Posts Tagged ‘alternative energy’
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
I see and hear versions of this admittedly extreme version of why survivalists are nuts all the time. I just talked to a guy that pointed out how “we were all gonna die from swine flu” and it turned out to be nothing but “a bunch of bullshit”. I guess he hadn’t listened to my show called, “Lessons From the Non Event of Swine Flu“.
It is really common though for the average person to look at a “prepper” or “survivalist” and wonder why we in their minds waste money and resources. The reality is we actually save money and maximize resources it all depends on how you look at things. As I said from day one, modern survivalism is about “living a better life if times get tough, or even if they don’t”. Is it really possible though, you bet.
Join me today as we discuss…
- The myth, the world must end as we know it for preparedness to pay off
- The well it won’t happen to me bias, the why and dangers behind it
- Why debt elimination must be part of the plan or the naysayers may be right about you
- Why you never lose money storing food if you do it with sanity
- The value of “alternative energy” even just at the property value level
- Gun ownership is like voting, exercise the right or you may very well lose it
- Having some gold and silver is something every rich guy I know does, so why not you too
- A garden improves physical health, improves mental health and can increase property values
- Only the ignorant would say being informed is a bad idea
- Help me out, what is the “down side” in this survivalist thing
Resources for Today’s Show
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Today we discuss “alternative energy”, not always “green energy” as a path to energy independence. Like many topics that involve “independence” it is not an all or nothing concept, unlike death, independence does come in degrees. So what we cover today ranges from initial baby steps to full tilt off grid life.
Join me today as we discuss…
- The why’s behind the quest energy independence
- Alternative vs. green energy
- Polar bears vs. practicality
- Peak oil? May be. Peak expense? Inevitable.
- Taxation
- Disaster
- Liberty
- Steps on the route to independence
- Start with efficiency
- Identify reality (lights aren’t that big a deal)
- Building a back up system
- Adding a small generator
- Adding solar/wind to your back up system
- Adding a large generator
- Building a passive solar heater
- Building a solar hot water heater
- Going full tilt with solar and wind
Resources for today’s show…
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Today on the Survival Podcast I interview Cam Mather. Cam is a great guy and a wealth of knowledge. Living on 150 acres of forests and ponds, north of Napanee and northwest of Kingston, Ontario Canada and being as independent as he can. He has channeled his real world knowledge into a book called, “Thriving During Challenging Times: The Energy, Food and Financial Independence Handbook”
Join Cam and I today as we discuss…
- The reasons we need to focus on energy independence today
- What you can do to become more financially independent even on a less then median wage
- The problems with how so many of us get our food today
- Advice for growers in northern climates
- The advantages of country living
- The challenges and rewards of living off grid
- The potential effects of peak oil and peak water
- Some of the biggest pending threats including pandemic and food shortages
- Advice on freedom and making it happen for yourself
Resources for today’s show…
Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Join me today as I interview Christopher Nyerges from the editorial staff of Wilderness Way Magazine. Christopher is also the author of quite a few books and a wealth of knowledge on gardening, permaculture, botany, alternative energy, wilderness survival skills and more.
Note of Correction – In today’s show I mention a 5000 year old food forest, that was an error it was a 2000 year old forest. I apologize for the misstatement and a link to the Youtube video is in today’s show notes.
Join me today as we discuss…
- Christopher’s new book, The Self Sufficient Home
- How to be cost effective with solar, wind and other energy projects
- Why being part of the effort is key to success with alternative energy projects
- The parallels between surviving urban/suburban disasters and wilderness survival
- The importance of caring for others in a survival situation
- Why political awareness is important for modern survivalism
- The three illusions of money
- Why Christopher choose the format for his new book of showing multiple families and communities with real world projects
- The importance of growing your own food
- Methods of harvesting water and why it is key to your success
- Why “resource shortage” is more important that political concepts like global warming
Resources for today’s show…
Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
I am doing a bit of a change up today, first I am going to read an email from a listener about how his family’s life has changed due to TSP, then an article I wrote many years ago about a gun I have carried for almost three decades and then move on to today’s main topic energy independence.
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Tune in Today to Hear…
- What TSP has meant to one family
- My story of an old Marlin 22 and what it can teach us
- Taking slow steady steps to individual energy independence
- Why the politics of “climate change” do matter
- How energy dependence creates an infinite tax web
- Why we must resist cap and trade
- Why windmills and solar panels owned by the utility companies won’t ever fix our issues
- How you can build a back up batter box and use it to move forward
- What a battery back up and one solar panel can teach you
- The reason you should own two generators not just one
- How to think about your own energy needs in a way that will create action
- Why achieving even 10% independence for yourself changes everything
Resources for today’s show…
Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.
Friday, June 26th, 2009
Today we cover a bit of everything today with some users questions and comments address, some news going on with Jim Rodgers and dig deep into the concept of turning a home into a homestead today.
