Category Archives: Shelter

Homes and Hideaways

High Rise Innovation: If You Can Build These Things in India and Detroit, You Can Build Them Anywhere!

Posted on 6 February, 2023 by alfin2101

This method of constructing high rise buildings does not require large cranes or dangerous high altitude iron work. Once the top level is erected, each subsequent floor is completed on the ground, then raised to fit in its place, like … Continue reading →

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Building Your Own Nuclear Fallout Shelter

Posted on 13 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Life in the Age of a Cornered Nuclear Dictator Putin Will Get Desperate In a foretaste of Putin’s evil intentions for Ukraine’s other cities, Russia’s siege of Mariupol has cut off food, water and power supplies, whilst the bodies of … Continue reading →

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Printing a Bridge to the 22nd Century

Posted on 17 June, 2015 by alfin2101

The End of Government as We Know It What will atomic-level 3D printing mean? The end of poverty The creation of abundance & utopia The end of crime through the removal of greed End of financial and resource driven wars … Continue reading →

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Creating a New World Takes More than Words

Posted on 6 April, 2015 by alfin2101

If you observe modern politicians, academics, intellectuals, and activists long enough, you can get the impression that these loud talkers believe that they can change the world with their words alone. They may be right — in terms of destructive … Continue reading →

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It’s Alive: Convert Empty Shells into Livable Houses, Quickly

Posted on 25 March, 2015 by alfin2101

To convert any weather-resistant shell into a modern functioning, versatile house, you need to give the shell a modern heart: Plumbing, HVAC, Electricity, water heating, bathroom, kitchen with appliances, plus gas and data services as required. All of those functions … Continue reading →

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A Defensible Survivable Retreat In the Lower 48: What are the Odds?

Posted on 5 October, 2014 by alfin2101

In case of The End of the World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI), where would you choose to make a stand, for yourself and your loved ones? If the problem occupies your mind a great deal, and you live in … Continue reading →

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Floating Fantasy: Can a Seastead be Made Unsinkable?

Posted on 7 June, 2014 by alfin2101

A floating city — or seastead — is vulnerable to sinking. But floating vessels can be made more or less sinkable, depending upon the design. How close can we come to building an “unsinkable” seastead? A Chinese government-owned construction company, … Continue reading →

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Disaster Proof Homes In the Age of Climate Doom

Posted on 23 November, 2013 by alfin2101

We are constantly barraged with pseudo-scientific propaganda about the impending climate apocalypse. Yet we do not need to quake in fear of climate doom before we consider how our houses could be made safer against natural disasters. Disaster resistant homes … Continue reading →

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Antarctic Station Survival: Modular Units on Skis

Posted on 5 February, 2013 by alfin2101

A new type of Antarctic research station appears to be more likely to survive the harsh polar conditions over a longer period of time, than its predecessors. Accumulating snow and ice along with movement of ice toward the sea, have … Continue reading →

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