Comments on: 5000 Pounds of Hay http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/ Living a Simple Life and Glorifying God Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kyle http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-219 Kyle Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:11:27 +0000 http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-219 If they won't do hay, they'll do something else with the land. If they leave it fallow for years then landless poor will squat on it, as we see happening in Latin America. Given the choice between annoying 1 voting landlord and 100 voting landless poor, the governments either become dictatorships or else do some land redistribution. The people who've overstocked will correct that problem in just one season with the aid of a rifle. I've seen it happen many times in Australia since we have droughts, so what is a good stock level this year could be overstocking next year. In Australia we eat 103kg of meat per person annually. In the USA it's 125kg (275lbs). Each 1kg of meat requires 2.78kg of grain. So as we lose production because of fossil fuel declines, and more eople have to physically work to get that grain (and hay) production, the price of grain will go up, and that of meat even more. Instead of spending $10 on a tv dinner or $10 on a big steak, we'll spend $10 on some basic grains, vegetables, and a sliver of meat. Also we'll be more often working in the open. This actually won't be bad for our health, you know. Ever seen a fat diabetic Amish farmhand? :) If they won’t do hay, they’ll do something else with the land. If they leave it fallow for years then landless poor will squat on it, as we see happening in Latin America. Given the choice between annoying 1 voting landlord and 100 voting landless poor, the governments either become dictatorships or else do some land redistribution.

The people who’ve overstocked will correct that problem in just one season with the aid of a rifle. I’ve seen it happen many times in Australia since we have droughts, so what is a good stock level this year could be overstocking next year.

In Australia we eat 103kg of meat per person annually. In the USA it’s 125kg (275lbs). Each 1kg of meat requires 2.78kg of grain. So as we lose production because of fossil fuel declines, and more eople have to physically work to get that grain (and hay) production, the price of grain will go up, and that of meat even more. Instead of spending $10 on a tv dinner or $10 on a big steak, we’ll spend $10 on some basic grains, vegetables, and a sliver of meat. Also we’ll be more often working in the open. This actually won’t be bad for our health, you know. Ever seen a fat diabetic Amish farmhand? :)

]]> By: KMH http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-218 KMH Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:38:23 +0000 http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-218 My biggest concern is those who won't do hay without a tractor. Our family has thought about the issue, but I'd venture to say most people we know have never considered this as they stock larger and larger numbers on smaller and smaller pieces of land. Kim My biggest concern is those who won’t do hay without a tractor. Our family has thought about the issue, but I’d venture to say most people we know have never considered this as they stock larger and larger numbers on smaller and smaller pieces of land.

Kim

]]> By: Kyle http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-217 Kyle Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:10:23 +0000 http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-217 The energy has to come from somewhere! If it doesn't come from fossil fuels, it's coming from the sun, the wind, the waves, the earth and our backs... But hey, I had to do it sometimes as a kid, and I grew up fit and strong. I have a couple of friends who've always done sedentary jobs and across winter they're sick one day in three. The energy has to come from somewhere! If it doesn’t come from fossil fuels, it’s coming from the sun, the wind, the waves, the earth and our backs…

But hey, I had to do it sometimes as a kid, and I grew up fit and strong. I have a couple of friends who’ve always done sedentary jobs and across winter they’re sick one day in three.

]]> By: KMH http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-214 KMH Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:32:12 +0000 http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-214 Kyle: That makes sense, but boy will it be a lot more work! Kim Kyle: That makes sense, but boy will it be a lot more work!
Kim

]]> By: Kyle http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-212 Kyle Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:27:48 +0000 http://hedgeshappenings.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/5000-pounds-of-hay/#comment-212 When Hay Bob has no fuel for his tractor, then you'll pay for his hay by helping him cut it by hand. Instead of Hay Bob getting $100 for his hay and spending $50 on tractor and fuel to cut it with, he'll be out there in the fields cutting it with you, give you 2/5, eat $10 worth of food while cutting it, and then sell the other 3/5 of his hay for $50. It'll be just the same, only with more sweat ;) When Hay Bob has no fuel for his tractor, then you’ll pay for his hay by helping him cut it by hand. Instead of Hay Bob getting $100 for his hay and spending $50 on tractor and fuel to cut it with, he’ll be out there in the fields cutting it with you, give you 2/5, eat $10 worth of food while cutting it, and then sell the other 3/5 of his hay for $50.

It’ll be just the same, only with more sweat ;)

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