What are you doing?

Posted by Decal on November 14th, 2005 at 5:37 pm | 3 Replies

No really, what are you doing to make this transition through peak oil more managable?
Driving less, food production gardening, setting up mutual aid committees in your neighborhood? Tell us what you're up to so we can network and begin the process of powering down together.

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Decal
November 17th, 2005

Dear Hit,

Thanks for your comments. I battle the desire for a hot tub. They are so wonderful, but how much usage will my family get out of it at this point? We've looked at wood fire heated tubs... just as expensive, but maybe more practical. Anyway, please come to the January 17th discussion group at Central Bakery. Let's get as many of us together, we can make a change... check out the successes Willits's Outpost has had. Oh, bring your books to the meeting, I'd like to check out a couple of them. THX. Decal

wgl
November 15th, 2005

Hit with the gravity of it all.

When hit with the gravity of it all last year I rushed out and puchased a hot-tub, a shot-gun and a case of power bars. Exhausted after work (have to pay for the tub!); this year I have done little. I do read and try to alert friends and family to the need to "get back to basics" and prepare for expensive energy. Most friends suspend judgement but we all enjoy the hot-tub:) which will amount to 380 gallons of water and future roof water catchment system should CalAm H2O pumps not work. The shotgun and even the power bars I am not excited about: hope I never need them. I thank God I live in a beatiful place with intelligent people and farmer's markets. I experimented living without Natural Gas: cold showers/no heat/dryer. What I learned: I will survive. And that I will gladly pay exorbitant NG prices while it lasts. But I have my eyes open for a woodstove and new insulation. I "fixed" my TV and purchased some poetry and world mythology anthologies. I am still addicted to the web. Eager to share the info and library I am putting together and to connect with concerned/aware people. I want to contribute-- keeping Monterey a wonderful and humane place to live post-peak. Related book titles for shortterm loan: When Technology fails. PowerDown. The Long Emergency. Crisis Preparedness Handbook. Tom's Brown's Fieldguide to City and Suburban Survival. Where there is no Doctor/Dentist.

teri
November 19th, 2005

book loan?

Hi there! Are you saying you would loan out your books for a short time? I have been starting my library of such books, and I have the first four listed (talk about eye-opening!) but do not have the last couple listed yet. I have been considering buying them, but it might be interesting to take a look at them first. Or, in the alternative, what is your opinion after reading them? Are they a necessary part of a good body of knowledge? Seems like the "When there is no..." series would be something better to have than not. Thanks, teri

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