Makezine's MakerFaire is scheduled for May 19-20, 2007 at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds, in northern California. SurvivalBlog readers in the S.F. Bay Area should plan to attend. Your will learn some great hands-on MacGyver skills there.
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11 Retired U.S. Admirals and Generals Urge Changes on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Commercially available ("off the shelf") hydrogen fuel cells! Of course pricing is another matter, but in the long term, fuel cells are a promising technology for powering retreats and self-contained NBC shelters.
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InyoKern's research turned up this article: California real estate foreclosures are up 800% over last year. InyoKern's comment: This is a summary of California home foreclosures thanks to Adjustable Rate Mortgages. My wife and I just looked into buying one, but there's a catch or two or three (liens, insider corruption, cost of title search versus time to place a bid) which has me hesitant to jump into an "affordable" house. Expect to see lots of "Disgruntled Former Californians" (DFCs) moving to your neighborhood as they bail out of California in bankruptcy.
