[Gasification] Fool's Paradise meets "The Long Emergency"(Peter Singfield)

[Greg Manning]

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Greg Manning
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Westcoastminisplitter.com" <jpgreen at jps.net>
To: <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Fool's Paradise meets "The Long Emergency"(Peter 
Singfield)


> Hello all,
>
> I've been viewing the Gasification list here and there for a couple of
> years. You most likely have touched upon my thoughts at the moment.  We 
> live
> in a remote mountain forest area of N. California, and run solar with
> generator backup power, and propane for the fridge and cook stove, and 
> wood
> heat.
>
> Since I was a child, I've had dreams of society breakdown changes 
> happening
> in my lifetime. Don't know why. 47 now, but at a very young age I became
> fascinated with the "Do it yourself" way of life and building things and
> have accumulated many skills to do well in our "Outback" world here.
>
> For 8 years I've been thinking of what it would take for us to be totally
> independent if all systems fail in our world and I think it all comes down
> to having enough machinery, battery, tooling, and fuel to buy yourself 
> time
> until you eventually become the hunter-gatherer.
>
> This is the final destination for everyone. Some much sooner than others.
> Some are going to learn quick, and of course many are not going to be able
> to make a go of it.
>
> Folks like us will be (hopefully) very well prepared, as people in many of
> the poorest third world countries that already know how to hunt and 
> gather,
> and survive without the outside world.
>
> My main consideration for our  next comfort and survival stage after
> petroleum fuels run out is keeping the batteries charged by turning the
> Delco alternator.
>
> When considering all the power generating technologies available to keep 
> us
> running here, I keep coming back to Gasification. It's the only thing that
> makes sense here in the woods. We have no stream for hydro power, and wind
> is not constant. Can't grow large fields of crops, but there is an 
> abundance
> of acorns which is a food oil producing crop.  How practical it would be 
> to
> process them for fuel oil on my part needs more looking into.
>
> My question for you guys is this... can you direct me to more specific
> information on building a gasifier that I can power my Delco with?
>
> The information I've found here from peeking in from time to time is 
> usually
> way beyond the scope of what I need to do. I can build pretty much 
> anything
> but I as yet in my searches haven't been able to see a working gasifier 
> that
> would fit my application.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Pat Green
>
>
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