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Predictions - The Halfway Point
by: SharonI’m doing the final proofread on _Depletion and Abundance_ right now, and as I was hunting up some old data I’d linked to, I ran into my New Years predictions. Here they are if you want to see them.
Now note, these are slightly tongue in cheek. I don’t usually make predictions - frankly, I don’t want […]
Gasoline
Riot On: Gasoline Usage»by: Gina
If we want to get to a 90% reduction from the impact of the average American we need to know where we started. For the past six months I have been actively tracking our gasoline, electric, natural gas, and water usage. Today I am going to cover our current gasoline usage.
Amount […]
Energy
Crisis Update»by: RAS
I write this update just about every month for a newsletter I run, and I thought this month I’d post it here as well.CRISIS UPDATEUnless you’ve been living (or hiding –hey, I for one would understand! And if you’ve got any room, would you like a …
Water
Reduction day»by: redstategreen
Cause … the bills came!
Uh, yay.
Well, in any case, here’s what this month had to offer:
Gasoline: due to … not driving much, I used 7.5 gallons so far this month (for 4 people) — 4.6% of the US national average
Electric: 3207 kWh — 354.7%. Not a good month, and I don’t see the […]
Food
One Local Pancake»by: limesarah
I’m not sure whether I’ll have time for more completely-local meals, so I might as well write up the pancakes I had for breakfast yesterday and today:
Home-ground spelt flour (spelt from Wood Prairie Farm in Maine) combined with NH eggs and nonlocal baking powder made a lovely batter, fried with some nonlocal oil. I alternated […]
Waste
Independance Days Update for June»by: wasteweardaily
I have been lazy about posting my Independance updates. I have only done one prior to this. This is my update for about the past month or more. I don’t think I have the mental energy to update every week. What have you guys been up to?
PLANTED- Rattlesnake pole beans(94)
HARVESTED- lots of tomatoes, 4 veg marrow, one EGG, […]
Cooking/Heating
One Local Summer beginning»by: limesarah
Inspired by my experience with the Dark Days Eat Local challenge, I am now participating in the far easier One Local Summer — participants agree to cook at least one meal per week entirely out of local ingredients, excluding salt, spices, and cooking oil. For the purposes of this, I’m defining “local” as “from within […]
Consumer Goods
Consumer Goods Update — June»by: limesarah
I’m now keeping track of consumer goods more exactly for Riot goals — the 90% target is $1000 per year, which works out to a little over $80/month. This is including all types of “stuff”, other than food, education, and medical costs. Used goods count as 10% of the original cost, since most […]
