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by coding123 2057 days ago
The property I just bought in northern CA was a trip. In the full title report I got documents dating back to 1880 - all hand written. I got to read about various families that owned the land, and transferred ownership to various companies, including "Northern California Power Company Consolidated" in 1917 and eventually "Pacific Gas and Electric Company" as of December 10th 1948.

It is a total mind-fuck how tied up we are with that company.

But, I do have some hope that at some point in the future mini-grid technology will replace these large juggernauts.