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Fuel from chicken
Saturday, February 8, 2014 15:03
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In the event of a collapse, water, shelter, food and fuel are the most basic of necessities. As most of us who have put some thought into this have at least these bare minimums. A good water supply and a way of filtering a not so good water supply. A location that provides shelter from the elements and safety. A durable food supply that hopefully will last long enough to get through whatever tribulation that comes and a fuel supply for vehicles, machines and cooking.
I have the best of all worlds with a nearly unlimited supply of firewood, a 500 gallon tank of propane and a water well that produces natural gas. However I have not always had the best of all worlds.
When I was much younger and newly married we lived on a 40 acre farm in the hardscrabble Arkansas Ozarks. Although we had a 100 pound cylinder of propane to run our modest abode, we often didn’t have money to fill the tank. Of course we had a wood stove which was handy but also caused problems. Trying to brew a pot of coffee on an indoor wood stove on a hot, humid morning is an exercise in discomfort. The house would be a hundred degrees before the first cup was poured.
