++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

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Red Squirrel

No Lifer
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Lots more places to loot in the city. You can only hope that supplies don't get cut to your cabin. How much fuel do you think that you could store and how long would it last? Do you think you could protect it from others that will come to take it? How sustainable do you think you could be? Look how often you have to repair your solar setup to your shed. My sister had solar off the grid up in the Upper Peninsula. It was hard. Now, imagine the same, but you could not order any supplies to do maintenance. Maybe it would be better if we just had competent leadership in our government we could have faired this crisis better.


With more land I would have more options. Here I have a tiny property so I was forced to put the solar panels on the roof making them hard to reach and at a bad angle. I would have a much larger solar array, and put the array on the ground where it's more easily accessible, and put the panels vertical. Could have wind turbines too. Everything would be electric or fire powered so I don't need to rely on fossil fuel and also be more green. Though I would maybe have a backup propane generator just in case but goal would be that it's never needed. You can let propane sit for a long time. Basically I would want to try to be self sufficient for like a year if food supplies are in trouble. It would not be pleasant as food options would be a little limited but I would at least want to make it doable if shit hits the fan. I recall reading up on the scientific accuracy of The Martian and it turns out you can actually survive on potatoes alone. You will not be healthy but you can survive. So I could grow potatoes, among other things. Probably have chickens for eggs. That is an area I would need to do way more research. Not like I can just order a pizza lol.

Since electricity storage is expensive I would also want to look into thermal energy storage. Oversize the solar system so I can run baseboard heaters all day, some buildings such as the water tower would be brought to the highest temp practically possible (ex: just below max rating of storage tank) as long as there's excess power. The water itself would act as a thermal mass too. In the cabin could have water thermal masses as well. Really I could probably just use small tankless water heaters and just run them in a loop. They would only run based on availability of power. I have this idea of using induction to bring a bucket of sand to several hundred degrees by heating a metal rod in the middle, but no idea how well it would work. These are all things I'll be able to experiment with when I build my shop here and have a proper work area for projects.

Lot of things I would need to do on an experimental basis. It would take years to get the property to the point that it's self sufficient. My biggest fear is thieves though, but hopefully they are less likely to go that far. Most don't have vehicles. Security is an aspect I would want to work on as best as I can though. Especially because I would not be there all the time while it's in the process of being built. It would just be a place to go camping.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
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Probably should have started on my deck today, but kinda want to get that drywall done. Taking a little break now, it's hard on the body working so low all the time. Going better today. Starting to get the hang of getting the outlets cut out, what I find has been easier is to measure, put a small hole in where I figure the middle will be, then when I hang the sheet I can make the hole bigger. Rather than try to get it perfect the first time while measuring. I think next time I do a build like this I will wait to install the actual outlets, and bring the boxes out way more. 1/2" is not enough because it does not account for the curvature of the plates.

It's nice having the outlets already installed though because I've been actually using them throughout this whole project. Vacuum etc.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
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Drywall almost done, not the most professional job but it will do, it's just a crawlspace so not like it needs to be perfect. In so much pain right now from crowching and squatting and just maneuvering in a tight space and all the back and forth in there. Was short by one sheet, just have like a 5 foot section left to do. Raining for next few days though so that makes getting drywall kind of hard. Don't want that getting wet.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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It's a scorcher out there, 25 feels like 31. Sweating just from going out momentarily lol. Can't complain though, I welcome this heat after the long winter we had. It's not end of may yet, we could still get another winter storm. But I think we're good now.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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HEY FUCKERS!

Anybody use the scientific method recently?






Use it at work?


Use it at home?


Help your kids use it?


Help your neighbors?


Anyone?

I havent used it since school, to solve non-real world problems.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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Sucks, my video camera does this weird focus thing sometimes where it won't focus on the actual subject. Recorded a whole video where it just went completely out of focus. There's a way to manual focus but it's super tedious to use, you have to go through a bunch of menus. It seems hard to find half decent video cameras now. I don't like using DSLRs since they have a recording limit. Been burned by that too many times.
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
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Some of you may remember Nashua magnetic storage products like floppy disks. I just ordered Nashua aluminum foil tape lol.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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Nice and sunny here. I actually went outside for no reason at all!!

People must be very bored. Two of my steam buddies have both logged in within the last 5 hours. One of them hasnt been on Steam in over 5 years, the other well over one year.
 

zzuupp

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Jul 6, 2008
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it's thinking about rain here. I felt a few drops an hour ago. Remnants of tropical storm whatever are supposed to pass through by Friday nef
 
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