A lot of time is spent discussing how we’re going to stay warm after the peak, and increasingly people are installing woodburning stoves and / or solar hot water systems as a part of their solution for heating and hot water. There is a great discussion on this over at Powerswitch and a whole heap of useful links:
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Archive for November, 2008
27 Nov
Resilience: Woodburning Stoves for Heating & Hot Water
8 Nov
Preparations: Peak-Oil Kitchen Gadgets
Just been reading some great descriptions of how to make Passata, and Pasta Sauces. I’ve long thought that this could be a good way to make the most of our Aquaponic bounty through the long winter months - delicious home-grown-and-made pasta sauces, flavoured with our aquaponic-grown herbs. I think the Mouli that is already on my shopping list would be good [...]
6 Nov
Resilience: More about Compost Toilets
I still haven’t managed to find a manufacturer of micro-flush composting toilets in the UK, but at least I have now found a supplier: The Envirolet Low Water Remote System (pictured) is shipped from a UK warehouse. It’s paired with the Sealand 510 Pedestal which seems to be standard for micro-flush systems, and the price includes the [...]
2 Nov
Preparations: Composting Toilets
In our post-peak-oil world, as energy gets more expensive and fossil-fuel-based fertilisers become rarer, the sewage system is one area we can look at making a big difference. Sounds distasteful I know, and not some thing usually discussed around the world’s dinner tables!
Everybody has a memory of using a non-plumbed toilet somewhere – a cabin [...]