Tune in today to hear…
- Should you buy Rubles or Canadian Dollars, what does Jim Rogers think
- If you live in London Jim Rogers says “If you’re in London you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time… You gotta move east.” what does that mean for you and me?
- China’s government might block the purchase of Hummer, what is up with that?
- Vote to get me on Freedom Watch (vote here)
- What was the original homestead creation like
- Does your grass produce anything for you
- How many hours a day do you work to cool/heat your home
- What does the BRIC alliance have to do with your need for a homestead
- Is there enough room for 2-3 million new small farms? Yes!
- How can small farms benefit the whole nation not just the homesteaders
- My last word on the term sheeple and why I use it and will continue to
- Does the economy need to always grow, is that even reasonable
- What does your home provide back to you, how much input is required
- How do you plant with out digging, simple don’t dig, seriously
- Who is today’s modern survivalist are people beginning to realize who he/she is
- Why you have your own answers already, just ask the right questions
Resources for Today’s Show
Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show.
You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, (866-658-4465) please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
We take a break today from the listener call in shows to do a review of a T.V. show that ran on ABC last night called “Earth 2100″. This was an interesting look at what was called a “worse case scenario” over the next 91 Years.
Tune in Today to Hear…
- Wast Earth 2100 a global warming propaganda piece? Yes and no.
- Would Lake Mead really run dry is that the real threat to our water supply
- Can we actually build “self sufficient” sky scrapers? Yes but it doesn’t mean we will.
- The left out real potential energy sources (geothermal and tidal)
- How environmentalism is actually preventing the giant solar farms depicted in 2012
- What all large scale power generation has in common mechanically
- A positive outlook about being an armed citizen, will someone at ABC get fired for that?
- Why New York really could end up “underwater” and what was accurate about that depiction.
- Could a global pandemic really kill billions?
- Why global warming is a problem even though I don’t think carbon is the trigger.
- How the “worse case scenario” may actually be far to optimistic.
- The fallacy that New York and San Diego will be the “safe places” during the initial breakdown.
- Why individual action not the fascist cooperation of government and industry.
Resources for Today’s Show
tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show.
You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, (866-658-4465) please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Today’s podcast covers some exciting new things coming in the Solar Industry and expands on some of yesterdays thoughts on gardening along with supporting local agriculture as a combined form of new patriotism.
Tune in today to hear…
- New prizes comming for the Listener Appreciation Contest
- Ren Reeder has won the first round and choose the iPod (congrats Ren)
- More on our growing food trade deficit, we can no longer feed our own population
- How we can support local growers with just a little bit of effort
- The hard choice many small farmers have been forced to make
- Additional cool ideas like setting up web sites for a local farmer’s market
- A possible new profession, “Farmers Market Organizer”?
- The difference between a tax deduction and a tax credit (tax credits rock)
- New solar incentives for business and utilities will drive prices down for us with economy of scale
- Build a 10,000 dollar solar system for 7,000 dollars, really, no catch
- The new solar incentive does not start until 2009
- Why the second half of 09 will be a better time to install a system then the first half
- How you can get a new stove, fridge, etc almost for free in 2009
- Why conserving energy or putting in alternative systems is patriotic
- The solar energy bill is the only diamond in the turd that is the bail out, make use of it
- The added resale value that energy improvements add to your home
- Why a “south facing roof” may soon be a real hot feature to homes
- Thoughts on the government giving you your own money back vs. getting money from the government
- Install your own radiant barrier and insulation and get it back on your taxes
- Things to be positive about for our future, solar, wind, gardens and local economies
Resources for today’s show
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Today we discuss creating a green house that is designed to be a self sufficient microclimate via the use of alternative energy tactics.
Tune in today to learn about…
- Using a rain catch system in a green house to provide its own irrigation needs
- Creating and automated watering system to make your work load lighter
- Using solar powered fans to cool your green house in the hot times of the year
- 12 Month a year Green House usage
- Using a more conventional roof with “skylights” and the advantages of that
- Using solar attic fans as a self contained cooling system
- Building with expansion in mind
- Learning the basics with a small project for use on a large scale
- Using solar screens to decrease warm weather temps
- Combating climate change (up or down) with a green house
Resources for today’s show
- Solar Screen Material – Not an endorsement up or down for this supplier they just have a good assortment of colors and options.
- Solar Attic Fans – Again not an endorsement up or down for this supplier just a decent assortment of fans to explain what I was talking about.
- Video with a Cool Rain Catching and Irrigation System – Not for a green house but the rain catch and distribution system may give you some great ideas. The rain water system is shown from about 10 minutes to about 18 minutes in if you don’t want to watch the entire video.
- Green House Fan Systems – Again not an endorsement simply provided as a resource to give you some ideas
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