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And the preppers are doing it wrong. They're storing bulk goods (and not enough of them) rather than the means of producing food. Say I need 80 million calories
by airhead969 6y ago
And the preppers are doing it wrong. They're storing bulk goods (and not enough of them) rather than the means of producing food. Say I need 80 million calories for the rest of my life, comprising macros and micros, how am I going to store anything to last 50 years or more? Two adults would need half a million pounds of corn. Are they going to hide that under their mattress? What would any kids be born eat?
It's totally fatalistic, irrational nonsense.
- wrycoder 6y agoWell, real peppers do both. But, if you’re not in a rural situation, you’re basically screwed. Either there’s no space for your crops, and/or you won’t be able to defend them.
- airhead969 6y agoI like red bell peppers because they're smarter than the green ones. ;) It's completely untenable without a massive, underground vertical farm, a water source, and an energy source. No one but billionaires could afford that. You'd need an armed commune to defend a massive greenhouse area. It's the only way a self-sufficient group could survive in isolation.
- SllX 6y agoI think some form of feudalism would likely end up re-emerging, and feudalism can scale just fine so long as you expect most people on an estate to take a massive quality of life hit.
- airhead969 6y agoYeap. It doesn't sound pleasant. I'll take "fixing man-made issues so they're not so horrible" for $300, Alex.