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ljgeoffI haven't talked much about climate change or The Plan recently, because it seems to me that most folks can see what's happening and the info is out there if they want a deeper understanding.
Back in 2010, I wrote that we weren't sure yet how bad it was going to get. That's still true, but what else is true is that the projections now are much more dire than they were in 2010. We'll loose the summer arctic cap sometime within the next ten years. We're already seeing serious losses in agriculture. Everywhere, the weather has changed.
Now that I'm in a position to really start realizing some of my plans, I want to update The Plan.
I had hoped to have purchased the property five years ago, three years ago, last year. We still haven't got it together. As a family, we've made some great moves forward, but we haven't got ourselves squared away enough to put money into savings. But now I expect to buy a 40-acre parcel in about twelve months. I plan to save money over the next year for both my RN education and a large down payment on the parcel.
I've talked to the kids about how they see this playing out. For the most part, what they've said is 'we'll keep going as long as we can, and when things get too hard, we'll come to the homestead.
This is somewhat problematic because a lot of work will need to be done before it 'gets too hard.' We're going to be having our yearly family camp out at the beginning of August, and I'll present a timeline to them then:
2025 -- summer arctic ice cap is gone. Jet stream is erratic, and weather is extreme with droughts mixed with torrential downpours. World food projected to decrease by 15% of today's totals
2035 -- world temp is over 2°c-3°c; ice only forms in arctic in deep winter; modern agriculture is on the brink of collapse. War.
A lot of folks believe that we will avert this future. I believe that we could, but we won't. The Plan is to have the beginning of a secure homestead by 2025 that can not only feed a 10-15 family clan, but is also a place of learning with a large library, ability to produce cloth/fiber, pottery, and smithing/working of metals, a tech/mechanical shop, a collection of musical instruments, and a small hospital/dental clinic.
It's an ambitious plan, and I might not see the fulfillment. Perhaps these things are never fulfilled but a work in progress. Onward.
Back in 2010, I wrote that we weren't sure yet how bad it was going to get. That's still true, but what else is true is that the projections now are much more dire than they were in 2010. We'll loose the summer arctic cap sometime within the next ten years. We're already seeing serious losses in agriculture. Everywhere, the weather has changed.
Now that I'm in a position to really start realizing some of my plans, I want to update The Plan.
I had hoped to have purchased the property five years ago, three years ago, last year. We still haven't got it together. As a family, we've made some great moves forward, but we haven't got ourselves squared away enough to put money into savings. But now I expect to buy a 40-acre parcel in about twelve months. I plan to save money over the next year for both my RN education and a large down payment on the parcel.
I've talked to the kids about how they see this playing out. For the most part, what they've said is 'we'll keep going as long as we can, and when things get too hard, we'll come to the homestead.
This is somewhat problematic because a lot of work will need to be done before it 'gets too hard.' We're going to be having our yearly family camp out at the beginning of August, and I'll present a timeline to them then:
2025 -- summer arctic ice cap is gone. Jet stream is erratic, and weather is extreme with droughts mixed with torrential downpours. World food projected to decrease by 15% of today's totals
2035 -- world temp is over 2°c-3°c; ice only forms in arctic in deep winter; modern agriculture is on the brink of collapse. War.
A lot of folks believe that we will avert this future. I believe that we could, but we won't. The Plan is to have the beginning of a secure homestead by 2025 that can not only feed a 10-15 family clan, but is also a place of learning with a large library, ability to produce cloth/fiber, pottery, and smithing/working of metals, a tech/mechanical shop, a collection of musical instruments, and a small hospital/dental clinic.
It's an ambitious plan, and I might not see the fulfillment. Perhaps these things are never fulfilled but a work in progress. Onward.
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Date: 2016-09-05 10:11 pm (UTC)