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Despite my penchant for post-apocalyptic knowledge, I’m still a huge geek at heart.  I watch a lot of youtube videos and spend a lot of time on the internet.  I’ve watched Geek Beat TV since it was Geek Brief and recently they’ve been branching out to things not so tech related.  For instance, the above …

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If you haven’t been under a rock for the last 5 years, you’ve been privy to (or involved in) the zombie apocalypse craze.    People are fascinated with what would happen in a zombie apocalypse.  How would it spread?  How would you survive? The website Map of the Dead gives you some answers.  On a …

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You can always use more rope, and if you know how to make it you have as much rope as you need to do anything.  In the BBC series Edwardian Farm, they show how to make rope:

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If you haven’t noticed in my writing, I’m very much against being wasteful.  At home, I hate making food from a recipe where you only use a part of something and throw the rest out.  When I explained how to make biodiesel I briefly noted that you could use the leftover glycerin to make all …

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Traditional diesel fuel is made from petroleum, and in a post-apocalyptic world that will be hard to come by.  Thankfully, biodiesel is an alternative that can be made from any organic oil or fat that doesn’t require any kind of modification to your diesel engine. Generally, you are adding a catalyst to a triglyceride-rich liquid …

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