The Victorian government will seek to tackle dodgy rental properties and excessive rent hikes as new legislation is announced. Victoria’s government is set to introduce new rental legislation to crack…

After two years, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump has concluded, leaving taxpayers scratching their heads. And left picking up the tab, to the tune of over $50…

The official cash rate has been cut by 50 points, providing homeowners with some relief, and retailers with some hope.New Zealand’s Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate (OCR) by 50 basis points…

There may be good arguments against Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense, but his alleged 2017 sexual assault is not one of them. One investigative document released by the Monterey City…

Anywhere between 11 and 20 million illegal immigrants have entered the United States over the last four years. Whatever the actual number, this was not the result of some organic movement or invisible…

Casualties in the Ukraine war now exceed 500,000, with recent escalation threatening a much wider conflict. But assuming this war does not spin out of control in the next several weeks, incoming…

The Best Practice Industry Conditions (BPIC) is a major focus of the march, which the LNP government has suspended amid concerns it is a drag on efficiency.Thousands of construction workers marched through…

“The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection.” – John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859) The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

This weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Suspected killer who went on NYC stabbing spree confessed he picked victims because they were ‘alone,’ ‘distracted’: sources.  JWR’s Comment:  Nothing has done more to reduce the situational awareness of the American citizenry than the advent of “smart” phones. Particularly in the cities, you need to keep your head on the swivel. … The post SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

(Continued from Part 1.) Question: How is my system size being determined? Question: How many hours per day of power production will I have? Here is where a little ‘art’ comes into all this ‘science’. Panels come in a few different sizes, usually around 325 to 425 Watts. The most common seems to be 400 Watts of generation. What they try to do is balance your usage with the size of panels. In the above case, it would take about 50 panels @ 400 watts per panel to equal the 19kW system (actually 20, but that is where the ‘art’ … The post Photovoltaic Power and Prepping – Part 2, by B.S.V. appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.