The safest place to invest is in yourself and your self-sufficiency.
Source: http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2010/07/27
Economy & Geopolitics/ Off-the-Grid
Date: 07-27-10
Host: George Noory
Guests: Nick Rosen
In the latter half, documentarian and journalist Nick Rosen discussed living off-the-grid, typically in alternative communities. This means living independently of the utility companies, and providing your own power, "but it does not mean living in the Stone Age," he explained. "It's about being more self reliant, being less dependent on the system, and realizing we have to look after ourselves," he added. Rosen bought a hut and some land in Spain along the Mediterranean and was able to go off-the-grid using such things as solar panels and rainwater harvesting. His website offers an interactive section called Landbuddy for people to help each other go off-grid in their local regions.
Some 750,000 households in America have gone off-the-grid, and this trend is growing at 10-15% a year, he reported. He traveled to various parts of the country documenting how people and communities were successfully becoming independent. Interestingly, he noted that powerful groups like the Bilderbergers and Trilateral Commission sought to keep the old inefficient energy systems in place, to protect their investments, but the off-the-grid movement serves as an alternative to this kind of centralized power and control.
Website(s):
off-grid.net
vivum.net
craigbhulet.com
Book(s):
Off the Grid
The Hydra of Carnage
