# Living off the land - rural only

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/living-off-the-land-rural-only/26691>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [July 17, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/living-off-the-land-rural-only/26691 "2021-07-17T12:33:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NetSysFire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@NetSysFire](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NetSysFire)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/living-off-the-land-rural-only/26691/41 "2022-01-01T12:02:31Z")

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I just found out about bark bread:

> **[Bark bread](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark_bread)**
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> Bark bread is a traditional food made with cambium (phloem) flour.
> Bark bread seems to be a primarily Scandinavian tradition. Mention of it is found in medieval literature and may have an even older tradition among the Sami people with the oldest findings of bark harvests being around 3000 years old.
> During the 18th and early 19th century Northern Europe experienced several very bad years of crop failure, particularly during the Little Ice Age of the mid-18th century. The grain harvest was badl...

Seems interesting and might be worth implementing.

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**Author:** ![spicyshadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@spicyshadow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/spicyshadow)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/living-off-the-land-rural-only/26691/42 "2022-01-02T13:47:28Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KMzqtgrAE7c/maxresdefault.jpg "Turning Plastic Into Fuel Like Petrol - Experiment") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMzqtgrAE7c)

> **[Common ethanol fuel mixtures | E10 or less](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ethanol_fuel_mixtures#E10_or_less)**
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> E10, a fuel mixture of 10% anhydrous ethanol and 90% gasoline sometimes called gasohol, can be used in the internal combustion engines of most modern automobiles and light-duty vehicles without need for any modification on the engine or fuel system. E10 blends are typically rated as being 2 to 3 octane numbers higher than regular gasoline and are approved for use in all new U.S. automobiles, and mandated in some areas for emissions and other reasons. The E10 blend and lower ethanol content mix Ot...

You can simply make gasoline with some machine you made from scrap and plastic trash you found in the bush. And than stretch that gasoline with some of the moonshine you brewed up. Or you could just skip the gasoline all together and go with a pure alcohol feul (just gotta find the right engine),

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**Author:** ![Tamior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tamior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tamior)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/living-off-the-land-rural-only/26691/43 "2022-01-02T21:07:34Z")

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I mean, in C:DDA any diesel engine can just straight up run on lamp oil.  
And [lamp oil](https://nornagon.github.io/cdda-guide/#/item/lamp_oil) can be made from practically any fat.

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