A Personal Peak Oil Discovery Process, Part II

Raise the Hammer – (Ed. Note: This is Part II of a two-part series. Part I chronicled the process by which John Rawlins discovered the scale and extent of the coming peak oil crisis. Part II details the steps he has taken to prepare for a world of diminishing oil resources.)

We live on the west side of Cascade mountains in Washington state, a moist and moderate climate where everything grows fast. Our ten acre [four hectare] plot is about half forested and half open field with grass that a local farmer cuts for his cows.

Our home is all-electric, including the furnace. I began intensively cutting dead and down trees for heating and found that our home heats well enough with an air-tight wood stove to get by during most winter weather, with wood I collect on our own property – one problem solved (using a gasoline powered chain saw, however)!

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