the bankers should be the first to die. i hope, if there is an Armageddon, that i run into Ben Bernanke. i really pray i do. the justice i deal to him would be one for the record books.
Wells require power for the pump. Not many hand-pumped wells around anymore and I wouldn't want to have to go outside to pump water. I just store massive quantities which I use in rotation. I write the purchase date on the box. Water is the most important thing were I live. My shop has a series of stainless-steel storage racks for the purpose. It is really about earthquakes here so cases of large plastic bottles in cardboard boxes might come through a quake ok. Yeah, I drink year-old water. Maybe not the best solution but it is workable.
i have significant water storage in milk gallon jugs. besides, the power to the well can be generated by the 120 amp a day solar panels (4) that I have. not as much power as i want from solar, but i haven't bought more of them yet.
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