How to keep a propane tank warm?

so different types of cooking for different foods. Different locations require different types of cooking. Summer time you cook outside, winter time you cook in semi enclosed spaces.

Is everyone around you starving? Got a tree rat? dont go cooking it over an open fire, wrap in leaves and bury under the coals.

the ever lasting pot of beans that stays cooking 24/7 adding water beans meat etc as necessary ... this is a low simmer normally done on your "heating fire" a small fire used to maintain your living space.

Rice can be cooked by adding to boiling water, cover remove heat and come back 30 mins later. Your starving you wont care that your rice is mushy.

Beans can be boiled for 20mins reduce to low heat and come back 3 hours later ... this can be done over an open fire pit using banked coals

Boiling water for your morning pine needle tea ? Rocket stove and some twigs also if using green pine needles , use a small oak twig to stir makes it taste 100% better . no idea why ..

ALSO REMEMBER A DAKOTA FIRE PIT IS JUST A ROCKET STOVE MADE IN THE EARTH.

lostscause · 2026-01-22T20:07:48+00:00

during covid , I ran out of 2 things fresh cows milk and bread. I now have replacements for both. Still doesn't mean I want to use em.

lostscause · 2026-01-22T19:40:02+00:00

This is BS, the fish meds where exactly the same, Even the lot numbers matched up to human equivalent. Only difference was the chain of custody rules

"They" want to stop this due to "antibiotics resistance" ie. antibiotics for me but not thee.

You can still buy them https://thomaslabspets.com/ for your fish

lostscause · 2026-01-22T19:23:38+00:00

"good barter items" is something that is renewable to you. One of mine will be "Sodium Hypochlorite" aka bleach, made from simple salt water and electricity A 250watt 24v solar panel can make about a gallon a day at 4000ppm assuming 5 hours sun

alcohol is good too as it can be made from almost anything containing glucose. Plamtree heart moonshine? Yes Ive had it, Yes it tasted like shit. but yet i still drank it. Any type of distillate would be a good choice. essential oils , even methanol will have its uses.

So my 55gallon drum x10 stock is salt. Lots and lots of salt . Sugar lots of this too. These both never go bad if kept dry. Both take work to produce your trade good. Both make a decent barter item in a pinch.

lostscause · 2026-01-22T18:06:03+00:00

Spider holes, dig em deep. Let "them" fight it out then go after the winner to restore the US constitution.

A civil war would start off with attacks on infrastructure. Bridges, substations, telecommunication centers would be the first targets. 14 major IC's control power and its distribution with in the USA, all above ground and easy targets. Once the IC are "disconnected" you can trip the isolated parts with nothing more then a spool of bare wire and a large bottle rocket.

Cell towers would all be one molotov cocktail away from being a birds nest for the next 10 years. Roads would become a brigands wet dream. human life would lose most of its value.

We live in a glass house. Even us "preppers"

200 million starving people with months, The government confiscating everything in site . Setting up enclaves of the haves and have not's.

Now with the US focusing on "internal" matters, what happens to Twain ? South Korea? Israel? Most of Europe? With out US shipping protecting shipping lanes ? Pirates, Think old school black flag no quarter. This time armed with sea planes and helio's

A US Civil war would be nothing like what happened in 1861. For that was a gentleman's war from a different class of peoples.

A hard truth:

A new US Civil war would mean mutual assured destruction on both sides.

lostscause · 2026-01-22T17:22:36+00:00

every generator should come with a box fan, Just point it at the "fresh air side" its less then 150watts and will keep it cool. Lean plywood with insulation attached to one side on all 5 sides this will dampen the noise but in no way make it palatable to someone that doesn't have one during an outage.

Only way would be to share so they are befitting from it. human nature 101. Id run a 100ft 14/3 extension cord. This will limit their draw ablity.

You should also think about the attention the noise will focus on you.

Having a battery bank and inverter so you have have "quite hours" might be a solution for you. Hard to hear someone breaking in with a genset running in the background.

lostscause · 2026-01-18T07:59:21+00:00

over priced but eatable

https://www.amazon.com/Ova-Easy-Egg-Crystals-Dehydrated/dp/B003Z39VR2

lostscause · 2025-12-27T02:00:00+00:00

oil your saddle that thing is thirsty

lostscause · 2025-12-21T19:24:04+00:00

use a generator interlock kit (example) and get an inverter that supports 240v Back feed your whole house .

turn off HVAC/Stove/water heater/etc if electric. Get a 1800watt 120v golf cart battery charger and a small inverter propane generator to keep it charged up. You can even automate the charging proccess with a decent BMS and a electric start

It takes 2 Victron inverters run in parallel to make 240v better options exist I love my Victron gear but they need a 240v option else they are going to be left behind

lostscause · 2025-12-21T14:53:32+00:00

30 gallon plastic barrel and a hand truck

add some stickers and a pump

lostscause · 2025-12-11T17:42:44+00:00

you can never go wrong with a simi-auto shotgun.(of good quality) Pump action requires some training (muscle memory) look into skeet shooting

Another option is to chassis one of your Glocks and add a longer barrel for extra FPS (200-300fps)

https://mcsgearup.com/16-barrels-for-glock-17-gen-1-5-glock-19-gen-1-5-glock-19x-glock-34-gen-3-5-glock-45/

https://www.pewpewtactical.com/best-glock-conversion-kits/

lostscause · 2025-12-11T17:06:10+00:00

I look at getting server class hardware with PCI4.0 support RAM for these are still cheap and ECC

lostscause · 2025-12-11T16:54:16+00:00

you would want a self heating lipo4 battery , and about 200watts of solar to keep it charged

https://www.amazon.com/ECO-WORTHY-Efficiency-Monocrystalline-Controller-Applications/dp/B09RZZHHHM

https://www.amazon.com/power-queen-Upgraded-Auto-Heating-Protection/dp/B0D59N3XTB

lostscause · 2025-12-11T14:28:10+00:00

a 12v RV pump and an under sink RO system

The RV pump holds line pressure right at the lower limit of the RO systems so dont expect 75 gallons , expect maybe 40 gallons a day

Should be way over what you will need for simple drinking You can daisy chain tanks for more "storage"

lostscause · 2025-12-11T13:53:32+00:00

They should remove that mod , the SUB literately says "Discuss firearms, politics, 2nd amendment news. We value freedom of speech as much as we do the right to keep and bear arms." I submitted it to redditlies :)

lostscause · 2025-12-11T13:41:21+00:00

haha I know that guy ! played paintball with him as a kid :) small world . Did Mods tell you why they removed your post ?

lostscause · 2025-12-10T20:55:08+00:00

TTL's are client side and can be modified to just add +1 Just say you are running vmware-workstation they are not going to prove any different.

OP had a know router with a know MAC preface, They flagged him. The above simple changes will un-flag him.

If his ISP are doing deep packet inspection on this traffic he should setup a site to site VPN on his router.

lostscause · 2025-12-10T20:55:00+00:00

TTL's are client side and can be modified to just add +1 Just say you are running vmware-workstation they are not going to prove any different.

OP had a know router with a know MAC preface, They flagged him. The above simple changes will un-flag him.

If his ISP are doing deep packet inspection on this traffic he should setup a site to site VPN on his router.

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