tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post7462123232394463287..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: panic in year eighteen 1 of 2James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-89258341824040886162018-03-18T08:20:28.675-07:002018-03-18T08:20:28.675-07:00Roger that !Roger that !Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-223130589599321192018-03-18T06:55:49.130-07:002018-03-18T06:55:49.130-07:00I think most in-laws are so full of crap a methane...I think most in-laws are so full of crap a methane digester is feasible.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-82588629728949438032018-03-18T05:18:41.969-07:002018-03-18T05:18:41.969-07:00The only problem with that size methane digester w...The only problem with that size methane digester would be in suppling enough ca ca to fuel it. Otherwise it would create enough gas to cook and run a small gas powered generator a little each day. Of course you'd need clean up the gas first with scrubbers.<br />Though mechanical storage has friction loses. It might well be a viable means of energy storage long term. Key would be to have pumps and generators which can be serviced and maintained. Batteries cannot be stored long term, whereas parts for a mechanical system can be.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-88828439081650351762018-03-17T21:06:46.072-07:002018-03-17T21:06:46.072-07:00Smith L, et al. Sexually transmitted infections.Smith L, et al. Sexually transmitted infections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-33872545028324292812018-03-17T18:20:04.062-07:002018-03-17T18:20:04.062-07:00I can see that-I was amazed at the reported mechan...I can see that-I was amazed at the reported mechanic costs over ten years ago. Can't imagine what it is now.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-9129737040529062672018-03-17T17:04:14.602-07:002018-03-17T17:04:14.602-07:00I whinged at work one day about the amount of smok...I whinged at work one day about the amount of smokey vehicles on the road. My co worker said that's because people are putting off getting their cars serviced because of the lack of moneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-37119674373203038012018-03-17T15:38:01.605-07:002018-03-17T15:38:01.605-07:00And not just the generator but also the pump. It ...And not just the generator but also the pump. It seems like a sound idea, but the complexity level might be too much. I wonder if the hydrogen gas on a cottage level was feasible or just hype. A lantern for lighting perhaps? Probably still too complex, but al least less so.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-3816397108854698582018-03-17T13:10:30.751-07:002018-03-17T13:10:30.751-07:00True that on the generator life. Always something ...True that on the generator life. Always something to stockpile it seems. Perhaps alternators salvaged from vehicles could be pressed into service. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-4409786041950051092018-03-17T12:58:12.998-07:002018-03-17T12:58:12.998-07:00Just beware the life span of the water electrical ...Just beware the life span of the water electrical generator. Less than a battery? I believe the totes for the methane are something like 280 and 330 gallons. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-17177893209368191892018-03-17T12:34:37.232-07:002018-03-17T12:34:37.232-07:00Off topic. I have not done this personally, but in...Off topic. I have not done this personally, but in the right situation it might be a win for self sufficient energy production without battery storage: solar panels power the pumping of water to a higher location (elevated tank, pond up slope, etc.) whenever sun is out. <br />At night or when power needed, water is drained thru pipe from higher elevation to power pelton wheel type turbine connected to alternator. <br />The potential energy in the elevated water is your battery.<br />Also saw a methane generation system today. It used the big plastic cube in a cage liquid containers that industry uses for lots of things.<br />In one cube (are they 500 gallons?) waste consisting of half food waste/ half livestock manure was poured in on a daily basis to be broken down by anaerobic bacteria. Byproduct was half methane and half CO2. <br />Gas was collected into a second cube container with the bottom side cut out and floating in water ( like an upside down cup). Gas produced by the digester cube flowed through tubing, bubbled up through water to be trapped/collected in the upside down floating cube. Gas was piped out of this to feed a cookstove burner. Bricks were used as weights on top of the floating cube to increase gas pressure as it flowed out to be used.<br />Search "ECHO in North Fort Myers" for free downloadable technical bulletins on this and other things Bison readers would be interested in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-23910556296858438402018-03-17T11:00:14.500-07:002018-03-17T11:00:14.500-07:00I think that one time investment philosophy is tra...I think that one time investment philosophy is transferable to almost all other kinds of investments. Food, land, etc. It really is amazing how little you think about what you spent, verses its benefit of peace of mind.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-2591502923680836942018-03-17T10:57:22.634-07:002018-03-17T10:57:22.634-07:00The 70's had cocaine, too. Not that I ever us...The 70's had cocaine, too. Not that I ever used, but it was nice to see widespread civil disobedience with its use. I think the "less getting done" is the lack of funding or proper materials, rather than attitudes.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-76670456891309301952018-03-17T09:58:51.005-07:002018-03-17T09:58:51.005-07:00Actually nobdy is talking about the economy anymor...Actually nobdy is talking about the economy anymore. Talking about Wall Street is a substitute, no, a distraction really. Wall Street is completely disconnected from the economy as we experience it daily.<br /><br />Sure, there are talks about steel & aluminoum tariffs and whatnot, but in reality, how many people have stuff at home to see themselves past temporary trouble ? Nobody knows. How poor are the poor really ? Hard to tell.<br /><br />It doesn't seem like thinks are going too well, but I get the impression that people adapted to poorer living, or let's say living without pretensions, such as literacy or owning your own tools.<br /><br />The impression I get all around me is that less things are getting done, and when they do they aren't great. it's something like a creepy stagnation without drama or joy. Maybe it's me getting older. But when thinking about how things were just ten years ago, it's like we are in that show "Sliders" and we're in the bland, meh alternate world.<br /><br />At least the 70's had disco :)Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-43965422277357963662018-03-17T09:48:57.611-07:002018-03-17T09:48:57.611-07:00Yep, as a retail gun purveyor during the obammy re...Yep, as a retail gun purveyor during the obammy regime I had ample motivated customers, but price points and newby lack of self confidence slowed down good folks "pulling the trigger" and buying in. I developed phrase-ology to help folks understand in an analogy manner. "Sir, there is no expiration date on the firearm or ammunition, thus your children or grandchildren can benefit from your investment" "ma'am, this firearm your are considering is a highly durable,precision manufactured product that will long outlast any thing else in the household such as a washer, refridgerator, toaster etc". "Sir, by cost comparison this firearm is at a month or two of a mortgage or vehicle payments and it is a once and done transaction and you own it, forever" "ma'am with inflation and natural price increases whatever you may pay today is certainly cheaper than what will HAVE to be paid later" Once, folks equip up in a sufficient manner(after food) then they they can back file the whole category of guns and ammo as just about done. Helpful with one less thing to stress over. 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