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    When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency by Matthew Stein, Richard Heinberg (Foreword by)

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    (Paperback - Second Edition)

    • Pub. Date: August 2008
    • 493pp
    • Sales Rank: 19,205

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      • Pub. Date: August 2008
      • Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
      • Format: Paperback, 493pp
      • Sales Rank: 19,205

      Synopsis

      When Technology Fails is the first to offer, under one cover, basic instructions and recommended resources for the wide range of skills and technologies necessary for self-reliant living and achieving mastery of all kinds of emergency conditions.

      A user-friendly "bible" in the tradition of the Whole Earth Catalog, this book provides information that will help the average person become more self-reliant. In an era of super- storms, burgeoning population, massive earth-quakes, global warming, and record-breaking floods and droughts, more and more people are seeking to prepare themselves to deal with the difficult times that may lie ahead.

      When Technology Fails addresses this universal concern in one engaging and concise volume for the general reader. A directory of resources and an instructional guide to sustainable technologies, it outlines survival strategies for dealing with changes that affect food, water, shelter, energy, health, communications, and essential goods and services.

      When Technology Fails provides something for everyone, from parents who want to help their families when a disaster strikes, to the go- it-alone survivalist, to the eco-minded person who wishes to tread more lightly on the earth - whatever the future may hold.

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      This is the ultimate guide for survival in a modern world!by DakotaJr

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      February 19, 2009: Matthew Stein's comprehensive guide to surviving the "long emergency" is informative and well orgainzed. It provides critical analysis of all threats relevant to the modern world. It provides case specific information as well as general and basic survival skills. If you've ever wondered what you should do in an emergency, this book can probably answer your questions. If not, Stein provides numerous references on every topic. Every home should have Stein's essential handbook on hand. You never know when your goning to need it.