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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 7:05:26 GMT 10
Professor Charles Hapgood actually proposed a theory about crust displacement (which was used in the 2012 hollywood film) This was the solid crust spinning over the liquid core. This would change your apparent position on the earths surface and thus change your reference points to the stars www.skrause.org/writing/papers/hapgood_and_ecd.shtmlSpeculation on what would happen if the magnetic poles flipped is rife as no one really knows. All we know is that the magnetic field keeps the cosmic and solar radiation away from the earths surface. If it took a hundred years for the poles to re-establish and the field to rebuild strength, the earth would be bombarded by radiation requiring deep earth shelters. So the biggest question is what would actually happen if the poles flipped and how long would it take. A century is nothing in the life span of the galaxy. Also all satellites would be burnt out thus loss of gps, transmission line would become giant antennas burning out the grid (Carrington event). All satellites and orbital space craft are currently protected by the van allen belt formed by the magnetic field.
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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 6:40:17 GMT 10
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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 6:34:04 GMT 10
Excellent series, halfway through season 3 Patagonia now. Most contestants tap out due to loneliness or worry about family, even when they have the survival down pat. Two medical emergencies (that I can remember)due to sharp objects being axes. One while cutting kindling and the other tripped and fell on his unsheathed axe while walking. Some survival experts failed miserably with their techniques and starved. Major lesson was to get your head right, and always adapt or change your survival techniques if they dont work.
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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 4:37:30 GMT 10
Excellent, how have you found the timber cladding for insulation value? Last container I set up in the SW of WA I used vinyl insulated cladding and an insulated tropical roof. Sealed up it wouldnt go above 22 celcius when ambient was above 40 www.mittenvinyl.com.au/products/cambridge
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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 4:23:58 GMT 10
Did you end up buying this place?
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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 4:14:28 GMT 10
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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 3:48:46 GMT 10
Permaculture designers manual is the ultimate book to get. www.tagari.com/store/books/permaculture-a-designers-manual/It is very technical but covers all design aspects. After that numerous other books have been written, All have some specific angle the author is pushing which could be region or climate specific, or even spiritual based. I have read well over a hundred of these books and most start to regurgitate the same info after a while. A good book on design apsects is Permaculture design: A step by step design www.amazon.com/Permaculture-Design-Step-Step-Guide/dp/1856230910One of the best resources for design is the old timers in the area. They will soon tell you if something will work or not. Find online Permaculture dsign checklists, these help you to Analyse your property to gather the most information
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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 3:28:01 GMT 10
I also use an industrial heating torch. When the chickens or chicks are out, I crank the torch up and quickly run the flame over all surfaces in the chook house including the ground. I then do about a meter around the entire chook house. The hot flame doesnt burn anything but quickly kills any mites or eggs that can me in the area. The young daughter breeds chooks to sell, So I do the chicken shed after each batch. Regular chook shed is about every 6 months. Dont have a mite problem any more. www.boc.com.au/shop/en/au/gas-equipment/lpg-burners/tesuco-lpg-broad-flame-burner-bb60-p-112You want a meter extension, hand piece, 2m or more of flexible hose and an adjustable flow regulator. I also use this for weeds in the gardens and its good for stinging nettle.
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Post by selfsufficient on Jan 22, 2017 17:22:39 GMT 10
Permaculture design is the way to go. Grab all the climate data you can for the region, sun angles wind directions. Draw this onto an overlay of your block showing all structures, big trees and features. Plot shadows based on different times of days. Look for present and possible future water sources or developments. Dig a deep hole to get correct ground profile to see where sand, clay and rock layers are. Start designing in Zones based on Time spent on Activities. Most frequent activites are closest to house, These are the cottage or salad garden, moving further out to vegetable garden (could be same area but easier to get to salad garden than vege garden). Then look at chooks or ducks( remembering wind direction of course) move out to orchards, livestock then on the boundaries forest zones. Happy to help design if you want. Most important thing is to install reticulation before or at same time of fruit trees and vege garden. Plan your paths so you can easily do all your daily chores without having to constantly going back to the house. ie carry basket to salad garden, grab some greens, proceed to vege garden, grab some tomatoes etc. Proceed to valve to drain duck pond (small)and chook water. Collect eggs while turning tap on to fill chook water tap to flush chook water or duck pond. Gather eggs and return to house. All outbuildings should be located in the same manor. All the best Self
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