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Fishing Worm TipsFishing Worm Tips This article focuses on those who are beginner to novice anglers. Catching worms (nightcrawlers, and the common "redworm") can be both easy and fun. Nightcrawlers thrive best in warm, moist earth or other areas where compost like earth is abundant. Nightcrawlers come out at night, and can be easily located using a dim source...

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[POLL] 1 in 3 consider Edward Snowden a Patriot[POLL] 1 in 3 consider Edward Snowden a Patriot [poll id="10"] Roughly one in three Americans say the former security contractor who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance activity is a patriot and should not be prosecuted, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. Some 23 percent of those surveyed said former National Security Agency...

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NSA PR Team in full swingNSA PR Team in full swing Intelligence officials are in the middle of their all-out public relations campaign following reports from The Guardian and The Washington Post revealing the National Security Agency collects all phone call metadata and most of the Internet. Their rousing defense of the surveillance programs at times suggests intelligence...

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Rainwater Harvesting Laws and LegislationRainwater Harvesting Laws and Legislation Due to record droughts, many states have been creating or reviewing their legislation for harvesting rainwater. To me the idea of there being a question whether or not you can harvest water from the sky is not a question at all, but the government at hand doesn't see it that way. Over the last 5 years, many states have...

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States that Oppose Obama, and WhyStates that Oppose Obama, and Why First up..Obamacare From Wikipedia: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),[1] commonly called Obamacare[2][3] or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act,...

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Building a Solar Hot Water Heater

Category : Equipment, Water

hotwaterHere is a simple project that you can build out of easily available parts. Take two drums and paint them black. Build a wooden box and insulate it with sheet styrofoam about one inch thick. You can get this foam at most large “Home Do-It Centers” in 4ft. x 8ft. sheets. Paint the inside of the box black. Make a lid by building a wooden frame and insert a sheet of glass, double pane would be even better. Place the heater at an elevated site or on tower (for water pressure) and orient the glass towards the south.

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DIY Plastic Bucket Still for Making Spirits

Category : Equipment, Food, General Info

PrepperIdeas.com is no responsible for any damage or harm caused by incorrectly using this information or if your wife makes you sleep on the couch during the testing process. Enjoy.
The DIY Bucket Still
• It is simple to make – takes only a couple of hours to assemble.
No welding or difficult work is required.
• It is inexpensive to make.
• Odour-free when it is working.
• Does not need cooling water so it ca be used anywhere.
• Small – easy to hide away, even when it is working.
• Makes good alcohol.
• Easy to dismantle.
Does this appear too good to be true?
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Making Charcoal

Category : Food, General Info

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Making charcoal is surprisingly easy. But it is not something you want to do in your backyard except in small quantities. The method I describe here is what is known as the retort or indirect method. Basically, wood is placed in a container and cooked. All the volatile gases are driven off and charcoal remains. This is exactly the method used be the wood chemical industry before petrochemicals superceded it. We, however are going to use these volatile gases as fuel for the charcoal making fire.
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Homemade Batteries

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Category : Equipment, General Info

BATTERIES

Learn how to build a powerful homemade water cell battery right in your own home. Research has proving that you can build a simple water cell battery, powerful enough to run a car as well as your home lighting. Although these plans are simple in design, you can provide yourself with hours of fun as well as doing complex research in this field. To recharge your battery you simply replinish the water tank with fresh water and your battery is fully charged again. Many people like to use pure water with just

a touch of Chlorine or rain water. Rain water has some acid in it.

WARNING! Although these plans talk in part about using water, some of these plans may suggest experimen- ting with Clorox bleach and liquid plumber, These chemicals are dangerous, please keep all of your experiments away from children and animals, always wear gloves and protective eye wear. Some of these experiments are not recommended for children under 18 years of age.
We are not responsible for anything, you experiment at your own risk!

NOTICE: Below is a side view drawing of large copper and aluminum plate cells, they can be any shape that you want. All I can say is, Play around with different exotic metals and you will be surprised! Zinc and copper work great!

 

 

 

 

 

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