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Category Archives: What to do
How to find a good Property insurance company
What is a good homeowners insurance company? Solvent enough to pay your claim in a large disaster such as a fire or earthquake, and willing to pay you a reasonable amount of money in timely manner. After the 2008 financial … Continue reading
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States should stockpile food like Alaksa
Bohrer, B. 29 Aug 2012. Remote Alaska to stockpile food, just in case. Business Week. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is known for pioneering, self-reliant residents who are accustomed to remote locations and harsh weather. Despite that, Gov. Sean Parnell … Continue reading
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Summary of Hirsch & Bezdek 2005 DOE Peak Oil study
A summary of: Hirsch, R. L., et al. February 2005. Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, mitigation, & risk management. Department of Energy. The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented risk management problem. … Continue reading
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How to Buy Homeowners Insurance #3 Is the Insurance Company Financially Strong?
After the 2008 financial crash, many insurance company ratings went down. We’re far from the end of the financial crash, it’s been postponed by all the government spending and bank bailouts, but nothing has changed, much has grown worse. So … Continue reading
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How to Buy Homeowners Insurance #1 Determine the Value of Your Home
The odds are that your house is grossly under-insured. According to United Policyholders surveys, two-thirds of Californians who lose homes in wildfires are under-insured an average of more than $200,000. This is because the insurance companies don’t sell the necessary … Continue reading
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How to Buy Homeowners Insurance – Introduction
After the final financial crash, insurance may not be available for a while. Most if not all insurance companies will be broke. But meanwhile, you can’t afford to have major debt. In a deflation, being in debt is catastrophic, you … Continue reading
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USA: 47th in life expectancy despite most money spent & thousands die from lack of health care
Preface. In the USA, vote for democrats, Republicans are openly saying they want to end SSN and Medicare. Health care and insurance will decline and vanish as collapse accelerates from financial depressions caused by energy decline, so if you’ve been … Continue reading
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Rich nations grabbing land from poor nations
[ There are so many nations grabbing land from other nations that I gave up trying to summarize this excellent book and just used a few paragraphs from NewScientist. Having to import food is a clear sign of being over … Continue reading
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Tad Patzek: Face Reality & Educate Yourself
9 July 2012. What to do? ASPO-USA. When I share with people my assessments of where the Earthlings are stumbling rather blindly, my listeners often say: “Oh, you are such a pessimist! What would you do differently?” My short answer … Continue reading
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William Rees
Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) He is the originator of ‘ecological footprint analysis.’ He is a Fellow of the Post-Carbon Institute and a Founding Fellow of the One Earth Initiative. 23 … Continue reading
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