Live Free

I've been watching for awhile now, trying to figure out how to live more efficiently and frugally.

Although I didn't think about it, this search could only end when efficiency was maximized, and cost equals zero.

After reading this article, I realized it.  It is fast approaching, and the economic world as we know it will soon be gone. The economic world is still up in a stir, not aware that it's demise is approaching.

A literally free world. Sure, there's some setup cost, but after you get going, there's no stopping it.

Here are some hints at how to live free, forever (most hints are in no particular order):

Get a 3D printer
A good starter one is this one: https://store.makibox.com/
However, you'll want to expand as your saved funds grow. The makibox only prints small objects in plastic, (and molds you can use for metal) however. As your repertoire of 3D printers expands, you'll be able to print more things you need. They can build in everything from glass to food. They can build everything from small household items to cars to sometime soon: houses. One large payment will quite often be cheaper than many small payments. Not to mention if you organize your printer purchases right, you may be able to print of later ones for free.

Here is a good site to get downloads that the 3D printer can build: http://www.thingiverse.com/

In fact, if you're willing to build your 3d printer from parts, after you get your first printer, you can print most of the parts necessary to build a larger printer, eventually getting a much larger printer, capable of handling bigger jobs.

Not to mention the free open source 3d graphics program blender or the free version of Google's sketchup can help you make anything you need and that isn't available for download.

Get Extruders
  Although often cheaper than buying the printed materials (although more expensive in some cases), the cost of printing material quickly racks up. A good plastic filament extruder/grinder is the Filabot as it does many types of plastic. However, if you're willing to grind by hand, and you're just getting started with a makibox and not a more complicated plastic extruder, you can make one from 3d printer parts and a few store bought parts and some elbow grease. Combined with a 3d printer, as a result of this, a visit to the local dump or recycling center can net you many times more home items than many many trips to the store.

Grow food
This may sound obvious but inaccessible but hold on... farming has been around forever, but the techniques are still advancing. Recently, a new milestone was broken when over a million pounds of organic food was grown on only 3 acres of land (that's more than has been grown nonorganic!) Not to mention there are tools to compost your food at home to grow those plants. In fact, even if you're stuck in a small apartment is no longer an excuse, as a creative technique allows you to grow over 100 pounds of potatoes in only 4 square feet. (That'll fit on your apartment complex porch!)

Free Energy
Solar power, wind power, hydro energy, and more can make your home not only cheaper to run; it will make it even profitable, and green. Further, you can build easily repairable rechargeable battery packs from collections of smaller batteries.

Metal Smelter
Some items aren't able to be 3d printed (yet) so a good "old-fashioned" smelter is still useful. 

Chemistry
This part requires you to be careful, but day-to-day functions will often require various chemicals. Many of these can be made at home following simple directions you can find online (hint, wikipedia is your friend) if you have a basic chemistry set. (which doesn't even need to be bought if you've already gotten a glass 3d printer). You may even be able to make your own batteries in a pinch. Further, using chemistry, you can create your own medicines that otherwise would be much more expensive (again, wikipedia is your friend, as is patent searches. Many medicines that have had their patents expire can have their patents looked at and be legally made... and sold.) 

Home
So, you may be thinking this is all fine and dandy, but living will still require a house and that means payments and taxes and... well, you're not completely right. If you live in a houseboat and anchor in international waters (20 miles from shore), that isn't an issue. Add on a barge-like structure to grow your food on, put your power generation on, etc. and use your solar power for an electric outboard motor and be willing to take the time to move around, and you can literally live fine. You may need to pull in to dock on occasion for repairs, but if you build your houseboat yourself you'll know it well enough to be able to do all the expensive stuff yourself. And if you build an extra couple boats for the express purpose of being able to hoist up other houseboats (including eachother), then you've got everything covered. Plus, you can easily go fishing.


So power, food, medicine, home, and pretty much everything else.