Archive for July 25th, 2008

SurvivalBlog.com: Disseminating Local News and Information in a Grid-Down Societal Collapse

SurvivalBlog.com
As a former offset press operator with an interest in Christian missions and the underground Church, I’ve spent considerable time in researching simple printing methods. There are multiple methods that are suitable for short-run print production, though many take a degree of skill and a bit of patience to produce.

SurvivalBlog.com: Questions from A Not-Quite Convinced Reader

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Believing in a coming collapse doesn’t suit me, though. I kind of like having my garbage picked up, and police and fire service.

Even though I don’t want to believe it, I’m starting to. Peak Oil seems real, and so much relies on oil. The economy and the currency do seem to be a house of cards after all. But I’m not quite convinced. I still think the odds are overwhelming that we’ll come out okay.

comrade simba: Tiller

comrade simba » Blog Archive » Tiller
I’m not getting into how much work it would take to grow 300 bucks worth of turnips to buy the tiller. Blow jobs at the bus station would be easier than that.

Staying Alive: COLD SUMMER IN ALASKA

Staying Alive: COLD SUMMER IN ALASKA
The coldest summer ever? You might be looking at it, weather folks say. Right now the so-called summer of ‘08 is on pace to produce the fewest days ever recorded in which the temperature in Anchorage managed to reach 65 degrees. That unhappy record was set in 1970, when we only made it to the 65-degree mark, which many Alaskans consider a nice temperature, 16 days out of 365.This year, however — with the summer more than half over — there have been only seven 65-degree days so far. And that’s with just a month of potential “balmy” days remaining and the forecast looking gloomy.

Bear Ridge Project: Home-grown Aquaponics

Bear Ridge Project: Home-grown Aquaponics
Home-grown aquaponic systems can provide families with hundreds of pounds of fish and fresh vegetables year-round. The system at the Morningstar facility, shown in the picture was built with easily available materials including concrete block and plywood, a waterproof tarp, a plastic barrel and PVC piping.

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