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If you pause to think about it is toilet paper actually an essential good? There are other ways…

• cheschire 7y ago
  Two of my siblings were raised in cloth diapers due to our finances in those years. A clean butt isn’t difficult to achieve cheaply. It just requires getting a little more dirty than normal.
  • TeMPOraL 7y ago
    Which only shifts the demand to soap and other cleaning products.
    • im3w1l 7y ago
      Lye and fat and salt makes soap and glycerin. Should lye run out you can make it from hardwood ashes. Should salt run out you can make it by evaporating sea water. Mix glycerin with alcohol to make hand sanitizer.
      • bb123 7y ago
        Have you tried getting hold of isopropyl alcohol (or similar) recently? Impossible :(
        • im3w1l 7y ago
          A pot-still seems like a doable weekend project.
    • cheschire 7y ago
      Soap and detergents are denser and therefore easier and cheaper to transport. So then thanks for the supporting point I guess.