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Velociryx
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of Candle'Bre
Apr 1999
time: 05:31
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A thread you started a while back has put me on the path of my next adventure, and I wanted to properly thank you for it!
You posted a thread about bio-diesel, and since then, I have been devouring everything I can find on energy self-sufficiency.
I think that's the missing piece of the puzzle for me, actually. I've been structuring my life for the past several years in such a way that I'm not beholden to anyone...doing the usual stuff, focusing on the elimination of all debt, so that no one has a claim against anything I own....but I still felt that I was missing something.
Your thread opened the door and showed me what it was.
Quite simply, when I DO get all my debts paid (house is the last one...workin' on that now), I'll still be beholden to "the grid" and the oil companies.
This latest crisis (Katrina and the gas shortages) only serves to underscore how tenuous a connection the lifeblood of a modern economy really is...and how easily broken.
Thus, I am making plans to say goodbye to both the oil company AND "the grid" and become entirely self sufficient.
My theory is that I can do that WITHOUT being all weird and living in a wigwam....I don't want that. I want to keep as many of the modern luxuries as I possibly can....just....self sufficiently.
So...my first quest then, is for a new vehicle.
My old vehicle is a '97 Ford Ranger with so many miles and dings on it that we shall assume it to have negligible trade value.
I'm doing this from a "cold start" (in that, at present, all my extra money each month has been going toward making extra house payments....at the start of the year, I'll put at least some money each month toward saving for a new vehicle, and when I get enough, I'll go pay cash for something).
So...a question to the good folk of 'poly, and especially the Euros....any recommendations on good diesel vehicles? I don't care about looks or styling so much....what I want is a utility vehicle (rugged, good for hauling), and good gas mileage (extremely important).
-=Vel=-
Last edited by Velociryx on 04-09-2005 at 22:40
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Jon Miller
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can especially be done in areas where there is a lot of sun
JM
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Zopperoni
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Volkswagen Lupo. It's a rather small vehicle, but it does an astonishing 75 miles to the gallon.
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Jon Miller
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that can work as well
but it has to be really really windy to make it economical (my college looked at a wind turbine,a nd despite being known for our wind, it still wasn't quite over the edge to profitability)
JM
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Lancer
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Oregon Coast, USA! or Bohol, Philippines!
Apr 1999
time: 05:31
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My wife and I just bought a rice field in the Phils. Rice is planted by hand. They plow the fields behind oxen type animals, harvest and clean it by hand. There is a milling process that I don't know about.
I made a video for my brother on how to kill and prepare a goat and pig. I just took video of the family in the Phils doing what they do... Here in the US my brother raises goats and wanted to know how to prepare them. He is somewhat energy independant. Anyway Vel, if you want a copy of the vid I'll make you one and send it to you.
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04-09-2005 05:30
Thanks guys! And will do, Ted, tho I suspect that at least at the start things will be slow goings. I've got to wrap a couple of ongoing projects up in order to free up the fundage to do this thing right, but I'll get there...
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