![]() ![]() Bicycles represent fuel free-aside from the calories burnt by human motive power-transportation devices. Heck, I have three well-maintained adult sized bikes in my own garage. Really? In my neighborhood I do not know of one horse, but I can probably put my hands on at least a dozen bicycles between me and my neighbors. One thing that always chaps me about any post-apocalypse or peak oil story is the sudden resurgence of horses and the complete lack of bicycles. I am glad to see that a bicycle was included. Heck, there even seems to be a rooftop garden: Rain barrels? Check, gotta’ make sure that you can wait out a dry spell like we are dealing with right now across much of the U.S. ![]() Small scale livestock? Check, nothing is better at turning scraps into both fertilizer and calories like a pig or flock of chickens. However, as the folks over at Otherpower have shown a wind turbine can be made out of pretty simple materials. Alternative energy? Check, although I would think that solar thermal and photovoltaic panels would be a better choice for most locations. Is this the vision for the world after the apocalypse-zombie, religious, or otherwise-or is it the vision for how we will live in a world ravaged by climate change-an apocalypse of a sort I guess?Ī lot of the items that make this house seem like part of a ravaged world are the same things that can make a house self-sufficient and resilient today. On a random walk through the Internet, I somehow stumbled across the Lego model for a post-apocalyptic home:
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