Sanctuary part 2

So, the plan is to develop a space that might serve as a refuse, a respite, a safe haven for the long now, say a thousand years.

My motivations include many of the motivations of the folks at thelongnow.org
But there is more; other dimensions.
They are mostly concerned with advocacy and education - in what for me is an entertaining fashion.
Me, I fancy I go beyond that. I would have a place that operates as a sanctuary in times of trouble. Or times when the infrastructure that we now take for granted is no longer available. Infrastructure like the electrical grid that supplies virtually unlimited power (for an individual or family) at insignificant cost, almost anywhere, 24x7xanytime. Or the road/car infrastructure including the gas that powers the whole shebang.

I thought if those things go for the big crapola, and are no longer available, how is one to stay alive. How will you stay warm? What will you eat and drink?
These are the difficult questions, that the Rosseau Project is intended to address. And by the plan, to realize a solution for. A place where you can stay warm, and you can eat and drink, independent of the complex machinery of today's society in full operation.

It matters not much what catalyst might bring about the troubles where the infrastructure things we rely on at all times go bust. It only matters that one recognizes the meaningful probability, as best as it may be estimated, of some form of collapse. Once you are there, then it is only natural I say, that you would want to provide some form of insurance policy, some sort  of safety outlet, where you and yours - through a few generations, might continue.

I occasionally recognize this last angle as a variation on a fairly familiar theme espoused by some crackpots called "survivalists". They tend to have a rather short view of the long term. So that's one distinction anyway. (As Hein says: A cow is not a horse. A horse is not a cow. That's one similarity anyhow.)