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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

Everyone who turns to homesteading does it for their own reasons.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080524/D90S5MLG0.html

>>Energy fears looming, new survivalists prepare

Convinced the planet's oil supply is dwindling and the world's 
economies are heading for a crash, some people around the country are 
moving onto homesteads, learning to live off their land, conserving 
fuel and, in some cases, stocking up on guns they expect to use to 
defend themselves and their supplies from desperate crowds of people 
who didn't prepare.

The exact number of people taking such steps is impossible to 
determine, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the movement has been 
gaining momentum in the last few years.

These energy survivalists are not leading some sort of green 
revolution meant to save the planet. Many of them believe it is too 
late for that, seeing signs in soaring fuel and food prices and a 
faltering U.S. economy, and are largely focused on saving themselves.<<