When Technology Fails 2nd Edition

There’s never been a better time to be prepared.
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&ldquo;This book is an indispensable basic manual for the real-life issues that await us in the decades to come. . . [A] treasure trove of practical wisdom.&rdquo;&mdash;James Howard Kunstler, author of <The Geography of Nowhere<**

Matthew Stein&rsquo;s comprehensive primer on sustainable living skills&mdash;from food and water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management skills&mdash;prepares you to embark on the path toward sustainability. But unlike any other book, Stein not only shows you how to live green in seemingly stable times, but to live in the face of potential disasters, lasting days or years, coming in the form of social upheaval, economic meltdown, or environmental catastrophe.
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When Technology Fails< covers the gamut.
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Inside, you&rsquo;ll learn:
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<lThe basics of installing a renewable energy system for your home or business</l<lHow to find and sterilize water in the face of utility failure</l<lHow to keep warm if you&rsquo;ve been left temporarily homeless</l<lPractical information for dealing with water-quality issues</l<lAlternative health and first-aid techniques</l

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Each chapter describes skills for self-reliance in good times and bad.**

Chapters Include:

<lA survey of the risks to the status quo</l<lSupplies and preparation for short- and long-term emergencies</l<lEmergency measures for survival</l<lPrepping water, food, shelter, and clothing</l<lFirst aid, low-tech medicine, and healing</l<lSecuring energy, heat, and power</l<lMetalworking</l<lUtensils and storage</l<lLow-tech chemistry engineering, machines, and materials</l

Fully revised and expanded, <When Technology Fails< ends on a positive, proactive note with a chapter on &ldquo;Making the Shift to Sustainability,&rdquo; which offers practical suggestions for changing our world on personal, community and global levels.

<"When Technology Fails< is a massive project done well. First the book gives a superb presentation of WHY one should be more aware and prepared--and then HOW one should go about this. The scope of this book... is thorough."&mdash;John McPherson, author, <Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills<...

Autorentext

MATTHEW STEIN

Klappentext

YOUR GUIDE TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Learn to live sustainably so you can survive today—and the disasters of tomorrow—with this comprehensive survival skills primer covering food, water, shelter, first-aid, energy, and more.

Prepare to embark on the path toward sustainability. Unlike any other emergency preparedness book, Matthew Stein not only shows you how to live green in seemingly stable times, but to live in the face of potential disasters—whether they last days or years, or come in the form of social upheaval, economic meltdown, or environmental catastrophe.
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***Inside, you’ll learn:
• The basics of installing a renewable energy system for your home or business
• How to find and sterilize water in the face of utility failure
• How to keep warm if you’ve been left temporarily homeless
• Practical information for dealing with water-quality issues
• Alternative health and first-aid techniques
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Each chapter describes skills for self-reliance in good times and bad.
• A survey of the risks to the status quo
• Supplies and preparation for short- and long-term emergencies
• Emergency measures for survival
• Prepping water, food, shelter, and clothing
• First aid, low-tech medicine, and healing
• Securing energy, heat, and power
• Metalworking
• Utensils and storage
• Low-tech chemistry engineering, machines, and materials

Fully revised and expanded, When Technology Fails ends on a positive, proactive note with a chapter on “Making the Shift to Sustainability,” which offers practical suggestions for changing our world on personal, community and global levels.

“This book is an indispensable basic manual for the real-life issues that await us in the decades to come.” —James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere

Inhalt

Foreword by Richard Heinberg. An Introduction to Self-Reliance. Present Trends, Possible Futures. Supplies and Preparations. Emergency Measures for Survival. Water. Food: Growing, Foraging, Hunting and Storing. Shelter and Buildings. First Aid. When High-Tech Medicine Fails. Clothing and Textiles. Energy, Heat and Power. Metalworking. Utensils and Storage. Better Living Through Not-So-Modern Chemistry. Engineering, Machines and Materials. Making the Shift to Sustainability.