How to survive when the oil runs out
Living without oil,
if we don't start to prepare for it, will not be like
returning to the late 1700s, because we have now lost the
infrastructure that made 18th-century life possible. We
have also lost our basic survival skills. Dr Richard
Duncan, of the Institute on Energy and Man, believes that
we will return to living in essentially Stone Age
conditions. Here is a taste of how to deal with the
essentials.
Water:
Animal trails lead to water. Watch the direction in which
bees fly. Make containers from animal bladders and gourds.
Food:
To remove the bitterness from acorns, soak them in a
running stream for a few days. The common dandelion is a
versatile and delicious plant. Open pine cones in the heat
of a fire to release the nuts inside.
Luxuries:
Make soap using lye (from hardwood ash) and animal fat. For
candles, sheep fat is best, followed by beef. (Pork fat is
very smelly and burns with thick smoke.)
Medicine:
Use hypnosis for pain control. Frame suggestions
positively. Use the present tense. Be specific and use
repetition. Keep it simple.
Develop
a survivor personality: Survivors spend
almost no time getting upset. They have a good sense of
humour and laugh at mistakes.
From: When
Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary
Survival, by Matthew Stein
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