Michael Janzen » peak oil http://www.mikejanzen.com michael's bookmark blog Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:58:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Tiny Alcohol Stove http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/08/03/food/tiny-alcohol-stove/ http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/08/03/food/tiny-alcohol-stove/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:09:26 +0000 Michael Janzen http://www.mikejanzen.com/?p=251 I want to make a tiny alcohol burning stove and space heater for Nine Tiny Feet and just came across this great tiny stove on Make. This example is so small if actually can be worn around the neck like a necklace. Weird but possibly useful. Stove Necklace. You can also see it for sale… very expensive… better to make one yourself out of copper tubing me thinks.

Why alcohol burning? My guess is that post peak-oil many of us will probably learn to distill spirits from local vegitation as an alternative fuel to petroleum and natural gas. Nine Tiny Feet will have a peak-oil prepper spin when I’m done; a teaching tool for simple and sustainable living without petroleum.

]]> http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/08/03/food/tiny-alcohol-stove/feed/ 0 Reburbia Design Competition – deadline is August 1, 2009 http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/07/15/self-sufficient/reburbia-design-competition-deadline-is-august-1-2009/ http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/07/15/self-sufficient/reburbia-design-competition-deadline-is-august-1-2009/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:23:40 +0000 Michael Janzen http://www.mikejanzen.com/?p=247 I guess I’m not the only one that suspects that suburbia will be one of the potential victims when peak oil trouble really hits hard. Dwell and Inhabitat have teamed up and are co-hosting a design competition called Reburbia. Designers of all types are invited to submit their solutions for solving this potential future problem. I’ve got my own design ideas in the works; and yes they will include tiny houses. The deadline for entries is August 1, 2009. Reburbia

]]> http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/07/15/self-sufficient/reburbia-design-competition-deadline-is-august-1-2009/feed/ 0 Bicycle Tutor – Learn to repair your post peak oil wheels http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/07/01/peak-oil/bicycle-tutor-learn-to-repair-your-post-peak-oil-wheels/ http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/07/01/peak-oil/bicycle-tutor-learn-to-repair-your-post-peak-oil-wheels/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:54:41 +0000 Michael Janzen http://www.mikejanzen.com/?p=236 Just kidding… ok I’m not kidding… and yes I am a nut, thanks for asking… but in all seriousness this is a great website for learning to fix your bike. I learned to do a lot with my bike when I was a kid by taking them apart and putting some of them back together. I first saw this on Early Retirement Extreme. Visit Bicycle Totor

]]> http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/07/01/peak-oil/bicycle-tutor-learn-to-repair-your-post-peak-oil-wheels/feed/ 0 Pedal Powered Innovations by Bart Orlando http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/07/01/self-sufficient/pedal-powered-innovations-by-bart-orlando/ http://www.mikejanzen.com/2009/07/01/self-sufficient/pedal-powered-innovations-by-bart-orlando/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:31:54 +0000 Michael Janzen http://www.mikejanzen.com/?p=234 A reader on Tiny House Design posted a comment with a link to Bart Orlando’s pedal powered innovations up near Humboldt State University. This website is definitely worth spending some time if you was some post peak oil transportation solutions.

Pedal Powered Innovations

also see CARazed.com for electric cars and other post peak oil transportation possibilities.

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