Mission accomplished.

Animal waste can be used to generate power also. I would like to have a brewery/distillery. Can't some of those by products also be utilized for some form of power generation?

Waste/pollution management?

In case of crash landing Dagny Taggarts!

My favorite Thomas Jefferson quote.

Internal or external?

"suitable quantity of ammunition per occupant".... I'm' more icky'd out by that than the gun distributing... although I think all of it should be determined privately. If someone doesn't have one, but wants one and will learn then it's up to whoever wants to trade and teach for a value for value exchange of goods and/or services.

There are piracy issues as well. A pirate will chase a big enough plum if its out there. The Gulch is a HUGE plum.

Re government intervention - diplomatic relations? Then there's the Kingdom of Hawai'i conundrum - you have a powerful base of operations, logistically sweet. The government of Moochistan has a navy, and a big, bad-a$$ed one at that. They visit our government (whatever that is) and have the carrot, and the stick. Enter into relations with us, or we blockade you or bomb your island into a desert. Attack us? Go ahead, we'll go out of range, launch cruise missiles... and take what we want.

Remember - the Japanese empire held a *lot* of island real estate, and fought for it ferociously, and a major world power came in, took them one by one and made them theirs.

SO thinking of this - is an island really, from a security standpoint, a viable option? Just musing here...

That is a reasonable precaution. When I was in high school, my boss was a real estate broker. He came up with the idea to send mass mailers saying "This house just listed or sold in your neighborhood". This was before personal computers. My job was to implement it, so you have me to blame for those annoying postcards.

Thx for the heads-up.

Understood, RMP and Khalling. Skill sets will come later.

IS this more of a science/technological issue, much as power generation or infrastructure assurance? Possibly a Gulch Department of Public Works (John Galt, Chief handyman).

lol

Re my answer to the privacy question above. If an island, have the Gulch Navy --grins-- provide transportation to individuals that would meet them at a specified time/place. Supplies, again, the freight forwarder to our pier in whatever city (or town) for pick up by Gulch Naval Personnel.

I agree. I was thinking that we should make a list of our own skills set, not for posting here, but as a reminder of what we know but maybe don't even think about.

Example: Grandma taught you how to knit but you haven't even thought about it in 30 years. You know how to knit.

Does that make sense?

Would it be possible to set up a separate shipping concern that would act as they freight handler and forwarder? Should that be a concern that is centered in the gulch, with a front address on the outside?

J its exposed here and gulchers are not likely to post skillsrts they have unless they 're already publically known. Just so you are aware. They may share it privately. As well you are now an easy mark for real estate scammers. Sorry, work for a lawyer. Its our job to see potential problems.

To add to this idea, unless you have a strictly specified arms list to expect any central source (I *hate* the idea of the *government* supplying such items - rubs the wrong way, sorry!) you are going to have both a logistical nightmare and interchangeability issues.

My example - I shoot a 308. I'm *damned* good at it, actually. I also shoot a 45 ACP. In fact - those are my preferred calibers, on various and sundry platforms, for small arms fire. HOWEVER, I am cognizant that some people, for whatever reason, cannot handle various factors of either platform, usually around recoil issues, weight, etc. I have shot various of the 5.56 AR platform; while they are a easy shooting arm, I dislike them both on size and distance issues.

This poses a conundrum, but there are answers to them; my first thought is that in addition to the platform the occupant supplies, they also must supply a sufficient quantity of ammunition *and* the component parts to reload up to whatever amount seems prudent. This takes into account annual (or semi-annual) qualification rounds, etc.

I'm not against having a gulch-standard caliber/platform, but in so doing, one needs to figure out (a) what the actual potential threat is, (b) What other firearm uses will there be, (c) what the terrain, locale, and surroundings of the gulch are, and (d) what caliber can people either fire right off, or be acclimated to fire? If the Gulch Armory is empowered to make purchases and perform armorers duties on these arms, and are likewise empowered to maintain a stock of suitable ammunition for said armament, then fine. But if I am accustomed to shooting .45 acp with 185 grain JHP and the "regulation" gulch arm is a 9mm (easier to handle for some, but woefully underpowered in some opinions) I would then be forced to support something I would not use, blowing one of the core premises of the gulch out of the water.

OK, this needs work, but I still feel it is not an insurmountable issue. Once we have answers to a-d above, then we can answer the final question - what would be an ideal caliber package for light / medium weapons? What would be a suitable quantity of ammunition per occupant? and finally, what happens when we have a shrugger who cannot (for whatever reason) use said platform?

I will not be offended.

That was his goal! LOL :)

Return to many of the practices of our parents and grandparents. Compost bio waste that does not feed your energy device. Use the compost for fertilizer for gardens. Refill bottles. Remember the milkman? Septic systems will require a decent size lot for each dwelling. Small family farms, fisherman and local markets. The pioneering ingenuity and spirit! Fair trade! The trader principle! etc.

Okay Okay you've won point earner of the day already! lol :)

Banking principles as defined by G. Edward Griffin in The Creature from Jekyll Island, with straightlinelogic as the first arbiter.

When I give this assignment to my students, typical questions and issues that go into this category are as follows:

1) How do I ensure reproducibility of product or process?

2) Calibration standards such as for purity and weight of coinage

3) Some definition of acceptance criteria, as well as a quality assurance program to ensure that those criteria are being met.

Everyone should be reasonably healthy and, if health problems exist, controllable with minimal effort. Terminal prognoses would be treated in-house with DNR agreements. Voluntary euthanasia would be allowed (although I am opposed to such). All immigrants will be subject to vaccination verification and pre-entry health screening for communicable diseases.