February 2011

Bulk food supplies

With food prices going up and up with no end in sight, some of us have already started buying extra food to put away for hard times, and believe me, hard times can come at any time for many reasons, from weather incidents to terrorist (domestic and foreign) attacks. It can be something as simple as losing your income because of being fired, laid off, cut hours, downsizing and such. Wouldn’t it be nice to have one less worry, one less thing competing for your hard earned money? Well if you have a store of food, then you can spend your money on fuel, mortgage or rent, insurance and such instead of worrying about where your next meal will come from or having to choose between buying groceries or paying for other things. Food is expensive, buying in bulk is usually less expensive, but you have to have the money to pay upfront for your bulk purchase. I have learned of a place where you can buy foods in bulk and in #10 cans on the cheap.

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Energy

Where there’s food, there’s fuel

A Kenyan slaughterhouse in is now more than a source of meat — its a source of energy

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Energy

National Grid – serial incompetents (or maybe just dishonest)

Fake soliciitation letters, Meters that overcharge, Executive expense scams…time for shareholders to step in

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PG & E rea-a-ally suck

And SmartMeters are not so great either

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Off-gridders flee ‘solar Katrina’

One Florida family has bought an old chicken coop in West Virginia as an off-grid bolt hole fearing solar storms that could do twenty times more damage than hurricane Katrina

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Food

Food prices continue to rise (thanks Wall Street)

MSNBC blames traders such as Goldman Sachs which hold “more grain than actually exists on the entire planet”

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Solar Panel Insurance

Insuring solar panels – comparison of different insurers and the risks they cover

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Energy

BG & E – you can kiss my gasstove

Baltimore woman goes off-grid after her power bill doubles

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Energy

National Grid slumps in US

National Grid CEO Steve Holliday is apparently trying to save his own job by firing and reshuffling those around him.

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Less is More

Someone very close to me spent over a year trying to convince me to quit my job, sell off most of my belongings and set sail on a lifetime of boating with him. I resisted

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