Comments on: What keeps me awake at night

By: Moses Weisner

Moses Weisner — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:29:35 +0000

This entire catastrophe with BP is idiocy. The amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico jumped by thousands of barrelfuls Wednesday after an undersea robot apparently struck the containment cap that has been capturing petroleum from BP’s Macondo well. I question how much devastation this entire oil spill is going to cost the sea when it’s all over

By: Kate ("Misty")

Kate ("Misty") — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:11:45 +0000

The Oil Spill is definitely something that needs a more ‘talented’ and thought-out problem solving method. NASA can send people to the moon, surgeons can take people apart and put them back together again, and the only thing people can come up with to stop a ‘leak’ is to cover it with mud? I’m probably not up-to-date on the techniques they have tried, but as each minute ticks away during the brainstorming process, more water is being ruined, more humans/animals are in danger, and I’m sure the fumes are polluting our air as fast as the wind blows.
As the Earth becomes more polluted in one region, the population will slowly migrate towards another. “Ruined” land will become vacant, and “liveable” land will become more and more crowded. Eventually, we’ll run out of room. Maybe not 100 years from now…but eventually.
For now, people will keep building their larger buildings. As time goes by even a simple home becomes nothing more than a storage unit for ‘needed’ stuff. This stuff often becomes outdated and tossed aside before it even comes to the end of its useful life. And this is what people call “progress.”
I’m by no means a homesteader or living a self-sufficient lifestyle, but I’m hoping there’s a small chance that I will survive longer than the MRE Beef Stroganoff I’ve got stashed away for emergencies. It expires in 2034. I’m hoping the “world” doesn’t expire before that time. Until then, the people will keep on ‘progressing’ with their cell phones and neatly cut lawn. (Perhaps I’ll go another week without mowing mine…)

By: Nitzel

Nitzel — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:55:38 +0000

It took the Mexican government 10 months to cap the leaking Ixtoc I. 3 months into the Deepwater Horizon and its beginning to look as bleak.

By: Nancy Minnesota Sunset

Nancy Minnesota Sunset — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:06:19 +0000

When gas started to creep towards $4 per gallon, I was very happy. It meant more people would think twice about their driving habits. The idea of alternative fuels also became more appealling to the general public. Then the price of gas went down and some of the consumers went back to their old ways. Most people are guided by their wallets.

BTW I bought your new book. Truthfully I wasn’t going to buy it because I do not need another “how to homestead” book. (Bought your Raising Small Livestock and Raising Milk Goats back in the ’70s. They are on the shelf with Five Acres and Independence and MANY others. I also have over 30 yrs of Countryside and still getting it!) I do enjoy reading your new book but skipped most of the garden and livestock chapters. Probably will read those next winter just for fun.

By: Kathy in KY

Kathy in KY — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:35:58 +0000

I totally agree with your post, as well. And it is very scary, to be honest. I do read your posts every Friday, and enjoy them immensely. I now live in an apt, and hope to get out of it soon so that I can grow my own food for just-in-case. I look forward to reading your new book on Self-Sufficient Living. Take care, and have a good week. From hot and humid KY.