{"id":37412,"date":"2020-12-02T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37412"},"modified":"2020-11-24T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T21:09:00","slug":"whats-in-my-bag-george-mokray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-bag-george-mokray\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in my bag? \u2014 George Mokray"},"content":{"rendered":"

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George Mokray<\/strong>\u00a0is a lifelong independent scholar. For over a decade, he\u2019s published a free weekly listing of\u00a0Energy (and Other) Events<\/a>\u00a0around Cambridge, MA which covered what was happening in the community and among the local colleges and universities. He maintains other free listservs:\u00a0City Agriculture<\/a>,\u00a0Zero Net Energy Buildings<\/a>, and\u00a0Geometry Links<\/a>\u00a0(on geometric math, science, technology, and art).<\/p>\n

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About the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

I bought this second-hand backpack<\/strong> at a Goodwill or Salvation Army store in Providence, RI over a decade ago. It might have cost $10. The zipper sometimes comes undone but I use a half inch staple around the zipper at the top of the bag to keep it from completely popping open. So far, it works for me.<\/p>\n

What’s inside the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve carried a solar bike light<\/strong> on my backpack for about 20 years now. This one is the second of this model I\u2019ve used. It cost about $10 online three or four years ago. It has a power out so it can be used with other devices and is the core of my idea that Solar IS Civil Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I used recycled mesh bags<\/strong> instead of plastic bags at the grocery store or the farmers\u2019 market. Currently, I find the 5 pounds of grapefruit bags from Trader Joe\u2019s to be very good.<\/p>\n

The case for my eating utensils originally included wooden utensils but I lost them and replaced them with fork, spoon, and chopsticks from my kitchen drawer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I bought this plastic folding cup<\/strong> from an Army\/Navy store long ago. When I break it out, people say, \u201cOh, I remember them from my Scouting days! Didn\u2019t know they still made them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tape measure<\/strong> was a gift from the street, I bought the monocular<\/strong> for a buck or two long, long ago, and the magnifying glass<\/strong> is a useful trinket from some convention or exhibit somewhere.<\/p>\n

Currently, I am looking at why the US American civil rights movement never studies Gandhian or nonviolent economics and never incorporated swadeshi, local production, \u201cthe soul of satyagraha,\u201d into their movements and I am searching for economists who are studying what happens when the cost of fuel goes away in a 100% renewably powered economy. Any leads will be much appreciated. \u2014 George<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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