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Originally Posted by Mr. Cool Ice
Think that through:
High oil spikes right now = cost of local goods go up + cost of imports go up = Everything gets more expensive = hyperinflation = people consume even less = deeper ressession = more jobs lost = banks really not lending now = farmers can't farm = food shortages = people consuming even less = possible population panic over food shortages and high gas prices, and so on.
I've said it before, this mess hasn't even started yet. Oil is going to skyrocket, so is gold. The dollar is going to crash, as is the market, and we will go into a depression that will be unlike anything anyone could predict.
Life as we know very well be changing very soon. It has happened to many great nations in the past, and the USA is not exempt to such a collapse. Look back in history, it happens. I've stocked up on enough dehydrated food and water to last for one year, and I have enough weapons and ammo to protect my family. I also have a LOT of gold and silver in my floor safe that I can use if the USD crashes. I'm prepared.
It's coming. Are you ready?
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Well, Actually that is basically what I said. I said we had high oil costs for a short time not too long ago and survived. We could survive it again as long as it didn't last very long. If it did last a while then we would see a long term spike in the cost of many things not just gas. As you say, food, energy and so on. This could be very bad for us if it happens for any prolonged amount of time.
You say you are prepared, but are you? You really have a years worth of food and water stored in your house? Are you sure about this? Do you understand exactly how much food and water that is? Say you have three people in your family. You would go through at least 1 gallon of water per day, but when you add in cooking it could easily be more like 2+ gallons per day. So you have somewhere between 365 -730 gallons of water (more if you have more in your family or just use more)? Plus enough food for three meals a day for as many people as you have? Do you have a bunker where this is stored? Are you prepared to hold off your starving neighbors who no doubt are also armed?
In the end will it really matter? If things get as bad as you say they will it will be worse than the previous great depression which basically lasted about 10 years. So after a year your food and water will run out and you will be right there with the rest of the country. I'm not saying not to prepare yourself for the worst and if there is a wave of violence and unrest you could bunker up and let that subside, but in the end the only real way to prepare for something like this is to have a ton of money. Enough money that you can survive without having any sort of income for several years. Maybe you have that, maybe not. What I know for sure is that I have been hearing doomsday scenerios like this ever since I was a kid and it hasn't happened yet. Maybe someday it will. Maybe not. We really can't know for sure.