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66 comments on Australia, The Place To Be: Part 3a
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It is a well written piece, but I don't completely agree with everything as stated. The major premise of Ausiland being the "place to be" is really just another way of saying "I am familiar with this place and feel safest here". That is good thinking, individually. I am familiar with Brownsville, Oregon USA and feel safe here.
Going on from that, the part about being part of a small community is probably the best advice. One of the best articles written on how to survive these kinds of situations was written by a citizen of Yugoslavia (a self-proclaimed non-survivalists) who berated American-Internet-Survivalists for having all these "plans". He wrote that people will will figure out how to get food and drinking water. The biggest things missed were sweets (especially chocolates) and deodorant, followed by most everything else that made life pleasant beyond just the bare basics (including good alcohol and smokes (I don't drink nor smoke, by the way)).
The part about firearms is intensely personal, but probably the most weighty reason I think Ausiland is not "the place to be" for me (with the emphasis on the "for me" part).
You mentioned the part about the stainless steel water tank for hot water, and that being at ground level presented a problem with the collector being on the roof of the house.
Although they are expensive, a small electric water pump is available and can be installed inline with your collector and storage tank, run by a small P. V. panel, a simple one way valve will suffice to keep the pump from circulating the warm water from you storage tank when the sun is not shining
"you can cure ignorance, but you can't educate stupidity"
the old hermit
Bubba, I'll suggest that deodorant is not a problem. A physically active person living in the tropics, I've been sucessfully using sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) for years. It's dirt cheap and keeps forever; one problem solved, only 999 to go! : )
PLAN, PLANt, PLANet
Errol in Miami
It's a cleaning solution, a deodorant, u can brush your teeht with it. You can bake with it. What is it? Bicarbonate of soda.
I would agree. Anywhere that provides for your needs and allows you to contribute in return is probably going to work out for you.
I do wish that I could move to a more rural township... but, as I said, having my wife leave me would fail the "no regrets" test. In addition, if I stay in the city (actually, the outer fringes), then I have access to a network of contacts.
David C.
very similarly any further out & my wife would not go!
nice post very readable & timely. i like u'r logic.