A gem for the post-apocalyptic bookshelf. Assuming anyone can still read.
It’s a pot of work but very rewarding.
Here are some pictures of ‘the 5 bucks furnace’ i built:
https://chrisbergeron.com/2008/01/21/metalcasting_furnace/
Phil’s books are great and it would be handy to have them in a post-apocalyptic scenario to bootstrap society.
I assume that to get a bookshelf, you have to build the wood workshop first?
Take New Zealand or Hawai'i and try to bring back an animal that humans caused to go extinct. Like the Haast's eagle.
The eagle only went extinct around 1400, but did so because the Maori hunted the moa to extinction. So bring the eagle back you need to bring the moa back. To bring the moa back you'll need moa habitat, which have been radically changed and are in short supply.
More broadly, it shows a central problem with humans who want X but don't want to dedicate the work or resources for X. Take the current issues in restaurants in America. American consumers want cheap and well prepared food, but aren't willing to pay very much for it. So, and entire industry matured using exploitive employment practices and keeping wages below the cost of living let alone a living wage. The business can't pay enough and make a profit with the price consumers are willing to pay.
So yeah, we want pandas and gorillas and the buffalo to roam, but often aren't willing to pay the bill needed to do so.
Edit: Or he would just hack some bamboo or some thick branches with a stone axe and tie them together using some dried vines to create a pretty good shelf.
https://acoup.blog/2020/09/18/collections-iron-how-did-they-...