tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454887.post115470003064059363..comments2022-12-23T21:59:22.532-08:00Comments on Gold Price News: You Can't Eat Gold - Self-Sufficiency Is The SecretUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454887.post-5162363938040683462007-11-05T07:57:00.000-08:002007-11-05T07:57:00.000-08:00I agree with JMNSHO...my daughter, who is graduati...I agree with JMNSHO...my daughter, who is graduating this summer with a B.A.asked me yesterday, "Dad", " how can I make money or get rich quick?" This is the problem with this generation; they see reality shows on the tube and expect their lives to mimic those people. I did tell her that hard work and good solid investments will pan out in the future...but that's to slow for her. I told her, "Fast money goes away fast!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454887.post-12536038635782069862007-03-05T06:38:00.000-08:002007-03-05T06:38:00.000-08:00Harry made good points.I've felt this was comming ...Harry made good points.<BR/><BR/>I've felt this was comming since I took my first money & banking class.<BR/><BR/>We moved to the country, built a house, land is paid for. Over the years I learned to garden, milk a cow, tend chickens, can, preserve...<BR/><BR/>The problem was no one else in the family was willing to work for the future.<BR/><BR/>Now the kids are grown, 3 of them are living on another relative's property nearby. In total we have over 100 acres, tractors, equipment and no one will work or plan for anything.<BR/><BR/>We lost all of our barn and part of the house in Katrina and the kids wouldn't even come pick up the mess that belonged to them.<BR/><BR/>I once had the idea about like-minded families. We even helped one move out here by selling them 5 acres - cheap. They built a shack, moved in, quit their jobs, and refused to pay the note.<BR/><BR/>I am afraid that this nation will descend into chaos if there is a shortage of goods. Most are unwilling to change anything or work hard. JMNSHOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454887.post-1161103895182364982006-10-17T09:51:00.000-07:002006-10-17T09:51:00.000-07:00The challenge is assembling the know how, tools, s...The challenge is assembling the know how, tools, supplies, and facilities to produce needed items of daily life, as they were home produced in the 1800's. There are a number of how to books, but they all warn of the amount of time it takes to situate and make the needed infrastructure to sustain a truly self sufficient existence. <BR/><BR/>The question is does anyone have the courage of convictions about this to make the sacrifice of time and the conversion of financial assets into country real estate and farming improvements, along with a complete homestead, and just learn to "exist" using 1800's (simple, fixable) machinery. <BR/><BR/>Where one might make that decision, will the rest of the family, especially the young, go along? Most won't, in my experience. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps the wisest course of action is to find a small group of like minded families to organize preparations for relocation and readjustment to a simpler existence. <BR/><BR/>This has the advantage of learning to work together with them for common support and defense. It also breaks down a very large project into manageable portions for individual families to address. Further, acquiring and paying for common infrastructure such as water, and power generation, workshops, and tools and machinery may be shared. This is a big advantage of a small group. <BR/><BR/>As well, it would be a community of believers praying for and helping one another, both now, and later. <BR/><BR/>So, for all of the above reasons, start making preparations with others. Stay in place, but send ahead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454887.post-1160630896035179262006-10-11T22:28:00.000-07:002006-10-11T22:28:00.000-07:00I don't think that this will happen for at least m...I don't think that this will happen for at least many years. Heres a few reasons why:<BR/>1- Oil producing nations are in an desert enviroment (for the most part). They need to import food, hence they must manage to set the price of oil high enough but not to high. Remember that Arab nations / OPEC employ economists.<BR/>2- We probably are running out of oil (although there is much argument for and aginst the peak oil theory), however I think with the right Gov. policies I think we can massivly reduce our dependance on oil. Fuel (for cars) accounts for 12% of the oil we use. that means if we can stop using oil for fuel every 9 days we would have an extra days worth of fuel (avg daily use is 98Million barrels, so 12% = 10Million barrels x 9 days = 90Million barrles = 1 extra days worth of oil per 9 days, which equal almost 40 extra days of oil per yr).<BR/>3- We can find more oil sources, however it would be alot better to preserve what we have, rather than spend massive amount of money and energy to find more oil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454887.post-1155617585976403282006-08-14T21:53:00.000-07:002006-08-14T21:53:00.000-07:00Wow! What sobering food for thought. But I think i...Wow! What sobering food for thought. But I think its just too easy to subscribe to such pessimistic and hopeless predictions. I agree we have become a soft and assuming society, which could make this prophecy self-fulfilling if we are not careful. Catastrophes caused by Mother Nature notwithstanding, I do believe we have the ability to prevent or at least mitigate man-made economic meltdowns through education and reasonable personal and community preparation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com