave the property lest his batteries freezes up etc. He sold it after a few years.

I would get the best stove out there and a really good pair of chainsaws. Learn the art of candle making. Get a red union suit to wear all winter. Forgo needless high tech where possible and revel in your own ability to survive.