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Date: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM<br>Subject: Abundance is Possible, Don't Miss Out<br>To: <a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<span style="font-family:georgia">Abundance is Possible, Don't Miss Out</span>
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By John Robb
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<font size="3">When I started to work on resilience, I focused on relearning
age-old lessons of self-reliance. � My goal was to find useful traditional
methods for producing everything locally, so I could stitch them together into
a useful resilient strategy.</font>
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<font size="3">However, as I dove into the topic, I found something completely
unexpected.</font>
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<font size="3">All of those lessons on how to produce at the local level were
rapidly changing. Innovation was <i>everywhere</i>. New methods and
techniques. Better technology. Deeper knowledge and insight. More
science.</font>
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<font size="3">This is <i>useful</i>, tangible innovation. �Innovation
that meant�it was now<i>�</i>possible for people to produce
<i>more</i> at the household and community level than <i>ever
before</i>.</font>
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<font size="3"><b>Advancing technology</b></font>
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<font size="3">For example, today�s <a href="https://cs962.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/9712/1496cc43b07413a0/2425054/f73c46842b066571" target="_blank">Resilient Roundtable</a>
conference call was with an open source company doing work on producing
electricity from a process called wood gasification. �Wood gasification is
an old technology that was used extensively in the last century (mostly during
the oil shortages of WW2) to burn wood in a way that powers a combustion
engine.</font>
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<font size="3">Used correctly, it�s a wonderful technology. �It not
only allows people to locally produce electricity from inexpensive biomass,
it�s very good for the environment. �Unfortunately, until recently,
this technology was notoriously finicky and required constant supervision to
work correctly.</font>
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<font size="3">That�s completely changed.</font>
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<font size="3">With recent innovations, it�s now possible to run a wood
gas engine at peak efficiency for <i>days</i> without any oversight.
�That�s a BIG deal. �So big that I suspect we�ll see
hundreds of millions of people burning wood for electricity within the next
twenty years.</font>
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<font size="3">So, what does this mean in the big picture?</font>
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<font size="3">I can only conclude one thing. �Abundance is possible
<i>everywhere</i>!</font>
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<font size="3">Producing more locally isn�t just a survival strategy
anymore, or a way to get by in an increasingly unstable world.�No,
producing more locally using these new methods is <b>fundamental
shift.</b> �A way of living that could change the world if people
voted in their billions with feet, minds, hands to adopt this successful
approach to life.</font>
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<font size="3">It is a way to <i>thrive</i>.</font>
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<font size="3"><a href="https://cs962.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/9714/54a0391e8da67501/2425054/f73c46842b066571" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="swisschard" height="447" width="277"></a></font>
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<font size="3">(This fabulous photo is via�<a href="https://cs962.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/9716/e9d5efe4188a242b/2425054/f73c46842b066571" target="_blank">Fat Toad Farm</a>)</font>
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<font size="3"><b>Get on board</b></font>
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<font size="3">Take the baby steps with me to reclaim this world, one home and
community at a time.�<span>Join people like Vicki, a member of our
community that sent me this lovely note: �</span></font>
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<i><font size="3">John, I love reading your resilient communities newsletters
and finally last week I started my first raised garden bed. Two tiers to start
with and I can already see that I need a third one right away. �I�m
taking an Urban Farming workshop all summer long and have learned alot from
your website so don�t feel like an absolute newbie (even though I am).
I�ve added two trees to my sub-tropical garden this summer, a papaya and
dwarf orange tree. These will yield a lot of fruit for my family without taking
up much room. You�ve taught me to take what I have and make it work for
me. Next up, a rain barrel. Baby steps. No more stocking up crap food in the
pantry I�ll never eat!</font></i>
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<font size="3">Sincerely,</font>
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<font size="3">JOHN ROBB</font>
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