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Glad you did all of that. I was going to do something similar and point out that you'd need a building roof that covered much of an acre. It is feasible to cover an acre of ground with "rain collection" technology, but prohibitive in a practical and economic sense.
Our eldest son [mid-20s] is in Kansas and wants to move to Arizona. He thinks he can do rain-water collection from the roof of a single-wide trailer. Apparently he has seen blogs about people building greenhouses over the top of in-ground pools. Then able to grow food.
I have had a similar discussion with him. [ie, ratio of square-footage of roof to how much water you need] But there are blogs, so that proves it is all possible.
... I look to be where there are no people AND climate suits me. Cold just doesn't do it for me, people like Submariner have tried hard to point out the good things about Maine and they sometimes use words like a "banana belt" but banana or not, it is freeze your *** cold there for the majority of the year. Same goes for WY, MT, ID etc. Beautiful places, been there in the summer and loved it but always had enough sense to think before I just ran to move to a state like that.
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I have never advocated anyone go to Arctic Tundra.
Freeze the majority of the year?
You mention me, and then you go off into some fantasy. That is rude.
Our eldest son [mid-20s] is in Kansas and wants to move to Arizona. He thinks he can do rain-water collection from the roof of a single-wide trailer. Apparently he has seen blogs about people building greenhouses over the top of in-ground pools. Then able to grow food.
I have had a similar discussion with him. [ie, ratio of square-footage of roof to how much water you need] But there are blogs, so that proves it is all possible.
There are some amazing things done with permaculture, Swales, hougleculture (sp?) etc...
People actually ARE greening the desert...
I'll pass though, thanks.
Picked up the parts to assemble a RAM pump today to get the water up the hill without electricity.
You've obviously never been to East Texas... The state has everything, lush forests, rivers, ocean, desert, hills, mountains, plains
I spent 3 months in San Antonio, I have driven the length of I-10 and the length of I-20 [East Coast to West Coast].
I have never lived in East Texas.
I can attest that Texas has rivers, deserts, hills and plains.
As to forests, ocean, or mountains, I have never observed such, or seen such on a map. Texas does border the Gulf of Mexico, a sea, but no ocean.
Mountains? that is like Mainers whining that Maine has mountains. Do I need to carry an O2 bottle with me to climb it? No. Spare me about your anthills. I have climbed mountains. What mountain does Texas have? Name one I dare you.
Lush forests? Again where?
Tell us where Texas has a lush forest or a mountain.
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I spent 3 months in San Antonio, I have driven the length of I-10 and the length of I-20 [East Coast to West Coast].
I have never lived in East Texas.
I can attest that Texas has rivers, deserts, hills and plains.
As to forests, ocean, or mountains, I have never observed such, or seen such on a map. Texas does border the Gulf of Mexico, a sea, but no ocean.
Mountains? that is like Mainers whining that Maine has mountains. Do I need to carry an O2 bottle with me to climb it? No. Spare me about your anthills. I have climbed mountains. What mountain does Texas have? Name one I dare you.
Lush forests? Again where?
Tell us where Texas has a lush forest or a mountain.
Compared to the Rockies the mountains in Texas are not that tall but they do come in over 8,000 feet in elevation so yes, Texas has mountains, someone above already posted a link for you to peruse.
It is OK to be ignorant about something, that's why these forums exist, to get educated
... Gulf of Mexico is an OCEAN basin and is connected to the Atlantic via the Florida straits.
All seas connect to an ocean. Being connected to an ocean does not make it an ocean.
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... Compared to the Rockies the mountains in Texas are not that tall but they do come in over 8,000 feet in elevation so yes, Texas has mountains, someone above already posted a link for you to peruse.
It is OK to be ignorant about something, that's why these forums exist, to get educated
So you define 8,000ft as a mountain?
Give me a break.
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