http://www.malthusia.com/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:26:44 GMT http://www.malthusia.com/gym_sitemaps/images/rss_forum_big.gif http://www.malthusia.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Google Yahoo MSN Sitemaps and RSS 2.0.RC5 - © 2006, 2007, 2008 www.phpBB-SEO.com 297 RSS 2.0 feed link http://www.malthusia.com/gymrss.php?digest gym_sitemaps http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1025#p15898 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:19:04 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=4" title="Environmental Doom">Environmental Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: Battle Creek oil spill among largest in Midwest history</b> Tar sands seem to be really dependent on that Michigan pipeline. Now, we have two pipelines shut down in the Midwest -- regional spike in gasoline prices seems probable, IMO. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/enbridge-shutdown-hits-heavy-oil-firms/article1699009/" class="postlink">Enbridge shutdown hits heavy oil firms</a> <blockquote class="uncited"><div>Since Enbridge’s Line 6B was knocked out of service in Michigan in late July, crude supplies have been backing up in Canada, resulting in a slide in oil prices for Canadian product. Relative to U.S. prices, Canadian heavy oil futures are down by more than $9 (U.S.) a barrel, while lighter sweet crudes have also dropped sharply – about $6 a barrel. “We’re absolutely getting destroyed,” said Tim Gunn, the president of Net Energy Inc., a Calgary brokerage firm that tracks prices.</div></blockquote> <b>Statistics</b> : 13 Replies || 102 Views Last post by <b>Goghgoner</b> Environmental Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1025#p15898 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1067&start=20#p15896 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:11:23 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=23" title="Economic Doom">Economic Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: Oligarchy, the haves will always have</b> I like the Marugg european style scythes. <b>Statistics</b> : 22 Replies || 166 Views Last post by <b>rattleshirt</b> Economic Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1067&start=20#p15896 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6&start=1360#p15895 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:36:54 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=7" title="Preparing for Doom">Preparing for Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: What I've Done Lately (towards self sufficiency)</b> I gave the problem neighbour some tomatoes today. They said thanks I'll have them for lunch but never bothered to put down or stop talking on the phone while meeting me at the door. I suppose the thanks is a start. Maybe it was a critical call she had to take. maybe they'll move. maybe I'll save a bullet for them. <b>Statistics</b> : 1371 Replies || 11905 Views Last post by <b>strider3700</b> Preparing for Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6&start=1360#p15895 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1075#p15894 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:50:34 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=4" title="Environmental Doom">Environmental Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: are you guys familiar with the &quot;Deep Shield?&quot; emails?</b> <blockquote><div><cite>Asterisk wrote:</cite>Oh, and for the record, UFO's are real (this is as much of a fact as globsl warming) Check out starchildproject.com and disclosureproject.org <img src="http://www.malthusia.com/images/smilies/icon/wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" /> but I digress...</div></blockquote> Nice! I'll take a look. My BS-ometer is pretty strong. I regret making that last posting. It's dismissive and blaze in tone - gloating. There's so much mystery and unknown in this world - I'll only experience the tiniest fraction in my short time here. I regret being so quick to judge. <b>Statistics</b> : 14 Replies || 98 Views Last post by <b>hermes</b> Environmental Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1075#p15894 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1050#p15892 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:38:53 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=4" title="Environmental Doom">Environmental Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: Worst Coral Die-Off Ever, Caused by 93-Degree Oceans</b> I know this isn't coral but way further up the food chain. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/20-years-left-mammals-plunge-into-extinction-20100901-14nmz.html">http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conse ... 14nmz.html</a><!-- m --> Mammals plunge into extinction. <img src="http://www.malthusia.com/images/smilies/icon/sad.gif" alt=":(" title="Sad" /> This reminds me of the North American amphibian population collapse, but not quite as bad. &quot;We didn't see the is coming&quot; like Goldman Sachs didn't see the housing crisis coming. <b>Statistics</b> : 13 Replies || 134 Views Last post by <b>Hardtootell</b> Environmental Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1050#p15892 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=931&start=40#p15888 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:53:10 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=4" title="Environmental Doom">Environmental Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: Hurricane Season 2010</b> Igor looks to be headed for the fishes (though it is too early to be too sure, it could take a swipe at the east coast). Of much more interest is the disturbance called 92L which, if it develops, will be called Julia. <blockquote class="uncited"><div>The disturbance is in a dangerous location for development, and gives me the greatest concern of any Atlantic disturbance so far this year. The models predict that by Saturday, 92L will bring heavy rains to Puerto Rico. These rains will then spread to the Dominican Republic on Sunday, and Haiti, Jamaica, and eastern Cuba on Monday. <span style="font-weight: bold">The longer range track of 92L is uncertain, and will strongly depend on where the storm drifts during the next two days.