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“Hobostripper Guest Post” or “Go Live in a Van”

March 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Guest post today from Hobostripper. She’s kinda like a female Dakin, you know, loves the “live in a van” idea. Dakin promotes the idea as backup SHTF housing. Hobostripper promotes it as primary housing.
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This morning I woke up in an endless field of wild grasses next to a lake, where my dog and I ate breakfast […]

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Tags: Women · Transportation

Top Ten BEST Ways to Conserve Gas (and Stretch Your Dollar)

March 13th, 2008 · 7 Comments

The skyrocketing price of gas and oil doesn’t seem to be slowing down - AT ALL. The price of oil passed $110 a barrel yesterday. Ugh, just as the peak driving season kicks into gear. Soon the price jump will move into grocery and product costs as well, because you know they don’t ship that […]

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Tags: Transportation · Energy Resources

Small, Gas Sipping Vehicles as the Ultimate Survival Ride?

March 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Guest post today from Geology Joe over at www.geologyjoe.blogspot.com. He’s posted here before on bicycles post-peak oil. Today he’s writing about small cars as the top survival ride choice. He calls them “Small Human Transportation Vehicles” or SHTV’s . . . . hmmmm . . . .
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In January 2005, just as gasoline started to jump […]

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Tags: Transportation

Survival Rides: Bikes, Mopeds, Motorcycles and Dirtbikes

February 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments

How’z ’bout those PATRIOTS!?
Huh!?
Wooooo-hooooo!
Eat your heart out, New York!
SHTFblog homie “Ponce” posted the following on Geology Joe’s guest piece on Bicycles Post-TEOTWAWKI :
Got myself 2 scooters for $2,400 and three bikes for around $700.00……. still have to buy spare chains and tires for the bikes…… oh yeah, for a long time I have been using a engine […]

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Tags: Transportation

New Ultra-Cheap Vehicles will Hit the Market - Today!

January 10th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Before I begin today’s post, one SHTFblog reader wrote that he’s looking for the best deal on a 6500-8000 watt generator and wanted reader input. Quality and price are both important. If you have thoughts, please post them in the comments section. 
Onward.
You think gas and oil is expensive now? Well, today Tata Motors, Inc. of India […]

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Tags: Transportation

Post-Peak Oil, Bicycles will be YOUR Source of Transportation

January 6th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Ranger Man has a guest written post today, offered up by Geology Joe, a SHTFblog SHTF homie. Say it with me now, “G” to the “ology” - “JOE!”
Yooooooo JOE!
Take it away . . . .
SCENARIO:
It has been four weeks now since the gasoline stopped. The remaining fuel is so expensive that traveling, transportation and doing errands is […]

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Tags: Transportation · Urban/Suburban Survival