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Reddit turned me onto this article today. That interested me. I googled and found this page.

I immediately loaded the family in the car and took off for Home Depot to buy some compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). They were cheaper than I expected so I bought enough for the entire house.

So far, very nice. We’ll see what it does to my electric bill.

Next step: Turn thermostat on my electric water heater down to low/120^.

I want to have bigger problems. Specifically, I want to employ others to handle the small stuff. Then I can deal with only the amount of detail I want to. Create layers of survival.

Furthermore, if others’ survival depends on helping me survive, that’s great. That’s part of the employer dynamic.

Someone who’d considered it himself asked me yesterday why I carry a concealed firearm wherever I go.

I’m used to this question from people who haven’t considered it themselves so I never bothered to formulate a cogent answer.

So yesterday I had to take my position apart and analyze it.

I also carry a knife and I’m not a small man so I have other things going for me in a altercation with a criminal or psycho. I also travel with a heavy flashlight or small aluminum bat to hand.

I prepare for various scenarios and degrees of danger, though I don’t pretend I’m prepared for every eventuality.

I want to cover the gamut. Constant awareness, avoidance, calling for help, voice, fist, knee to groin, fingers into eye sockets, bat/club, breaking bones, cutting and, if it comes to it, firearm to counter an unavoidable, comparable threat to my person or my family.

But to synopsize it: I want to be prepared for anything; and I want to be the most dangerous factor in my environment.