RJT> I'd rather see the regs in there 
 RJT>  MW> to make sure you do the job right.
 RJT> 
 RJT> The problem I see with this is that it assumes that "the regs" are 
 RJT> going to make sure that it *IS* done right...
 RJT> 
 RJT> Note that we're not talking about legislation here,  which gets 
 RJT> debated and is done "in public",  we're talking about after that,  
 RJT> where some bureaucrat in some office somewhere decides on what regs 
 RJT> they want,  and the *only* controls over the situation are the fact 
 RJT> that they get published in The Federal Register,  which puts them 
 RJT> up for review and comment.
 RJT>
Precisely the problem. The bureau that oversees the implementation and 
enforcement of a bill writes "implementing regulations" that can water it 
down, remove its effectiveness and workability (remove its teeth), or 
change its meaning altogether.
So have you considered micro-hydro as a possibility? Talk to your local RE 
contractor. 
 RJT> *I* don't have the time to sit and read that,  even if I had it 
 RJT> available,
 RJT>  and then take the appropriate actions on the thousands of pages of 
 RJT> regulations that get published.  Do you?  I have a job,  and a 
 RJT> life.  The people who do this stuff,  this *is* their job and their 
 RJT> life...    :-(
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