Hoarding is exactly what the government is doing right now by filling the SPR, and frankly it's the best thing that could happen. It drives prices up. High prices encourage demand destruction. They also finance new well development. The hoarded oil gives us a buffer to fall back on once shortages become more prevalent. High prices are what we need in order to adapt to what's coming, and the sooner they happen, the better.
Joined: Aug 24, 2004 Posts: 398 Location: United Kingdom, Various
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 7:46 am Post subject: Back To Basics
John Seymour's 'The New Complete Guide To Self-Sufficiency For Realists And Dreamers' is a book some people on this forum might consider investing in.
It covers all areas needed for self-sufficiency using plain english, diagrams, and covers all equipment you need, how to set out a farm, if you don't have the money possible ideas to get there.
It also covers chopping wood, killing pigs, what mushrooms you can eat from the wilds, how to set out an allotment, when to harvest, how to store food without modern refridgerators, and host of other things. Here's an extract from the foreword:
Quote:
In the modern world, during the last hundred or so years, there has been an enormous and historically unique shift: away from self-reliance and towards organization. As a result people are becoming less self-reliant and more dependent than has ever been seen in history. They may claim to be more highly educated than any generation before them; but the fact remains that they cannot really do anything for themselves....
Would I advise other people to follow this lifestyle? I wouldn't advise anybody to do anything. The purpose of this book is not to shape other people's lives but simply to help people do things if they decide to....
I have always embarked on an enterprise without the faintest idea of how to do it - but I have always ended up with the thing done and with a great deal more knowledge than when I started.
If things really do get serious and survival starts becoming a real issue, it would be a priceless reference to have to hand for those in urban lifestyles who use the supermarkets and work highly specialised office jobs.
Even from an investment perspective, I'd think the value of the book (£20) is likely to rise considerably if things start going seriously bad, and for young people, we're almost certainly going to be in a more self-reliant/chaotic society at the most by our senior years (likely less than that).
Joined: May 15, 2004 Posts: 253 Location: Southeast USA
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:31 am Post subject: Well
I noticed you priced that book in euros. Is it available in America or can it only be bought on the Internet? _________________ In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.-Thoreau
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