The amount of water, on this planet, never changes. It just changes form. Water can be purified through filtration and evaporation...At this moment, I am making some distilled water, to put into a battery. Time comsuming, for me, but not that difficult.
Close. Actually we gain a little water...
When I speak of a biological problem, leading to food shortages, I'm talking about something causing the nations crops not to grow.
You mean like planting fancy-schmancy government protected, gene patented, genetically modified crops and then having them not grow???
"Shankara's crop had failed...
WZ, do you have a back-up generator to protect your frozen food?
Not yet but it is on the list. One thing we do in the mean time is have several 1 gallon containers of water in the freezer too. That way we have emergency water if we need it, ice for the cooler if we need it, and about a week...
I know that we can only afford enough food for a week at a time. You must be pretty well off to have 2 years worth of food lying around!!!!
Actually we are not well off. It doesn't take a lot of money to build up a food stash and you don't have to do it all at one time. I was able to build up...
I think economic collapse is very likely and this will lead to civil unrest in SOME locations. It never hurts to be prepared for a disaster regardless of how you think the social, economic or political scene will play out.
Have 2 years worth of food on hand, water stored, and a way to defend...