I know a lot of people don't like him that much, but Tim Pool is right about getting some reserve food.
This doesn't mean you need to go get a 300 dollar emergency ration bucket from one of those websites. You can go find a couple 50lb bags of rice. 1lb of rice provides about 1600 calories, so 100lb of rice by itself will have enough calories for about 80 days if you assume a 2000 calorie per day diet. Then grab some vitamin pills and you've got enough nutrition for most of the winter if things get bad.
And if the winter is fine? cool! It means you've got a basically unlimited supply of rice! You can slowly use it in normal meals over a long time, and as food continues to rise (because even without a crisis it will) you get to eat the rice you paid 2022 prices for.
Liberty is a two way street. It means the freedom to do as you please, but it means the responsibility to make sure you're prepared to take care of yourself instead of hoping some omnibenevolent nanny state will save you if things become slightly worse than we expect.
And you know what else? We should look into the worst that could happen in other scenarios too. What happens if the power goes out for a few days in the middle of the winter? What happens if the gas goes out for a few days in the middle of the winter? What happens if water goes out for a few days? What happens if the car breaks down and you can't get to a supermarket for a week while it's in the shop? What happens if the circuit board on your furnace burns out and it's going to be a few days until the replacement board arrives? It's relatively cheap and easy to be ready for these small events during the good times, and while other people are panicking during the bad times, you just implement your pre-established plan using the resources you already gathered.
This doesn't mean you need to go get a 300 dollar emergency ration bucket from one of those websites. You can go find a couple 50lb bags of rice. 1lb of rice provides about 1600 calories, so 100lb of rice by itself will have enough calories for about 80 days if you assume a 2000 calorie per day diet. Then grab some vitamin pills and you've got enough nutrition for most of the winter if things get bad.
And if the winter is fine? cool! It means you've got a basically unlimited supply of rice! You can slowly use it in normal meals over a long time, and as food continues to rise (because even without a crisis it will) you get to eat the rice you paid 2022 prices for.
Liberty is a two way street. It means the freedom to do as you please, but it means the responsibility to make sure you're prepared to take care of yourself instead of hoping some omnibenevolent nanny state will save you if things become slightly worse than we expect.
And you know what else? We should look into the worst that could happen in other scenarios too. What happens if the power goes out for a few days in the middle of the winter? What happens if the gas goes out for a few days in the middle of the winter? What happens if water goes out for a few days? What happens if the car breaks down and you can't get to a supermarket for a week while it's in the shop? What happens if the circuit board on your furnace burns out and it's going to be a few days until the replacement board arrives? It's relatively cheap and easy to be ready for these small events during the good times, and while other people are panicking during the bad times, you just implement your pre-established plan using the resources you already gathered.
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