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Hi fingle, welcome to the forum! Renewable energy is so important, isn't it - there should be quite a bit to get you started on the forum. Fat as a replacement for diesel is very interesting too, isn't it - let us know what you find in your research.

Hello nzbred, welcome to the forum! You're dead right, prepping is a way to add to your family's safety and wellbeing, in a lot of ways, especially with small children. Lots of parents on here, with offspring of various ages and needs.

I need to prep for infectious diseases every winter - I'm very prone to viruses, I get a couple of low grade ones every year, that lay me low for up to six months :( I've bought more surgical level stuff, but thats all - a lot of my preps are about making sure I don't need to go shopping during flu ...

Just found an interesting article in The Guardian about avoiding infection. They're not usually a paper that prides itself on towing the government line, so its all the more interesting: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o ... hing-ebola
especially about sweat and saliva.

Hello Maximus, welcome to the forum! And congratulations on the impending arrival, lovely news! Its natural that you want them to be as safe and as well as possible, and prepping is exactly that - even to the extent of having enough water to give your toddler if there were a burst water main, someth...

Hi Blue, welcome back storage is so important, isn't it, storage and knowing whats *in* storage

You know the drill, as a former member, check out the bits of the forum you're interested in, pitch in. Look forward to hearing from you.

Decaff said:Just a point here that nicotine is extremely dangerous, the amount in one cigarette, in liquid form, will kill you so please be careful with this! Not suggesting that anyone would do something to endanger their life but not everyone knows this fact." ** I'm confused. This is a thre...

I've known of several long-time preppers who've moved countries, and they always talk about *decreasing* preps, because of transport costs, exactly as you say about a small kit with you. Good luck! Prepping is also - primarily, maybe - about learning skills to become more self reliant, and you can d...

Hello Sandia

Its a really individual decision, if it ever happens - there ae a lot of threads on the forum now about ebola, have a read through - maybe make a draft of what would you do if *this* happens, or *that* happens, and post it up for discussion?

Hi there Interesting reasons to collect rainwater! First off, how come you use so much? Treatment of anything - to drink, to eat, to fuel - takes energy and effort, so cutting down your use is actually the first thing (sorry! I realise you may not have wanted to hear that!). People certainly water t...