You can’t rely 100% on heating equipment

Without fire, humanity would not be where it is today.

  • Without fire we never would have built cities, made tools, developed medicine, or cultivated crops.

The power of fire, and how we manipulate it, is the keystone for modern society. Fire can be a destructive force, which is why modern technology has focused on producing heat without using fire. Personally I feel that everyone should know how to make fire, just in case modern technology fails us. I don’t want to sound paranoid, because I rely on modern technology every day of my life, but I also want to know how to provide my own heating if I need to! I grew up in a very small town, so things like emergency 24 hour heater repairs were not available to us. We were on our own through the winter, and if the furnace broke then we had to set something on fire so that the subzero temps didn’t eat us alive. This actually happened a few times, to the point that my mother learned how to fix a furnace in the pitch black of the basement. My advice to you is no matter where you live, make sure you aren’t 100% reliant on heating equipment. Can you provide heating to your family without electricity? If not, you need to take a long look in the mirror. Relying on HVAC for temp control is something we all do, but you can’t trust it. Trust yourself, and make sure you know how to use a fireplace, or make a bonfire, if push comes to shove.

 

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