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Seven Letters Re: Advice on Deep Water Wells in a Grid-Down Era

Hi James, There is a mission-oriented web site with a tutorial on making valve leathers at this site. There is other useful water well-related information on the site, too. Where John C. is living, if the static level is 400 ft., then he will be looking at needing a fairly deep well. If he gets by with less than drilling a 500 foot well I’d be surprised. Water wells here locally have a 350-400 foot static level and run 700-800 feet deep. The depth, quantity, and quality of water you find all depends on the area you live in, the …




Economics and Investing:

Marc Faber: 10-20% Inflation Coming to US (Thanks to Mark H. for the link.) HPD sent us a link to Mish Shedlock’s commentary: Flow of Funds Report Offers Hard Evidence of Deflation Hawaiian K. spotted this in an Australian newspaper web site: Cash to become extinct as chips take off Items from The Economatrix: The Cumulative Impact of Three Rogue Waves Why Deflation, Not Inflation, is the Order of the Day US Banks Operating Without Reserve Requirement China’s Got a New Currency…And it Sure AIN’T the Dollar “China has already begun moving into a new currency, one that is neither …