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I think what's more likely is a "zombie horde lite" which is just people strategically moving from collapsing cities to rural regions. In so doing they will destroy these rural areas with thier sheer ...

Any new ideas for cheap, sustainable heat sources for the poor/unemployed this winter?

One alternate suggestion someone offered when I put the above innovation into public domain was... To use the ...

Helped erect part of a grape arbor.

Several days ago I posted an 'invention' -- an inexpensive, renewable home-heating device -- on another forum, and then on LATOC.

The version described under 'Update,' below, is really just an ext ...

I originally posted this idea on another forum, and then on LATOC. The version described under 'Update,' below, is really just an extremely cheap, wind-powered version of an archaic form of electrical ...

Well, the pots are a lot easier to get or make. They originally came up on LATOC when I asked if anyone could think of any real use for pottery skills (besides the extremely long term). I'd been aware ...

Well, as the process depends on sunlight-driven evaporation of the water you add in, I would imagine you would need to keep them out during the day. But having a large cooler you could put them in at ...

I lost the original link to the following article on zeer pots -- essentially a cheap, renewable form of simple refrigeration used in Africa and elsewhere. You may find this to be a useful alternative ...

I've noticed that one of the easiest ways to freak yourself out is to actually find someone who will listen to you talk about peak oil and related matters as much as you want. When your done telling ...

Sorry Revi, I was trying on a joke there. I didn't intend for you to do anything more than acknowledge that the worst is possible (what so much humor relies on) and leave it at that. I have been think ...

This article shares an innovation – a simple plan by which many charities could earn tremendous “profits” (to be plowed back into their humanitarian efforts) while dramatically reducing the impact of ...