April 3, 2013 — One of the greater mysteries of the “prepper” movement is “Why?”   After all, on the surface things are not terribly bad, despite my sometimes  acidic remarks about markets.  As the car and truck report showed Tuesday,  things aren’t all that bad.  Unfortunately, in many ways they are – and will  likely continue so for the foreseeable future. So this morning’s focus report  will be on developments on (and about) the Korean peninsula.  Before we get into  developments and the personal contingency planning, however, a review of other  headlines and plenty of coffee is in order.

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March 30, 2013 — Several readers have asked me for a review of  Bitcoin and any thoughts/feelings I have on them since there are already  reported to be millionaires in the making in the land of digital currency.  Can  peer-to-peer finance work out better than top-down finance?  Or is it just  another bubble?  A discussion follows an explanation of how it works and how you  can get some Bitcoins for yourself.  Before we go there, however, there are the  dreary morning headlines, not to mention trying to make money the old fashioned  way, in the meantime.

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March 27, 2013 — In last weekend’s report, we had a short course in DC system design  and we developed a number of ideas including some of the basics.  This week,  we’ll press forward in emergency power planning with a focus on the wiring and  installing solar panels part.  First, though, a cup or three of coffee and some  headlines to get us rolling.  Especially what may be turning into a war between  factions in global banking….

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March 23, 2013 — As couple of reader emails in the past few weeks have  prompted me to write a short guide on using solar (and wind) power.  But unlike  in past issues of Peoplenomics, like issue #362 (*Robust  Home Power, Aug. 10, 2008) which begins with the esoteric planning using a  ‘load sheet’ /needs analysis and then designs a house-sized solar power system,  this week’s summary is a simple cheatsheet for emergency situationa. So, that’s  our task this morning:  Build a pocket reference so the fellow who has a child  in a wheelchair will be able to cobble up a suitable solar charging option in an  emergency. Or, if you have aunt Millie on an oxygen concentrator, you can maybe  keep her huffing until the power comes back on (if it does…).  More  importantly, even if you’re not interested in having a two-page cheatsheet for  use in a disaster setting, you’ll be able to follow along as we condense  knowledge, summarizing and get it ready to laminate and put with our prepper  stash. Ah, but before we get into the prepping part, some steely-eyed review of  overnight news and our charts await.  So hoist that cup, slug that coffee, and  let’s ‘git er’ done…

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