Bugout/Disaster Prep. Thread

[15Michaeljoseph]

Bugout/Disaster Prep. Thread

probably a yorkie. or a maltese.


--Mike

[anabolice30]

If you had to get a dog to be your only companion in a madmax situation what would it be? Id get a german shepherd

[jalopi]

Not really - the big issue with population decline in developed countries right now is the elderly - as I'm sure you know it costs a fuck ton of money to keep old people alive. When you've got more old people dependent on socialized medical care (in their defense, I'm sure these people didn't expect to live past 70-80, because that wasn't really a thing in their time. why would they build up retirement equity to last 40-50 years? how were they to know that modern medicine would extend their "lives" by 20-30 years?) than young people putting money into the system you've got a problem, hence why they're trying to stabilize the population (definitely not trying to make it explode again though).


But yeah, I guess it is odd that most governments would choose that route vs. euthanizing grandma once she hits 80

[slaterd]

2. The global population is expected to go on the decline within the next 50 odd years. That's global though... in alot of developed countries it's already an issue. Apparently it's so bad that alot of Euro countries are offering tax rebates & incentives if you have kids. And then you've got all of Japan's "seriously, you young people really need to start getting it on" PSA campaigns.

It's an interesting documentary, slight tinfoilery, but interesting nonetheless.

That's odd that countries would do that considering that would help out alot of problems right now like energy, water, fuel, food, job consumption.

[jalopi]

I watched collapse, and it was a pretty interesting documentary.

For those who don't wanna watch it, yes it mentions peak oil theory but also population densities in wildlife. Like, if there's more population than food you'll have a sudden, drastic drop in population numbers. Basically implying that eventually all the food is gonna run out and 90% of the population is gonna die. All good theories.

There's just a few things the dude forgets to mention in his movie

1. Peak oil is (kinda) a myth. Peak cheap oil is a very real thing. Peak oil people say we only have 50 years of oil left, but peak cheap oil people are saying we've got at least 150 years of oil left. It's just that getting oil out of sand is (apparently, I know nothing about extracting oil) a real motherfucker.

2. The global population is expected to go on the decline within the next 50 odd years. That's global though... in alot of developed countries it's already an issue. Apparently it's so bad that alot of Euro countries are offering tax rebates & incentives if you have kids. And then you've got all of Japan's "seriously, you young people really need to start getting it on" PSA campaigns.

It's an interesting documentary, slight tinfoilery, but interesting nonetheless.

[ParsedOut]

Ha! Got demoted to P&R...

[slaterd]

Title changed to Bugout/Disaster Prep. Thread to reduce the tin foil hat critics.

[ParsedOut]

That's why natural disasters started to become the topic in this thread. Something we should all be able to understand that will most likely happen.

I think the "Bugout/Doomsday" in your thread title may be giving the wrong impression. ;)

[nando]

peak oil theory ignores that prices go up when resources get scarce which provides incentives for finding more and conserving. also, as we saw in 2008, oil prices aren't actually inelastic.

next!

[AntiScope]

Sick, sick burn brah.



Ahhh, let me guess. Peak oil theory?

Ding ding ding! Kind of scary to think about I guess.

[z31maniac]

I've decided to stop responding to douche bags, oops already broke my rule.

Sick, sick burn brah.

I'm by no means an expert. I just thought it was an interesting film. It talks a lot about our dependancy on oil and how it effects almost everything in every industry out there. Also about how rapidly its running out. Nothing we haven't heard before, but it was an interesting take on it.

Ahhh, let me guess. Peak oil theory?

[AntiScope]

impending doom? based on what? bible prophecies?

this thread would serve more purpose without the tinfoil hattery. it has me thinking on what I should have in the house to protect the family, especially with winter coming.

I'm by no means an expert. I just thought it was an interesting film. It talks a lot about our dependancy on oil and how it effects almost everything in every industry out there. Also about how rapidly its running out. Nothing we haven't heard before, but it was an interesting take on it.

[slaterd]

That's why natural disasters started to become the topic in this thread. Something we should all be able to understand that will most likely happen.

[nando]

impending doom? based on what? bible prophecies?

this thread would serve more purpose without the tinfoil hattery. it has me thinking on what I should have in the house to protect the family, especially with winter coming.

[AntiScope]

Just saw a very interesting documentary on Netflix called "Collapse" regarding the impending doom of modern society. If you haven't seen it, it's worth watching.