[duncankunz]

If all goes bad the remaining 10% that survives will be living in the 1600's. If they are lucky. Is that life worth living??

That's up to the individual, wouldn't you say? I've believed for some time that things were generally on a slow downhill slide. I've tried to determine the potential problems and how to minimize or eliminate them for a good while. I think that, along with an innate desire to continue living, is the hallmark of us preppers.

We're all going to die sooner or later, and there's no coming back. I'll take "dying later" for $800, Alex.

 

[duncankunz]

Interesting that you and your wife are the first to have power on the grid from birth. I never really thought about it but my mother had no electricity or running water as a child. When I was younger and would go to visit my grandparents, they had power but still no running water. I do agree, we as humans are strong and will adapt. It seems the "masses" are
blind and all going about life as if all is normal. Preparation in all areas of life, retirement, emergency planning, and
so on is so overlooked in most of today's spoiled culture

That's probably why the public calls us "preppers", n'est-ce pas?