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Efficient Water Utilization. Water is used in the home for three purposes: 1. consumption 2. washing (washing yourself, washing dishes, etc.) 3. the commode. To conserve water and minimize the amount required the following might be done: 1. Filter and recycle the water used in washing. 2. Don't use commodes that require water. Instead one might, for example, use the Swedish type indoor composting toilet called the Clivus Multrum (see Mother Earth News, No.31, p. 118). Or one could use outdoor toilets and chamber pots. Efficient Use of Human Waste. Make efficient use of human waste either by composting it for use as fertilizer or by using it to produce methane gas. Efficiency in Cooking. For efficiency in cooking utilize one or all of the following: 1. pressure cooker 2. a solar oven 3. the fireless cooker technique (where one puts a hot dish, say rice or beans, in an insulated container, such as a picnic cooler, or wraps it in a couple of blankets, and lets it sit to cook in its own heat) 4. Chinese wok. Efficiency in Refrigeration. 1. Use a small, highly insulated, efficient refrigerator. 2. Do without a refrigerator. Use a rootcellar and change your eating habits so that you don't eat perishable items that normally require refrigeration. Prepare only enough food for the day and give leftovers to the dog or chickens. Efficiency in Housing. Have a small, super-insulated, one or two room house that doesn't require much fuel to heat. Sleep on mats on the floor as the Japanese do and don't fall for the foolishness of having extra rooms that have no other function than providing a separate place for sleeping (i.e. bedrooms). Efficiency in Eating. Adopt a vegetarian diet. Live on rice, beans, bread, vegetables and fruit. Don't eat high cost luxury foods such as convenience foods, pastry, junk food, soda, liquor and high priced meats. Efficiency in Transportation. Use a bicycle. Don't own a car (or other motor vehicle). Efficiency in Personal Habits. Eliminate such bad habits as drinking, smoking and snacking on junk food that put a drain on cash supplies. Adjust your personal habits and ways of doing things so as to minimize cash outflow. Efficiency in Entertainment. Satisfy yourself with entertainments that cost little or no money. Avoid spending money on entertainment. Apr 1984
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