</span> The ECMWF and GFS models predict a more southerly path through the Western Caribbean towards Belize and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and the NOGAPS and Canadian models predict a more northerly path along the length of Cuba towards Florida. NHC is giving 92L a 40% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Saturday. Stay tuned.</div></blockquote> <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1613" class="postlink">http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1613</a> I will wait for the input of the general but this storm appears to be a little south of the eastern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebert_Box" class="postlink">Herbert Box</a> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Hebert_boxes.jpg" alt="Image" /> <b>Statistics</b> : 46 Replies || 459 Views Last post by <span style="color: #00AA00;"><b>wisconsin_cur</b></span> Environmental Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=931&start=40#p15888 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=191&start=380#p15887 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:01:19 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=23" title="Economic Doom">Economic Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: Signs, Signs, Everywhere the Signs</b> shortage of drivers is the refrain of the ATA ..they have average 150% turn over at the big companies and use the &quot;shortage&quot; story to justify needing to bring in mor somalians, haitians, east europeans and SW asians on temporary visas... ... there is no freight sitting anywhere unhauled due to driver shortage. <b>Statistics</b> : 382 Replies || 6378 Views Last post by <b>the48thronin</b> Economic Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=191&start=380#p15887 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1003&start=40#p15879 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:40:48 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=4" title="Environmental Doom">Environmental Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: The Grain Markets</b> And that is without $140 oil. And if they both hit in the same year? <b>Statistics</b> : 46 Replies || 471 Views Last post by <b>Newfie</b> Environmental Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1003&start=40#p15879 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1077#p15852 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:51:35 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=7" title="Preparing for Doom">Preparing for Doom</a></h5> <b>Re: What's your five year plan?</b> More items to address here: CLOTHING: Being old, we have had time to accumulate a lot of stuff, but clothing does wear out. We have a very good (modern, no less!) Singer treadle sewing machine--made in their plant in Scotland, in the mid-1960's. Looks identical to my wife's electric machine from the same era, and some parts interchange. DD has a singer from about 1910, in pristine shape, and we have another old one for parts. Spare belts, needles, bobins, etc., stored. Wife and DD both sew well, and have a stash of materials and sundries. We really need to add to the materials, however, and need to add a couple good winter coats. SHOES: I can do a lot of shoe repair by hand, and have what it takes to do that, but I'm not a cobbler. So, we have several spare pairs on hand, including heavy winter work boots, and hiking boots. I keep a supply of leather on hand for many uses, including harness repair for DD horse harness. She can also do repairs on it. Our weakness here is limited leather stock and adhesives. SHOP: Own a machine shop, with capabilities for welding and sheet metal fabrication. For woodworking, I have electric power tools, and also a collection of hand tools to do it all, from felling a tree to finished furniture. (THAT is unbelievably hard work.) Much of the metal shop is hand-powered, and the rest will run from a generator, but not from what solar PV we can afford. Thus, I'm working on completing projects that require heavy electrical power now. Have long term shop supplies on hand. FISHING/TRAPPING/HUNTING: I'm not much of a fisherman, but there is a river and a couple lakes within bike distance, and I do have enough tackle to get supper, if need be. Have experience at the rest, and can do well at it. Lots of whitetail deer around here. I need a new hunting bow. SECURITY: We have good doors and windows, a metal roof, brick siding, a Rottweiller, a fence, solar fence charger, and monitor system. Those are visible. Beyond that is nobody's business but ours. BUGOUT: In a word, no, ain't going there. We are staying here. Whatever happens, will happen here. Exceptions could be natural disasters, chemical spills, or the like, for which we keep bugout bags and totes to load in the trucks. Not planning to go any farther than our DD place, a few miles, and there are many ways to get there. OIL PRODUCTS: These are vulnerable to supply disruptions and price increases, so we store what we expect to use for a couple years, at least. We store other products tied to oil, such as paints, roof coating, solvents for those, glues and plastic materials for shop use. I plan to add to this category. TIRES: Are a special case, since very few are made in the US now, and are subject to import duties increasing. We have nearly new rubber on all the vehicles, and new or good used spare sets. Have manual tire changers, a balancer, and repair stuff to fix what we have. I keep spares mounted on wheels for the garden tractor. Extra tires are stored wrapped in saran wrap in the barn where it is cool. Our plans are closely tied to family and community life, where we participate daily. We believe that a healthy community is absolutely required, and try to do our part to keep it that way. Future plans include more trade with local producers and expansion