cool idea, been reading with interest. Self reliance is quite interesting: Have you heard of the open ecology project ? Looks right up your alley! it is basically open sourcing a whole bunch of machines to establish civilization, a lot of agricultural ones, and the idea is to be able to bootstrap your whole economy with it. Making your own production tools like machine shop tools instead of buying them you make your own, all the way up and down the value chain. Fascinating stuff.