Tech | May 25, 2008 | 6 comments

The new survivalists: preparing for global collapse

source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080524/D90S5MLG0.html

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Convinced the planet's oil supply is dwindling and the world's economies are heading for a crash, some people around the country are moving onto homesteads, learning to live off their land, conserving fuel and, in some cases, stocking up on guns they expect to use to defend themselves and their supplies from desperate crowds of people who didn't prepare.

The exact number of people taking such steps is impossible to determine, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the movement has been gaining momentum in the last few years...
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6 comments // The new survivalists: preparing for global collapse

  • Dmitri_Molotov
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      Dmitri_Molotov  

    • A little bit of survivalism could be a good idea, as these folks have a point and sh*t happens. You just probably don't need to build a 100,000 sq foot bunker stocked with food and ammunition for two years.

    • 4 years ago
  • 1percent
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      1percent  
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    • Check this link out.

      This may have you seeing things from the "crazies" point of view...

      The total world food storage sits at 60 days, there's enough food harvested for 60 days, after that it's starvation....

      Good luck everyone!

    • 4 years ago
  • hawaii_guy_1010
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      hawaii_guy_1010  

    • This trend may be starting slowly, amongst many, in small ways. From MSNBC:

      "As food prices rise, more people grow their own-
      Seed and gardening companies see an upsurge in interest..."

      NEW YORK - High prices at the pump and the produce aisle have sent home gardeners into their yards with a mission: Grow-it-yourself dining. Sales of vegetable seeds, tomato transplants and fruit trees are soaring as enterprising planters grow their own food.

      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24729307/

    • 4 years ago
  • meligrosa
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      meligrosa  

    • well sounds like people could use going back to ways most of us (as humans) were in the 1900s.
      Could have been my beauty/cosmetic history reads, but women (and men) only washed their hair once a week. Well perhaps routines have changed, but is it really necessary to buy everything in the 'super' giant bottles. I would think only sunscreen. Wear a ton, people.
      - k, a bit off the subject, but quite related. yeah?

    • 4 years ago
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