I’ll begin with some positive news from an Australian newspaper, by way of reader Kevin A.: Fifty Reasons To Thank NASA [1]
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FerFAL (SurvivalBlog’s correspondent in Argentina) recently posted some quotes and commentary on Gabe Suarez’s description of his training trip to Argentina [2].
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Pamela mentioned a commercially-made fireplace log rolling machine [3] that speeds the newspaper rolling process that was described in a SurvivalBlog article posted earlier this year [4].
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SurvivalBlog’s Economic Editor Cheryl N. sent us another batch of economic news and commentary: Credit Crunch Cancer Metastasizing [5], US National Debt Clock [6], World Heads for Deflationary Collapse [7], Scramble for Cash as Central Banks Dry Up [8], Lehman Bros. Faces Korean Takeover Bid [9], and Credit Crisis Financial Armageddon [10].
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Reader B.P. mentioned that he watched a recent television show about children in Africa being saved from starvation by a new a new product called Plumpy’nut [11], which requires no refrigeration and that has two year shelf life. B.P. notes: “I was thinking that this product would also be a good [supplementary] food source for infant children in a SHTF [12] scenario.” JWR’s comments: Since it is a paste, it might also be useful for anyone in rehabilitation from jaw or dental trauma, or for elderly patients that are sans dentures. It is also a captivating possibility for a lightweight, compact food source for G.O.O.D. [13] kits. (Although, to provide nearly complete nutrition it should probably be supplemented with blue-green algae tablets, jerky, honey, some selected vitamins, and a source of dietary fiber.) The only big downside I can see is that it can’t be eaten by anyone with a peanut allergy. I predict that if a food packager in the US were to sell it, it would be an ideal candidate for a BOGO [14] arrangement, to support an international charity.