3 ms·

I hear people say they're ready to survive off the land in a remote location, and I wonder why they don't just move there now & start doing it.

• wild_preference 8y ago
  Because they prefer where they live now.
• 3chelon 8y ago
  What's more, how are they going to make it out of the city on clogged highways? Especially when the ICBMs are already airborne? I live in the country already. We have chickens, and a well. We won't get murdered in the urban panic. We will probably last a few months... and then die of disease or starvation like the rest.
  • briffle 8y ago
    I used to live in the country, and had to re-assess my assumptions when we had a several day power outage due to a blizzard. We had propane at the old farmhouse, but with no power to run the furnace/blower, I could only run the range (and a small portable propane heater with some spare tanks). There was no power for the well either. After that, every time the power would go out, Wife or I would immediately fill up the bathtub with all the water that was in the pressure tanks. We looked into solar, but the power spikes needed to start a well pump (or furnace fan) can be pretty high, and need quite a bit of amperage to get going.
    • 3chelon 8y ago
      Yes, electricity is a massive problem. You need solar or a wind turbine, and a lot of car batteries too.