Life without electricity. Would you survive?
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cannabineer
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Yah but there is a cost/benefit calculation to be done. The cost of minding him would be high, so the benefit must be demonstrably greater. I am not convinced that that is the case here.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Unless you have a hundred meth seeds, that is just dead weight. In an electricity-free world "the promise of weed sometime later, if they germinate" will have much reduced value ... I wager your negotiations would not go well.
MadMel
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Yeah it does come in handy. Had to rely on my knowledge of wild edibles once when I was stationed at ft. Bragg. El Tee has us hid way back in the boonies, and refused to send someone to the 1st Sgt. to guide him in to resupply us. That went on a couple days after our MRE's ran out. I didn't go hungry, but the el tee did!! He guided the 1st Sgt in personally. Lmao
Somebody mentioned learning skills from the Army survival manual. I would suggest a '70's edition of the Boy Scout FIELD MANUAL. At least I think that it teaches long lasting skills of survival for the long haul, whether it was intended to or not. Building bridges and lashing all kinds of useful things. Cooking, shelter and other stuff.
Chunky Stool
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Chunky Stool
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What's yer point?
Chunky Stool
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You sound like the professor from Gilligan's Island!
Can you make a radio out of fish heads, bamboo, and a couple of coconuts?
mr sunshine
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You guys are lucky most vibrators take batteries, otherwise you'd be fucked. Or not fucked, I guess.
Singlemalt
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Chunky Stool
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Urine is for drinkin'...
Singlemalt
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and listening to the ball gameUrine is for drinkin'...
iHearAll
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Pretty close yea
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
dstroy
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If we really lost power like in a "the day the earth stopped" scenario, and there was no chance of generating electricity, I think I would miss my toothbrush the most. I don't mind brushing with a regular manual toothbrush, but my sonicare has completely spoiled me. We still use regular toothbrushes when we go camping and whatnot but it's just not the same. My teeth feel less clean when I use a regular toothbrush now. Can I survive without power? Yeah, but it would suuuuuuuuck. I'm not sure a lot of people I know now fully realize how much extra work is involved if there is no electricity or vehicles, especially if you have livestock.
As far as a well goes, just build a windmill/cistern if you have an existing well. Then you have all your non-potable water for showering, cleaning and watering crops.
You can build extra tanks for sediment filtration.
The real problem is disinfection, which would probably be viable on a large scale through steam distillation (assuming lack of chlorine) but then you would have to have a shitload of fuel on hand for the fire.
As far as a well goes, just build a windmill/cistern if you have an existing well. Then you have all your non-potable water for showering, cleaning and watering crops.
You can build extra tanks for sediment filtration.
The real problem is disinfection, which would probably be viable on a large scale through steam distillation (assuming lack of chlorine) but then you would have to have a shitload of fuel on hand for the fire.
justugh
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i am super simple ......as long as i have something to distract me i do not get bored and start thinking of things i like to do
plus aslong as u are a decent human ......u got nothing to worry about from me it is the assholes like some of the the ppl here i would kill just because i did not want them to have kids and pass the assholeness down to next batch
plus honestly wouldn't u like to have a crazy ass like me to sick on the assholes .......i done nothing but learn for the last 37 years about everything i could .....
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Two cavils.
1) Water is not steam-distilled. That is a term of art reserved fro using water to perform a low-temp azeotropic distillation of semivolatiles. Example: terpenoid "essential oils" that would otherwise boil at 200 to 300 degrees C.
2) Chlorine and chloramine are volatile. Kick away the first few ml of a direct H2O distillation ... and you have also put paid to chloroalkanes, aromatics, and other solvent/organic contaminants.
A solar (mirror concentrator) still will work to provide drinking water. The less pure water will be needed for bathing etc.
neosapien
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Sometimes, I'm like this with you...
1）水不蒸汽蒸馏。这是一个使用水保留以进行半挥发物的低温共沸蒸馏的术语。示例：萜类“精油”，否则会在200至300摄氏度沸腾。
2）氯和氯胺是挥发性的。开始几毫升的直接水蒸气蒸馏，你也付清氯烷，芳烃和其他溶剂/有机污染物。
太阳能（镜子集中器）仍然会提供饮用水。沐浴等需要较少的纯净水
MadMel
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Bear? Is that you? Why did you screw up so many Gerber knives with that orange you put on them?Urine is for drinkin'...
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think soSometimes, I'm like this with you...
1）水不蒸汽蒸馏。这是一个使用水保留以进行半挥发物的低温共沸蒸馏的术语。示例：萜类“精油”，否则会在200至300摄氏度沸腾。
2）氯和氯胺是挥发性的。开始几毫升的直接水蒸气蒸馏，你也付清氯烷，芳烃和其他溶剂/有机污染物。
太阳能（镜子集中器）仍然会提供饮用水。沐浴等需要较少的纯净水
(Japanese hand mixer below)
