Small nuke plants for electrons and heat to grow stuff. Silent Running in the frozen north.
--FT Sent from iPhone > On Jan 9, 2020, at 9:45 PM, Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I am trying to figure that out myself. > > I am exploring a number of continuing education opportunities in hopes of > learning about what sort of crazy is required and how sustainable is living > like this. So far I fear the crazy is very large and there is no legitimate > way for it to be self sustaining at all. > > One class is about “Food Security”. For most of the rest of the world, that > means "is there something in your belly?" Around here it would be more akin > to “are you following the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints > teachings on stocking away food?” After the quake a year ago there was a > dearth of fresh food (post Thanksgiving) to the point that the Costco was > without perishables on the shelf and coolers. This past November there was > some marine weather that kept produce from getting shipped, or making > landfall in ANC for about a week. > > I learned that in 1955 over 50% of the food consumed in AK was locally grown. > Now only 5% is local. Over $2Bn annually is spent to send comestibles here. > The lecturer and audience of old farts were quite vocal and emotional about > how it was not socially justice enough. Meanwhile, I am thinking that NASA > should be providing grants to use the state as a laboratory for how to > provide food to the future Mars and Lunar colonies. If they can make it work > here, there is a great likelihood that it should succeed millions of miles > away from Earth. > > There are a few start up indoor grow operations coming online. Herbs and > lettuce. One old biddy was going on about how the native villagers should > convert the abandoned shipping containers into green houses, but that those > people do not eat lettuce. > > clay > >> On Jan 9, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Remind me again why humans live in such a place >> >> --FT >> Sent from iPhone >> >>>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> there was all manner of hullaballoo about the weather in AK this past >>> summer. Much blame given to anthropomorphic climate assault. At the >>> moment the region is suffering a possible record breaking stretch of the >>> very colds. Much gnashing of tooth and rending of tunic by the populace. >>> I will admit there are many vehicles with shattered rear windscreens. Must >>> be very uncomfortable to drive. >>> >>> What just was admitted, after somebody bothered to look at records, is that >>> there have been 30! stretches of extended periods of very cold (below 263*K >>> for at least a week) in ANC since 1950. That is like minus temps in F >>> degrees for longer than a week. The most recent extended stretch was in >>> 2009. Expected over night temps will be in the -27f range the next two >>> days. >>> >>> clay > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
