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Originally Posted by crucifissio
i actually went ahead and saw the missile silo episode, very impressive, ok hes covered LOL
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Yes, that episode was particularly memorable for me as well. Very nice setup he has going there.
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Originally Posted by crucifissio
do not bottle shit up you will run out quick you need a long term solution...
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The experts both agree and disagree with you on that, as well as on the "gold" thing.
First, you're right about the long term water solution. That's standard advice for anyone thinking of prepping. However, having a cache of stored water, bottled, barrels, tanks, etc, is also highly recommended. For one thing those little 1 litre bottles of water can very readily be bartered, and be in even higher valued demand than cigs to most people.
Again, you have to understand that bunkering down or bugging out to a safe retreat for a military flare-up or all out war (which is usually a temporary thing) is far different than prepping for an end of the world scenario where one is going to have to survive indefinitely.
Experts would also recommend that in addition to having all those mentioned water supplies in place, that one also have a backup plan set up at at least one other location, something you can fall back to if your primary location fails or is overtaken by others.
As for gold, the view on this may very well be different here in N America than it is where you are. Gold and silver and such has always been viewed as having value, always will be I suspect. In the event of a total collapse of society, once people started doing some informal bartering again the experts say that coin money, not paper, will have value, especially coinage minted prior to the mid 1960's when quarters, fifty cent pieces and silver dollars actually had upwards of 90% silver in them. In other words a standard form of accepted currency will be established quickly, and it will most likely be in the form of coins.
Again, I'm citing what the doomsday prepper experts are all saying.
So anyone possessing gold, especially in the form of $50 dollar gold slips, would have bartering power, and at the very least hold onto it until someone comes along that does value it, then start bartering with it.
It's all subjective though. Such things as precious metals and shiny trinkets are as valuable as society says they are, no more and no less. And while it can't hurt to have a stash of cigs and probably booze on hand for bartering, I'd wager that a lot of other things that most people wouldn't even consider valuable would become SUPER valuable in a post apocalyptic event.
Baby wipes and Q-tips might become the new gold standard for all we know. :D