Did you ever see this....

Its part of my fixation with third world tech thats been stepped up and made sexy... and the rocked stove meets that criteria... or at least this one does.. I've seen a few made out of mud and tin cans.. they work fine... but this one is pretty AND works fine.. it burns twigs.. brush, sticks, dry grass...one is a dual fuel charcoal model...which is way cool..  so Im thinking...

I want one....

I've done this a time or two....it works and lots of people in the world are doing it now my bread cooker is cast rather than sheet iron, but its the same idea...kinda, sometimes I use a grate..

Phase two is retained heat cooking.... bring the pot to a boil on the stove first thing in the morning... then put it in a hay box to keep cooking... or one of these sexy shiny things... which is basically a giant thermos..they're great for beans, stews, congee, chicken stew kinda things... currys, rice... think of it like a non-electric crock pot...

I have used straw boxes, wrapped the dinner crock pot in a sleeping bag and done lots of things with a regular thermos....... but given a choice....I want the pretty one for my day to day life...its sexy and wont scare people..

Now theres the solar cooker, slash hay box issue... this one is a home built that I thought was great.. its prolly the color..and that it can be stuffed with insulation to keep cooking regardless of sun.. or how the pot got hot in the first place... see rocket stove again...

I have one of the cute units shown below... its straight solar...but gets up around 350 degrees on a so-so day...they cost between $250 an $300 but they are top O" the line..

There are others but they boast any sale they make in the US subsidizes third world sales.. getting gouged to subsidize anything pisses me off.. especially racist social engineering... and "white liberal" guilt..

Any way.... you get the idea... "off the grid" doesnt have to mean digging for roots with a stick.. it can be pretty plush what with solar water heaters, pasturization, solar panels and wind turbines.

Homes don't have to be 2,000 square feet or even have brick, stone or wooden walls...I like rammed earth and adobe..its been around for a few thousand years..and works ya know?

I really like tents... medieval and pimped out, which is handy since I spent a lot of years working renn faires... What makes it different than sheltering in Hati is attitude and what you know..

I like this stuff...its my normal..