I'm not sure why the writer called Missouri, "Montana". Nobody will ever confuse the two states. The article is accurate on most points but I believe what he meant to say that the laws don't require for a home to be connected to the sewer system. we can use septic systems, especially here in the country. They are correct on ease of using solar, grid-tied or not and rain water collection systems.
Russ
As a Missouri resident, that "Montana" thing was an ouchie. As a writer, it was a "well, it happens". As a blogger, it was "wow, let's see how many keywords we can stack into one article that is almost exactly 1500 words of content, and trigger every SEO key in the book.
As to his point, there's a reason I live where I do. It's a great state to be a prepper, as long as you are a couple hundred miles away from St. Louis (or more).