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There are really several levels of concern as far as I can tell. 1. Temporary disruptions (short term) 2. Temporary disruptions (drawn out) 3. The World Has

There are really several levels of concern as far as I can tell. 1. Temporary disruptions (short term) 2. Temporary disruptions (drawn out) 3. The World Has Changed 1 is really about everyone hoarding TP, "the wheat runs out" between $whenever and the next harvest, etc. It's annoying, but nobody really dies. Just a lot of discomfort. 2 is more when you have to do a cold start of a national grid after a REAL blackout. No electricity for weeks or months. Maybe some deaths, but in the end society basically stays running even though a big thing happens. 3 is a nuclear war, an air-transmissible disease with a 30% fatality rate, etc. The event will eventually end but the world has definitely changed. Lots of people are prepared for 1, and "the preppers" that folks like to make fun of are in pretty good shape for 2. Almost nobody is prepared for 3 and to try and be prepared for it in a way other than building a self-sustaining community seems like a fool's errand.

the_lonely_road 4y ago
The history of man is famines. Mass starvation deaths. We live in an era of unprecedented abundance. For now. The next famine will happen and like every long delayed event will be much worse than the last one thanks to collective loss of planning for now to weather it during the long summer of plenty. The alternative is famine has been solved forever…this seems very unlikely.
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- orangepurple 4y ago
  Considering the that the average weight loss of a morbidly obese person that stops eating any food for months is 0.7 pounds per day, I'm sure many Americans can survive months without calories.
atoav 4y ago
Ad 3: knowing your neighbours and having a good judgement of their special skills and knowledge (and being on good terms with them) is not an fools errand, but something that might help you with all 3 points and maybe even in your daily life.
- AstralStorm 4y ago
  There's a good chance than almost nobody in the city knows how to farm in scale.

the_lonely_road 4y ago

The history of man is famines. Mass starvation deaths. We live in an era of unprecedented abundance. For now. The next famine will happen and like every long delayed event will be much worse than the last one thanks to collective loss of planning for now to weather it during the long summer of plenty. The alternative is famine has been solved forever…this seems very unlikely.

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orangepurple 4y ago
Considering the that the average weight loss of a morbidly obese person that stops eating any food for months is 0.7 pounds per day, I'm sure many Americans can survive months without calories.

atoav 4y ago

Ad 3: knowing your neighbours and having a good judgement of their special skills and knowledge (and being on good terms with them) is not an fools errand, but something that might help you with all 3 points and maybe even in your daily life.

AstralStorm 4y ago
There's a good chance than almost nobody in the city knows how to farm in scale.