Greg and Kat spotted an article about An idea carried too far Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive. Greg’s comment:” The move to not buying clutter is a good one, of course. However, what happens to the people highlighted in this article in an EMP or another power-down event? Once their batteries run out, and the utility companies can’t provide water and other services, and the food deliveries stop they won’t be “virtually homeless” they will be starving and without barter assets or other resources. Online banking won’t help then. Hopefully they’ll analyze their situations and start putting their free income into resources for the “list of lists” and reading resources like Survivalblog. Then they’ll be a part of the solution, instead of more people adding to the problem.”
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Mix your own chem lights! (Of course the usual chemistry lab safety and toxic materials provisos apply.)
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Essex [Vermont] project builds backyard passive freezer. (Thanks to Nancy in Vermont for the link.)
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