| When Technology Fails (Revised & Expanded): A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency |  | Author: Matthew Stein
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 7,370
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 493
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 1933392452
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.69
EAN: 9781933392455
ASIN: 1933392452
Publication Date: August 18, 2008
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Theres never been a better time to be prepared. Matthew Steins comprehensive primer on sustainable living skillsfrom food and water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management skillsprepares you to embark on the path toward sustainability. But unlike any other book, Stein not only shows you how to live green in seemingly stable times, but to live in the face of potential disasters, lasting days or years, coming in the form of social upheaval, economic meltdown, or environmental catastrophe.When Technology Fails covers the gamut. Youll learn how to start a fire and keep warm if youve been left temporarily homeless, as well as the basics of installing a renewable energy system for your home or business. Youll learn how to find and sterilize water in the face of utility failure, as well as practical information for dealing with water-quality issues even when the public tap water is still flowing. Youll learn alternative techniques for healing equally suited to an era of profit-driven malpractice as to situations of social calamity. Each chapter (a survey of the risks to the status quo; supplies and preparation for short- and long-term emergencies; emergency measures for survival; water; food; shelter; clothing; first aid, low-tech medicine, and healing; energy, heat, and power; metalworking; utensils and storage; low-tech chemistry; and engineering, machines, and materials) offers the same approach, describing skills for self-reliance in good times and bad.Fully revised and expandedthe first edition was written pre-9/11 and pre-Katrina, when few Americans took the risk of social disruption seriouslyWhen Technology Fails ends on a positive, proactive note with a new chapter on "Making the Shift to Sustainability," which offers practical suggestions for changing our world on personal, community and global levels.
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 Useful manual with something for everyone August 12, 2010
vickib
If you want to be prepared in case of disaster, longterm or short, whether it comes in the form of an earthquake, fire, or flood, or as a loss of electricity, fuel, and communications, this is a great book with something for everyone. I especially appreciate the fact that it covers so many different aspects of survival, is written in easy to understand laymen's terms, and includes such an extensive list of recommended reading at the end of each chapter so readers know where to go to learn more about the topics that interest them.
In a world where we've become so dependent on technology and lost many of the old skills people used to use daily to fend for themselves, it's a reassuring addition to my bookshelf. It's all about being prepared, like they teach in the Scouts, and hoping for the best while preparing for the worst. Thanks, Mr Stein, for doing the research for us and summarizing it so concisely. Everyone in my family is getting a copy for their birthday.
 Not what I needed but ok. August 7, 2010
Jalynn (SC)
I wanted a simple book on steps to prepare the home for a solar flare event that would shut down power grid and electronics. Basically, how do I protect my home for an extended period of time. This book was too political and just too much of the wrong information for my needs. He did have a lot of referrals on other books to buy to help with specific issues. Specifically, I needed the best generator for esstentials and how to have electrician wire it. And what else do we do to prepare for that event. It did have some information on assorted things like how much water per person for a certain amount of time. But I guess I just wanted a book to tell me, here's what to do, steps 1-2-3- to prevent your home from shutting down in a solar flare event when the electrical grid is gone. I will keep looking for a book that has it laid out easier.
 An Introduction to Self Reliance. July 25, 2010
Glenn M. Mcclain
If you are looking for a one volume "how to" book on this topic you'll be disappointed. The author introduces a variety of useful topics for those interested in self reliance. As a jumping off point this book is fine but a lot of additional research and experimentation will be required before someone would be competent in a lot of these skills and techniques. As an introduction to this mind set the book is fine.
 Global Warming Blather June 30, 2010
Shodan144
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book may as well have been written by Al-the greatest con-man in history-Gore. Global warming won't create the catastrophic event, man will.
Irony June 5, 2010
Christine Shirtcliff (MA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't you think it's a little weird that a book by this title is available on Kindle?
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