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Avalon Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
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I promised to post my ideas and progress in preparing for the coming collapse.
We seem to be witnessing a controlled demolition of our economy. During the Great Depression the bankers simply reduced the money supply by about two thirds and nobody but a few brave men pointed a finger. Today, with our global communications, it all has to be a lot more "believable", hence the choreographed decline we are currently experiencing. For a complete rendition on how the central banks cause depressions watch this two hour video. I heard from a local common law activist that the man who made this film died afterwards in a "car accident." http://video.google.com.au/videosear...oq=the+money+# After watching The Money Masters I think you will agree that we are heading into a major economic depression. A major global event like a massive weather event or nuclear detonation will send the already shaky supply systems plummeting. Australia, according to a concerned CSRIO scientist recently, has only about a weeks reserve of fuel. So within a week of global turmoil things here in Sydney will begin to stop. Australia has plenty of coal and gas. But its diesel fuel that drives the distribution network. With just-in-time warehousing, shortages in just about everything could happen very quickly. Dwindling water supplies may in fact be the first thing to cause civil unrest. I don't know if our water will still flow if there were widespread power outages. Remember most of our power stations run on coal, but rely on diesel fuel to supply the coal to the stations. No fuel deliveries to Australia - no diesel, and no diesel means no trucks or freight trains, which means no food in our shops. What to do? Most of us live in the city and I don't think stocking up on a years supply of food and water is the answer as a first step. STAGE ZERO My strategy is to prepare for the worst case scenario first, then systematically add on layers of preparation after the immediate emergency needs are met. What is the worst case scenario? Worst case scenario would be caught with nothing but what's in your pockets and the shirt on your back and being forced into a survival situation. You will want to get out of the city and into the wilderness to find food, water and shelter as we can assume if you're caught so is everyone else and the last place you and your family will want to be is in amongst the staving masses. You get my drift. Hopefully, and most probably the above scenario will not happen, but its still the FIRST thing to prepare for, because if you can survive with nothing but your hands and what nature provides you can survive anywhere indefinitely and so much the better if you are better prepared. There are a ton of books on the subject, but I recommend only one. An Australian has already done the thinking for us. http://www.survival.org.au/resources.php A great resource, and in particular, ( http://www.survival.org.au/books_top_two.php ) Its an American book but the skills are universal. There are more books to get but I recommend this to be the first. Read it and get that base covered. I have the new edition, which I was able to get through the UNSW bookshop. Its also available on Amazon. Naked Into the Wilderness - Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills, John & Geri McPherson. I have this book and have nearly finished it. Without a doubt it lives up to expectations. Its simple and easy to understand and a thrill to read. Its an unbelievable feeling to know how to live with nothing if forced to do so. Its liberating. We do not need to be dependent on the system if the system fails us. I don't ever want to have to live like they do in the book, but I know now if I do have to, I can. And the second urgent thing to do is stock up on a months supply of food and water. Canned food, rice, and powered milk would be my first choice. You will need 3 liters of water per day per person. So work that out and buy some big water containers and fill them up. I got some 80 liter plastic jerry cans from Hardware House for about $20 each. Stage two will be a pack for each person filled with essential survival equipment. This will be more along the lines of standard disaster preparations. I have put together an emergency pack (plenty of others I think have made lists on this site) which every able-bodied man at least in the group should have. After these basic steps are covered further preparation will get a lot more detailed. More posts to come. So order that book, stock up on food and water, and keep reading. [This thread was moved from the Australia/New Zealand thread with the posters permission, the title changed slightly. Some of the info is Australian perspective, but like most information it is good for all. -- A.. ] Last edited by Anchor; 10-22-2008 at 05:13 AM. Reason: Thread move note added |
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