tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post113847561986276427..comments2023-05-15T06:06:33.543-06:00Comments on Arcol-o-Gist: Where to begin?arcolaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448256908335690710noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1138642123987643362006-01-30T11:28:00.000-06:002006-01-30T11:28:00.000-06:00Pilot - "practically neighbours" - yes, if you dri...Pilot - "practically neighbours" - yes, if you drive a lot. I know people around here who drive to Weyburn and/or Estevan almost daily (sometimes more than once a day, picking up oilfield supplies, I hear). I drive to Estevan maybe twice in a year, Weyburn slightly more often, Regina perhaps once or twice a month. I think I could cut those numbers back a lot, if I put my mind to it.<BR/><BR/>But it's good to meet another blogger from the same general part of the world.arcolaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448256908335690710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1138593475046209962006-01-29T21:57:00.000-06:002006-01-29T21:57:00.000-06:00Incidentally, I'm from Weyburn, so we're practical...Incidentally, I'm from Weyburn, so we're practically neighbors.Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970443657789864465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1138593311203205972006-01-29T21:55:00.000-06:002006-01-29T21:55:00.000-06:00Yeah I figured it was a joke, but it kinda hit me....Yeah I figured it was a joke, but it kinda hit me.. why not? Like you say, paper has to be shipped and what not, perhaps the most efficient thing would be to burn it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the e-mail, as i had forgot to send your URl home and it was stuck on my computer at work.<BR/><BR/>Keep pushing, as long as we all do a bit, alot can be acheived.Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970443657789864465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1138586514333760312006-01-29T20:01:00.000-06:002006-01-29T20:01:00.000-06:00Pilot - as for pelletizing paper, I tacked that on...Pilot - as for pelletizing paper, I tacked that on as a joke, mainly, although I realize that it might make sense in some situations. Paper is collected here for recycling, but I don't know whether it actually makes sense to collect it and transport it from here. I also haven't read any detail about the pelletizing process, how much energy it takes, whether it could be done on a small scale, etc.arcolaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448256908335690710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1138586229400893202006-01-29T19:57:00.000-06:002006-01-29T19:57:00.000-06:00Pilot,thanks for stopping by. It's almost amusing...Pilot,<BR/>thanks for stopping by. It's almost amusing that you would mention a community, after the discussions I've been following over at <A HREF="http://maisonmadcap.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">maison madcap</A> (<A HREF="http://maisonmadcap.blogspot.com/2006/01/homesteading-with-blogroll.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://maisonmadcap.blogspot.com/2006/01/well-lots-of-folks-with-lots-of.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>), as well as the response from <A HREF="http://milesfrombabylon.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogotopia.html" REL="nofollow">Eleutheros</A>. My "push toward self-sufficiency" is so new that it could easily be dismissed as a whim. Except - it has been an undercurrent to my thinking for a long time, and I've always tried to live somewhat modestly, and I grew up on a farm where self-sufficiency was a goal, and I have tried some very unconventional things like straw-bale construction and a bucket toilet (unconventional for here and now, anyway).<BR/><BR/>One thing that is very important to me is to stay where I am, work with what I find here, and continue to be a part of my own community, rather than moving somewhere in search of an ideal community. I will not likely move away from here in search of self-sufficiency, unless I have decided that there is no reasonable way to make a sustainable life here.arcolaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448256908335690710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14189071.post-1138513034404027042006-01-28T23:37:00.000-06:002006-01-28T23:37:00.000-06:00Why not pelletize it? I mean if you can burn wood...Why not pelletize it? I mean if you can burn wood in some of those stoves, why not old paper? Just makes sense to me. <BR/><BR/>I found your article through the Sask Blogs Aggregator and I came by beacuse I've been looking into camp stoves... yours just kinda popped up into my head as something to read.<BR/><BR/>I was also intrigued about your "push toward self-sufficiency". A few friends and I have been discussing the ideas involved in self sufficiency and the possibility of a self-sufficient community.<BR/><BR/>Although we are in the VERY early stages of such a project, I would be interesting in having a dialogue with you on some ideas you may have and what you have in mind.<BR/><BR/>You can e-mail me at jeremy.pilon(at)gmail.com or my blog is at http://pilotsworld.blogspot.com. Tho my blog currently has very little to do with self-sufficiency at the moment.Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970443657789864465noreply@blogger.com