I see an economic diasater coming...

[the_big_m_in_ok]

I have lived in a tent on my own land for three months and found the experience to be a good one.If you can stay in your sleeping bag you have it made in the winter.

That can be iffy.  California and the Sierra Nevada are getting plastered by many, many! feet of snow in the higher elevations.  I spent a winter in Maine while serving in the Air Force.  BUT, I'm just enough Scandinavian to tolerate more cold than the average person.  DNA can help.  I have first-hand experience.

I was in graduate school at the time and to get out of bed to go to class(1979-80).While I would not repeat that experience again.

I was on the streets of Okla. City for almost 1 1/2 yrs.  I know what "roughing it" is like.  First-hand experience.

I might go for a large military tent like they had on the tv series MASH now that I'm retired.  ...  Tent keeping was usually a breeze.triffid...

We had 6-man wall tents in the Boy Scouts.  They were probably war (Gov't) surplus

...I cooked a lot of meals on an open fire by supporting an iron skillet on two bricks.And feeding the fire twigs and other pieces of wood. ...

Fortunately, I had an small income, but I couldn't cook outside without being seen.  You were lucky to be on your own land.

--Lee

[the_big_m_in_ok]

I have solar panels now so I would generate some electricity for lights,radio,tv and computer.triffid

RIIIIIGHT!
While living in my hut on the vacant lot, I tried to power a small inverter from Radio Shack with about 6 of the larger dashboard solar panels to trickle charge your battery in the winter.  I had to buy extra parts to couple the panels to the inverter, since they were powered from different types of car outlet receptacles.  Actually, I needed about 30 of the panels in parallel to keep the motorcycle battery charged up enough to be useful.

--Lee

[the_big_m_in_ok]

I like buying a one way ticket to mars best.The cattle method would not be healthy for me.I do think I will end up in St.Louis,Mo.in a couple of months to began a new adventure in my life.I do have raw property in Utah to set up my tent on but last I heard it was covered by 6 inches of snow.But St.Louis beckons to me now.Triffid

Okay, I see.  I had pioneer ancestors and distant relatives in that part of MO about 175 yrs. ago.  My Dad's father was born in Linn, MO.

I notice the MO State lawmakers had forbidden clear cutting of the native forests in MO.  At least it was like that 40 years ago.

(The UT mountains of the high country have a lot more than 6".  Avalanches can be more than merely a *minor problem* when that happens.)

--Lee

[triffid]

I put two large solar panels together to charge up a car battery(keep it topped off).Each put out about 18 volts for a total of 80 watts.80 watts per hour of sunlight.So if I used it once a week ora little  more the system provided enough power.I used only 12 volt tv,radio and lights.An invertor wastes power.So I kept it real simple.keep all wires less than 20 feet long or DC losses kick in. I placed the two solar panels in my living room windows.I maintained that system for 8 years.triffid

[triffid]

I hate to be all gloom and doom.Here was a refreshing story on Gma this morning.                                                http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ConsumerNews/savings-makeover-york-family-nets-58288/story?id=12452935

they were able to save this family $58,000 a year.