Patrick Freeburger

In Taleb Nassim's book 'Skin in the Game' he discusses how an 'intransigent minority' can  change the world.  He says the it only takes 3.5% of the population to change the entire society (not >51%), but you need to behave like someone who is Kosher, Halal or a strict vegetarian.   Not only do they only buy food that meets their religious requirements at home, they don't cheat when they go to a restaurant or go to a friend's house for dinner.  If you invited a Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu person over to your house it is assumed you would cook a meal that would meet their preferences and by default EVERYONE in your house would be eating that meal that night (you might even like it and have it again).  This 'intransigence' gives them a much bigger effect than they otherwise would.  I'm not sayings it' easy, but 3.5% seems a lot more doable than trying to get everyone to care about the environment.

PS -  A podcast with Mr. Nassim about using this idea to eliminate pollution would be awesome.

Got this email on an old post.  i had an electric golf cart for years (probably from reading this post) - remember that you need to check and refill the water levels in the batteries ~1x/month - giving yourself another farm chore.  (the is probably more true in hot climates vs cold climates.).  The batteries last 3-5 years and me cost $800 or $1000(?) to replace -  make sure you would be using it enough to replace a $1000 of gasoline over that time.  When the batteries died I got rid of it.  For me now, if I want to scoot around and check thinks out I use an off-road electric bike - the lithium batteries are maintenance free and I can use it to get into town.  I should look into a bike trailer, but for now use my pick up if I'm hauling tools, chainsaws, wood etc.  Good luck.

Not sure if it helps you, but I wanted to share.  I have one of these in our weird vaulted ceilings that connects to a loft.  It quietly pulls the hot air out of the loft and back into the main room.
https://tube-works.com/

I wanted to let all the Permies know I am doing a 20% off Black Friday / Cyber Monday deal
Click here if you are interest in the Hori Hori.
Or if you wanted to check out some of our other products  go to our Amazon Store.

Enter code: 56U58W9U at checkout for 20% off.  The code is good from 11/25 to 11/30.

Thanks again, fellow Permies.

Regards,
Patrick

Lisa Petrillo wrote:I have one if your hori hori knives and I love it! It's like having a tool chest on my hip. I get lots of questions when people see it, and I  tell them to go to your site and get their own!

Lisa,
I love that. Thank you so much!
Patrick

Cris Fellows wrote:Hi Patrick!  Question, do your hori horis have GPS for when I lose yet another?  🙃

Cris,  How about a Hori Hori w\ built in Air Tag?  Interesting product idea.  We need to brainstorm on that :-)

Jenny Wright wrote:Hello and welcome!

I went this summer without a hori hori knife after mine snapped off at the handle last year. I'll have to look into yours at a possible replacement.

Jenny, We have 5 year warranty, but honestly we don't check.  As long as it is ours we will replace it.  We just that people take care of the wood handle with a little oil once a year and don't leave it out all winter.  

Mary-Ellen Zands,
The headlamps are 160 lumens.  
You can buy them on Amazon or on our website:  website

I use them around my property all the time.  They are a wide angle light great for working on what is in front of you - changing a flat, checking on the chickens, walking, etc. (what you need 99% of the time)  They are not a spotlight to see if there is a predator on the far side of the homestead.  For that I have a giant spotlight flashlight just for that purpose.

PS - A bonus to owning my own business is I get to pose in my own photos and can legitimately claim - "I do a little male modelling".  :-)

Patrick

Thank you, everyone, for the kind words.  I have been a big fan of Permies for years.  I appreciate all of the hard work Paul and you fellow Plotsters are doing to try and make the world a better place.  I look forward to seeing who wins.  I will follow with a coupon code for everyone else.

Regards,
Patrick

I would be willing to donate Truly Garden garden tools to the participants if that is helpful (and maybe get in some background shots).  Let me know.

Thanks,
Patrick