How to rebuild our world from scratch

[cpslashm]

I agree with lonewolf, I think. In the short term there will be kit which can be scavenged, e.g. car alternators, but long term we have to make parts for maintenance or do without.

One programme I liked was "Rough Science". Creating modern things largely from scratch. I feel we really need a comprehensive collection of "how to" documents to cover all necessary bases, and the low-tech means to replicate them for decades to come.

Libraries are on the way out for budget reasons. When the S really HTF, the Internet will disappear. (I'm a computer scientist - I know its vulnerabilities.) One of my nightmares is that a storm will tear the roof off my house and my books be ruined.

Is there any willingness here to write/illustrate/collect and collate how-to guides and post them into an on-line library/wiki for printing off?

Videos not accepted!

[lonewolf]

I generally print off anything of worth and keep a paper copy in a hard backed file, I'm not as computer literate as some and I prefer something in writing, also when the power goes off the internet will go down and anything on computer will be lost, I'm also old fashioned!

[featherstick]

I generally print off anything of worth and keep a paper copy in a hard backed file, I'm not as computer literate as some and I prefer something in writing, also when the power goes off the internet will go down and anything on computer will be lost, I'm also old fashioned!

That's a good idea, I probably need to be more systematic in saving hard copy. It might be a valuable legacy for the kids.

[lonewolf]

That's a good idea, I probably need to be more systematic in saving hard copy. It might be a valuable legacy for the kids.

mine are all in about 4 very thick files in date order, one day I really must sort them out into subject sections, that way I can refer to it easier rather than going through all 4 files to find something.

[featherstick]

That's a good idea, I probably need to be more systematic in saving hard copy. It might be a valuable legacy for the kids.

mine are all in about 4 very thick files in date order, one day I really must sort them out into subject sections, that way I can refer to it easier rather than going through all 4 files to find something.

Or even just index them on the inside of the file cover. At-a-glance reference to what's inside.

[lonewolf]

I meant having relevant subject matter together under the relevant heading.

[redskies]

We manage without power very well right now; power cuts are a regular occurrence here. With very little disruption, we could probably go completely off grid, and the only thing really missed would be the internet, by OH - and that's only because he currently works online. In any post SHTF scenario, he'd be needed for other stuff anyways, so it wouldn't be an issue at all really.

It's having the flexibility to adapt. I've noticed that up here. You can make a fuss about the power cuts, but they're part of life here, so you don't. So is the cutting off of routes to us during the bad weather. Most folks keep bread making kit, and about a fortnights worth of food handy, just as a matter of course. There's also plenty of game here, as well as domestic livestock. Life goes on, with power or without it. But with makes it a wee bit easier for most folks.