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I found the idea of an "approved poster" forum offensive; it came across as exclusionary. On the other hand, I understand why it was considered as I find some of the posts here cause me to not want t ...

There will be a rebel alliance when the redneck working class starts to feel pain from all of this. High gasoline prices and no job will tend to focus attention.

Their attention may be focused, but ...

It's a lot cheaper to buy this stuff locally as the shipping costs are insane. Shipping costs a hell of a lot more than the food does.

However, I bought it online my first time, basically just to ...

I can't help you with the big picture - I don't have a clue - but one thing that I learned during the inflation days of the seventies is that food is one of the best investments you can make when pric ...

OK. I knew I was missing something. Pasturing in the winter around here (WI) doesn't work, so you still need to feed them some sort of crop.

Two points: first, yes some cattle will eat grass out ...

I guess another thought has to do with meat production. If you got rid of cows (beef). Used the feed for human consumption instead, the US would be buried in grain. Isn't the ration something like ...

I think staying hidden is contingent on being far enough away from other people, which is our plan. We're talking several miles from the nearest gravel road. the thing is, there's a lot of empty spa ...

You have a point with the firemaking, though we will likely primarily have fire by keeping it going. Banking a fire overnight is a lot less work than starting one from scratch even when lighters and ...

I voted "unsure" because nothing else seemed to fit.

I think the world will change drastically. But this *encouages* me rtaher than depressing me.

I'm not a fan of our consumer-based marketing- ...

Energy storage is only an issue if you want to keep living the same way you are used to living "on the grid" - You want the power to use NOW, its yours. If you can modify your power usage, storage is ...

I originally started gardening in pots on my balcony in a city apartment. It can be done. Though I don't recommend it, hauling all that topsoil and manure up the stairs was a pita!

I've read scor ...

I thought about this some more and decided I wanted an example that didn't include capital punishment. So here's a scenario for you, Falconoffury...
You're the leader of a small, sustainable communi ...

Im calling dominos while I still can! hehe Very Happy

Dominos is not pizza! It's a chunk of cardboard with plastic melted on top of it.

Pizza is pretty easy to make actually. The dough is similar to ...

My idea of the spiritual level of equality between human beings really doesn't have anything to do with behavior. I don't think a person who behaves in such a way that he is a detriment to those aroun ...

It seems like it's human nature to put more value on your own genes, children, and family than other people, their genes, and their family.
There is a name for all animal species whom are not willing ...