of our DD home school teaching efforts, using our shop to introduce kids to the manual arts, since they aren't taught in the school system now. We plan to keep adding to our collection of textbooks and reference materials. <b>Statistics</b> : 3 Replies || 34 Views Last post by <b>patience</b> Preparing for Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1077#p15852 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1076#p15846 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:37:59 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=28" title="Collapse of Civilization">Collapse of Civilization</a></h5> <b>Re: Efficiency Paradox</b> Consider reading &quot;Ishmael&quot; by Daniel Quinn, if you haven't already. A lot of your questions are answered there. Re: retirement ... retirement these days = Social Security (at least here in the US), which is bankrupt already. So raising the retirement age saves money. Yeah, it hurts unemployment rates but that's the trade off. Back in medieval times, only those without land or lord worked a wage job. It was considered the lowest kind of job that only scummy transient-type people did, because why would you want your livelihood to depend on someone else unless you were too stupid or lazy to work your own fields or do your own craft? Now work = wage. People have no idea how to make a real living -- they are all dependent on others' good will. Actually growing your own food or making your own home products is seen as some sort of weird hobby. <b>Statistics</b> : 2 Post || 30 Views Last post by <b>redstategreen</b> Collapse of Civilization - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1076#p15846 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1073&start=20#p15838 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:21:39 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=28" title="Collapse of Civilization">Collapse of Civilization</a></h5> <b>Re: possible tipping points or hints...or heads up messages</b> <blockquote><div><cite>the48thronin wrote:</cite>Was with all debit cards other than the 3 main fuel cards.. is fixed now... suspect in house problem... have 24 people chatting in a truckers phone conference and we are all breathing easier now... several of us hit atms all worked in several states..</div></blockquote> Cool, thanks for the updates! <b>Statistics</b> : 30 Replies || 259 Views Last post by <span style="color: #00AA00;"><b>TWilliam</b></span> Collapse of Civilization - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1073&start=20#p15838 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1074 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:12:02 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=19" title="Overpopulation">Overpopulation</a></h5> <b>Food for a crowded planet:</b> &quot;Oleaginous Japanese Pea This is a half pea, half bean in appearance, with singular leaves and pods. It is a prominent article of food among the Chinese and Japanese, and within a few years has come into cultivation in Europe; and whether grown in China, France, or Hungary, it maintains the same fixed characteristics in its chemical composition and has been pronounced by agricultural chemists to be the richest of all human food. It is hardy and productive and ripens as far north as central Massachusetts. The plant yields leaves and stems more abundantly than the cow peas of the South and I think it may prove superior to them in value for fodder purposes. Baked with the common field beans it will be found to be finer grained and richer flavored. -1885 James JH Gregory, Senator and Seedsman &quot; He's talking about soybeans. <b>Statistics</b> : 1 Post || 28 Views Post by <b>hillsidedigger</b> Overpopulation - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1074 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1072 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:28:02 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=7" title="Preparing for Doom">Preparing for Doom</a></h5> <b>First Aid Kits</b> My first aid kit is considerably better then a box of bandaids and a bottle of aspirin but when I found this article I realized it's got a ways to go. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.concierge.com/images/cnt/pdf/UltimateFirstAidKit.pdf">http://www.concierge.com/images/cnt/pdf ... AidKit.pdf</a><!-- m --> My it is basically compartment 2 and compartment 3. compartment #5 makes total sense to be in my kit and a lot of #1 and #4 would be useful as well. <b>Statistics</b> : 1 Post || 19 Views Post by <b>strider3700</b> Preparing for Doom - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1072 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25&start=20#p15774 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:14:49 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=18" title="Technical Support and Suggestions">Technical Support and Suggestions</a></h5> <b>Re: Suggestions for Doom Library</b> Bob Waldrop (former president of the Oklahoma Food Co-op and moderator of the RunningOnEmpty2 group on Yahoo) has put together a <a href="http://www.energyconservationinfo.org/compendium.htm" class="postlink">Compendium of Useful Information</a>, links to 2GB of pdf's and other info on a variety of prep topics from Animal Power to Wine. Definitely worth checking out. <b>Statistics</b> : 32 Replies || 483 Views Last post by <b>redstategreen</b> Technical Support and Suggestions - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25&start=20#p15774 http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1065#p15773 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:20:20 GMT <h5><a href="http://www.malthusia.com/viewforum.php?f=28" title="Collapse of Civilization">Collapse of Civilization</a></h5> <b>Re: not all terrorists come from the middle east</b> If only homeboy hadn't used Microsoft Office to make his web page... a pity. <b>Statistics</b> : 14 Replies || 124 Views Last post by <b>hermes</b> Collapse of Civilization - Digest http://www.malthusia.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1065#p15773