THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

Shropshirelass

Note there is no provision for washing clothes.


Interesting to see the social problems evolving as the plan is that by middle February, this amount will be cut to 25L per person. After this amount has been used, water charges become more expensive. Lots of bad feeling against affluent suburbs where residents continue to wash cars and water their gardens. Because some are not complying with this rationing, water may be cut off at source and will have to be collected, elderly are saying they are not able to carry this weight. CBD is exempted. What will schools do?


All this is of course years too late as the dams are empty, and even if they get good rain it will be years before they have enough to 'play' with.


We don't have this problem of course, power/fuel shortages are more likely, if not managed effectively. Interesting situation though.

Karmacat

DawnW wrote: »

Well, I didn't have any at all before, but now I have two (and no, of course not you MITSTM).

It is worth having a look at the revamped (apparently) forum rules page at https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/site/forum-faqs?_ga=2.249176775.1741740360.1506802735-1293668898.1449351269

It simply isn't worth responding to these people. It only encourages them.

Hear hear, Dawn

Plus, I'm loving th fact that the forum rules finish with a reference to Martin's shirts nothing like preparedness, after all

Am off to practice preparedness in my garden.



Oh, but PS - shropshirelass, that's an interesting breakdown of 50 litres useage - it comes from S Africa, yes? Mrs LW's bucket baths would be very handy in that situation ... and I clean my teeth with much less than a third of a litre - the "spit" is done into the toilet, if you must all know but I'd certainly use more for cooking, especially on days when I rinse dried beans, boil them and then change the water to actually cook them. Makes you think.

fuddle

It has made me think, most definitely. I'm slowly shifting a lot of my food stocks to dehydrated items so therefore I need to be mindful of the amount of water the food would need to become edible again. I must learn to balance my plans and not put all my eggs in one basket.

maryb

I can't believe we would have drought restrictions in my neck of the woods (South East) this year after all the rain

Then again I can believe that there has been woefully insufficient investment in infrastructure by privatised utility companies (many with foreign ownership) which means the rain isn't properly harvested.

We were staying in a small hotel near Blandford Forum a few years ago as DD1 was attending a summer school at Bryanston and they were digging a big trench in the grounds. I wondered if it was for a ground source heat pump but it turned out they were digging a borehole to have their own unmetered water as the charges were ruinous for a small business (but very profitable for the water company). Apparently in some areas which are particularly suitable, there are so many boreholes sunk by private owners that there is a risk of a shortage in those areas - or so they say. Watch out for lobbying to restrict the right to sink a borehole

I've always fancied having a plot of land where I could build an eco house with a borehole and ground source heat pump powered by solar. You'd be so well protected from disruption.

Not a passiv haus - I do like to be able to open a window. But since we had some work done on the house which involved masses of insulation our cold Victorian house has been transformed and I'm sold on the benefits. It got to the stage where our builder didn't bother asking us any more if he should go for the thicker Celotex, rather than the thinner, he just did. I think that is a good use of plastic although I am trying hard to cut down my use of single use plastic

BucksLady

fuddle wrote: »

If someone behaves like a pillock then it's appropriate to call them a pillock don't you think?

No I don't. I wouldn't in the 'real world' and most certainly would not on a public forum.

Shropshirelass

My friends there, in a household of 3, save water by bathing in turn (boys last), then flushing loo with bath water. Washing baby clothes/ nappies is a problem. They were avoiding disposable for eco reasons. Friend has cut her long hair very short. Special plumbing fitted to waste pipe to save washing machine water for floor washing etc.

Every spare drop goes on the veg garden.

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As of this morning I've just had a count up and I have 61 people on ignore, quite a total I agree but each and every one of them has either been personal, rude or downright nasty not just to me but to other people across many threads. I don't like interacting with people who are unpleasant just because they can be and if I don't subsequently read their posts I'll be much less agitated and far happier.

Jazee

I don't have any one on ignore and don't like name calling either. Just saying.

I remember the drought restrictions in 1976, and some hosepipe bans since, so I suppose it could happen again.

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maryb, I have a very similar house ie eco with rainwater harvesting etc but they are no way self sufficient in power, you would need a massive array of batteries to do that. Top of the list for preparedness is A1 insulation, followed by water containment like they do in australia with uv cleaning

maryb

Interesting Kittie, I rather thought a ground source heat pump would provide background heat rather than all the heat. Then supplement with a woodstove (I love my stove!!) I thought the solar bit would do to power the pump but I agree you'd need batteries for when the sun don't shine, I just didn't realise you'd need a big array.

I like to dream - it's not going to happen. Although I haven't checked my lottery ticket yet because once I know I haven't one (course I do know I haven't won, really) the dream fades