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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Nov 8, 2008, at 7:04 AM, bob ford wrote:

> This subject has been discussed a few times on the list.  It is  
> something about which I am almost paranoid, like privacy issues.   
> This woman being interviewed has her own political leanings and  
> agaendae, which are, to me, beside the point.
>
> For rural or urban homesteading, in general clean water is important  
> not just for survival but for the indepependence and self- 
> sufficiency that most of us seek.
>
>  Concepts like 'man-made global warming' are hard for me to  
> grasp, . . . .

There is no practical need to understand man-made global warming, Peak  
Oil, or water control by Pickens or anyone else, beyond land proximity  
to controlled water. If big business could bottle air and sunshine,  
they would. Expect all of it and be prepared.

I have talked about the importance of abundant homestead water for as  
long as I can remember. It is the one item without which homesteading  
is made multiple times more difficult.

Expect change. Expect higher and lower temperatures. Expect drought.  
Expect floods. Expect higher prices on anything that can be controlled.

Find a place where you can handle all of it. Then develop multiple  
systems. For instance, water can come from wells deep or shallow,  
streams, springs, rain-water collection systems; the more of these  
systems you have the less vulnerable you will be.