Chapter 6: Water.
1 Watercrunch.blogspot.com, Interview with Must- Read Author Cynthia Barnett, http://watercrunch.blogspot.com/2007/09/part-i-interview-with-must-read-author.html.
2 Heartspring, A Guide to Water Filters and Water Treatment, http://heartspring.net/water_filters_guide.html.
Chapter 7: Food Storage for Couch Potatoes.
1 Maryland Cooperative Extension, Fact Sheet 803, Root Cellars http://extension.umd.edu/publications/pdfs/fs803.pdf.
Chapter 8: Smart Shopping-How to Plan Ahead for Next Week's Meals (and Save Significant Money)
1 ConsumerReports.org, "Shopping Tips," May 2009.
Chapter 9: Gardening.
1 "Rocket Fuel Contaminates Lettuce and Milk," Organic Consumers Association, Nov. 29, 2004, www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/lettuce120104.cfm.
2 Rory Harrington, "Toxic Chemical in Plastic Pallets Could Be Leaching into Food, Says Group." June 26, 2009, FoodProductionDaily.com, www.foodproductiondaily.com/Quality-Safety/Toxic-chemical-in-plastic-pallets-could-be-leaching-into-food-says-group.
3 Tom Philpott, "E. Coli O157 Comes Back With a Vengeance, "Grist Magazine, June 29, 2009, www.grist.org/article/2009-06-29-meat-wagon-O157.
4 Barbara Feiner, "Victory Garden Revival," OrganicAuthority.com, June 18, 2008, www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/victory-garden-revival-green-living-green-savings/ and MasterGardening.com, http://mastergardening.com.
5 "Planning and Preparing Your Vegetable Garden Site," Oregon State University, October, 1999, http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/html/ec/ec1228.
6 "Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens," Colorado State University, http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/713.pdf.
7 Vegetable Gardening Basics, University of California, http://camastergardeners.ucdavis.edu/files/63771.pdf.
Chapter 10: Health, Medicine, and Disease.
1 USA Today/AP, "Study Shows More Americans Taking Prescription Drugs," May 14, 2009, www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-05-14medicationnation_N.htm.
2 Cresson Kearny, "Prevention of Thyroid Damage From Radioactive Iodines," Nuclear War Survival Skills, www.ki4u.com/free_book/s73p924.htm#Message2476.
3 Public Health Reports, "Can the Health-Care System Meet the Challenge of Pandemic Flu? Planning, Ethical and Workforce Considerations," September -October 2007, www.publichealthreports.org/userfiles/122_5/4_PHR122-5_573-578.pdf.
Chapter 11: Your House, Home Security, and Power.
1 Robert J. Shiller, Irrational Exuberance, 2nd Edition, www.irrationalexuberance.com/index.htm.
2 Bloomberg News, "Financial Rescue Nears GDP as Pledges Top $12.8 Trillion," www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=armOzfkwtCA4.
3 USA Today, "How Will the $787 Billion Stimulus Package Affect You?" www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-02-12-stimulus-package-effects_N.htm.
4 www.oftwominds.com/blogapr09/housing-not-coming-back04-09.html.
5 Levi Mortensen, Home Alarms Deconstructed, http://ezinearticles.com/?Home-Alarms-Deconstructed&id=2244478.
6 Annora Smith, "Preventing Burglary," http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/preventing-burglary-through-quality-burglary-repairs-877371.html.
7 Michelle M. Kelly, "How to Select a Home Security System Provider," http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Select-a-Home-Security-Systems-Provider-ADT,-Brinks,-Monotronics-SoMany-Options&id=1888812.
8 Nor are they effective dogs, for that matter.
9 Eric Guida, "Residential Forcible Entry," Fire Nuggets, January 2007.
10 "How to Make and Use a Sawdust Toilet," www.appropedia.org/How_to_make_and_use_a_sawdust_toilet.
