Tag: off grid

Bio-Gas FAQ & MIY Instructions

Bio-Gas FAQ & MIY Instructions The state of Florida has put together a pretty good web site on bio-gas. Featured is the question and answer page they have put together. I am surprised that it seems to be a fairly simple process and isn’t used more! The graphic pictured is a nice overview of the …

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Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle

Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle I would never have thought to boil water in plastic! The video below shows it can indeed be done. But it claims to make the water safe to drink. I wonder about that! We are told that these bottles left in a vehicle in the heat can cause the plastic …

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Vantablack: Synthetic Black Hole Material

Vantablack: Synthetic Black Hole Material Vantablack is a synthetic material that absorbs 99.965% of light. Which basically means it makes whatever it covers almost totally invisible to the human eye! The uses are uncountable! Pictured is crumpled aluminum foil, which appears even to the camera lens to be a black hole in the aluminum hiding the …

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MIY Aspirin from Willow Bark

MIY Aspirin from Willow Bark

MIY Aspirin from Willow Bark Long before we began getting our medications out of a bottle, people learned which plants and trees provided relief or assistance in over coming human ailments. In a SHTF situation this would be useful information to have and share. The pharmacies and the pharmaceutical companies may not be open or producing …

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10 Considerations for a Bug Out Location

10 Considerations for a Bug Out Location

10 Considerations for a Bug Out Location As with any real estate choice they say the key is location location location. This is true with your bug out location as well. The considerations however before making your decision are quite different in a bug out retreat as opposed to a home. You will need to look …

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12 Bug Out Tips for Families with Children

12 Bug Out Tips for Families with Children

12 Bug Out Tips for Families with Children Nothing could be more worrisome than the idea of needing to bug out with children in tow. Your plans need to be flexible enough to accommodate the younger one’s  needs, yet firmly in place enough that your child knows what to expect and not to panic. The featured …

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Fire That Lasts All Night

Fire That Lasts All Night

Fire That Lasts All Night No matter why you have built the fire, if its to keep you warm during the night whether, camping, backpacking, bugging out or even bugging in your fireplace or wood stove the last thing you want is to be getting up every couple of hours to tend the it. Or worse …

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Reducing Your Need to Store Power

Reducing Your Need to Store Power Storing the energy you have created with alternative methods is not an easy task and is fraught with waste losing power both when converting it to be stored and then again when converting it  back for use. The featured article gives some tips on making some simple changes to your …

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DIY Tri-pod Water Filter

DIY Tri-pod Water Filter After finding yourself safely away from what ever SHTF scenario has caused your being in a survival situation and protecting yourself physically from the elements particularly extreme cold or heat. Your very next priority has to be water. Without water you can not survive no matter how much ammo or other …

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Bio-gas at home- Cheap and Easy

Bio-gas at home- Cheap and Easy

Bio-gas at home- Cheap and Easy This amazing method of making an alternative energy called bio-gas from animal waste, garden waste and kitchen scraps (almost any organic material works) was recently brought to my attention. Even though not as tidy per-say as solar it is less expensive, recycles waste, and would work year round. No worries …

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