> Under what situation could that possibly be useful where all society hasn't collapsed? In a natural disaster type situation it could easily be the difference

> Under what situation could that possibly be useful where all society hasn't collapsed? In a natural disaster type situation it could easily be the difference between being able to get what you need stay put the whole time or running out of some supply you didn't think you'd need and having to evacuate half way through the follow-on mess and losing quite a bit to looters and/or the environment. The other person who replied mentioned more mundane stuff.