11 Brent Snavely, "Challenges to Grow with Electric Cars' Sales: Aging Grid Needs to Handle More Power." April 17, 2009 12 CBS News, "Solar Power for Your Home, " Aug. 7, 2007, www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/06/earlyshow/contributors/dannyseo/main3138054.shtml.
13 How Stuff Works, "How Emergency Power Systems Work, " http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/household-safety/security/emergency-power2.htm.
14 U.S. Department of Energy, "Active Solar Heating," www.energysavers.gov/your_home/space_heating_cooling/index.cfm/mytopic=12490.
15 National Geographic, National Recycling Coalition, "True Green, 100 Everyday Ways You Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet," 2007.
16 USA Today, "Going Green," April 23, 2008.
17 University of Florida Institute of Food and Agriculture Services Electronic Data Information Source. "The Conservation Balancing Act: Part II, In the Bathroom," (PDF), 2001, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FY/FY13800.pdf.
18 Logan Ward, "50 Tools Everyone Should Own (With Tips!), " Popular Mechanics, May 2009.
19 Rolfe Cobleigh, Handy Farm Devices and How to Use Them, New York: James R. Babb, 1996, 7-8.
Chapter 12: Education and Entertainment.
1 California State University, Northridge, Television and Health.
2 LA Times, "Americans Now Watch More TV Than Ever," Nov. 24, 2008.
3 www.einet.net/directory/953801/Schools_and_Courses.htm.
4 Forbes Traveler, "10 Unplugged Vacations," June 26, 2008.
5 EIA, "US Electricity Generation Broke Down as 49% Coal, 22% Natural Gas, 19% Nuclear, 6% Hydropower, and 2.5% Renewables," 2007.
6 Jacqui Cheng, "Microsoft: 3% of E-Mail Is Stuff We Want; the Rest Is Spam," ars technical, April 8, 2009, http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/04/microsoft-97-percent-of-all-e-mail-is-spam.ars.
Chapter 13: Transportation.
1 Energy Information Adminstration Petroleum Navigator, February 2009, http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mtpupus2m.htm.
2 Jay Inslee, Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2008, 14.
3 EIA, "Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries," May 28, 2009, www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html.
4 Reuters, "Mexico Oil Output Falls," April 21, 2009.
5 www.fueleconomy.gov, "Driving More Efficiently," www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/driveHabits.shtml.
6 Treehugger.com, "Low Rolling Resistance Tires, " www.treehugger.com/files/2005/05/low_rolling_res.php.
7 Not really true-there's Kevlar in the tires, but that doesn't mean they're bulletproof.
8 Wisegeek.com, "What is a Tire Lever?" www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-tire-lever.htm.
Chapter 14: The Final Option-Evacuate.
1 GenDisasters.com, "Youngstown, FL Train Derailment with Chlorine Gas Cloud," Feb. 1978.
2 CALEA, "The Graniteville Train Disaster," www.calea.org/online/newsletter/No88/graniteville.htm.
3 USA Today, "Rail Industry Petitions to Stop Moving Toxins, " May 18, 2009, www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-19-chemrail_N.htm?csp=34 .
About the Author.
Sean Brodrick is a natural resources analyst for Weiss Research. He writes about gold, oil, and other natural resources, and travels far and wide searching for small-cap values. He is the editor of Red-Hot Global Small-Caps and a regular contributor to Uncommon Wisdom Daily (www.uncommonwisdomdaily.com).
Recognized for his expertise on natural resources and Canadian and Australian investment opportunities, Brodrick has been featured on many financial talk shows, including CNBC Squawk Box, Fox Business, CNN, The Glenn Beck Show, Your World with Neil Cavuto, and Bloomberg Market Line. He is a contributing columnist to MarketWatch.com, and a frequent commentator on one of Canada's premiere financial web sites, HoweStreet.com.
In his spare time, Brodrick rides his bike, works on his garden, and prepares for the end of civilization as we know it, and what comes next.
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