nelsonic commented 2 years ago

Is there a downside to thinking about "prepping" for worst-case-scenarios? 🤷‍♂️ besides [the unprepared] people in your family / circle-of-friends thinking you are "wierd" ... 🙄

https://youtu.be/_LRsZ6TUCCA

Obviously in PT we are far from the "action" in Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War 🇺🇦 😢 Being a part of NATO means a territorial invasion is extremely unlikely as Uncle Sam will bring the heat. 🔫 The risk of the conflict reaching us here are minimal IMO, but sadly, not zero. 💭 But a cyber attack affecting supply chains and causing chaos in society is a lot more plausible. 🕸️ Crop failure due to climate change and war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_food_crises 🥫

Does having land #3 and growing our own organic food make sense? 🌱

nelsonic commented 2 years ago

This morning on HackerNews this post was near the top: https://archive.ph/0kKLd https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33015895

nuclear

If there was a nuclear fallout from Putin's war in Ukraine it would fly on the wind to all of Europe 💥 We would need a secure water, food and air source.

So I Googled and found: How to protect your greenhouse from radioactive particles: https://youtu.be/ijIxmVO-7sI

Also, had no idea a Geiger Counter was this expensive! 😮 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009HAY0UK It's low-volume specialised equipment ... makes sense.

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

It's worse than most people think ... https://youtu.be/iiSYRKDUcss

Don't worry, I'm not down the YT Conspiracy Theory Black Hole ... 😜

But in all seriousness, food prices are going to SPIKE in 2023. 📈 Rice, Corn, Wheat, Potatoes and many other "staples" are near record low production levels. 📉 "The worst drought in 500 years" ... 😮 We would be very wise to purchase fertile land with access to unlimited water #116 to grow organic food for ourselves and others ... 💭

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/12/mass-crop-failures-expected-in-england-as-farmers-demand-hosepipe-bans

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

https://www.businessinsider.com/food-energy-gas-crisis-europe-farmers-shut-operations-reduce-production-2022-9

This is going to be a 💩 storm when the lower production constrains supply next year. 🤦‍♂️

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

Had to chuckle that this was in the "most read" articles on the BBC this morning: 😆 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221013-how-an-asteroid-impact-would-transform-the-food-we-eat

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hedge-fund-giant-elliott-warns-looming-hyperinflation-could-lead-to-global-societal-collapse-11667470081

iteles commented 1 year ago

Bleak.

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

@iteles it's only "bleak" for the people that are too busy scrolling social media 📱 to think about it and prepare for the inevitable. 👩‍🌾

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

Our children are inheriting a messed up planet: https://youtu.be/j2ETr6X1lOk 😞

`WeDidntListen` ... 🙉

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

Cost of living: How onions became a luxury in the Philippines

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64327724

"No onion toppings. Every restaurant is facing a shortage of onions. You see the signs everywhere."

According to official statistics, the price of onions surged in the Philippines to around 700 pesos ($12.80; £10.40) per kg last month.

That is more than the cost of meat, and the Southeast Asian country's daily minimum wage.

A kilo of Onions 🧅 costs more than the daily minimum wage in the Philippines 🇵🇭 ... Let that sink in ... ⏳ Working people cannot afford onions. 🤯

Onions!! 🧅

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

"bad weather in Europe and Africa" ... indeed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64718826

Is this going to get better or worse as climate change accelerates? 💭

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

Collapse? https://youtu.be/LE5-HOB_vRg

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

The Uninhabitable Earth: https://www.youtube.com/live/wrFhFz2EQfE

nelsonic commented 4 months ago

Major farms dependent on GPS for planting ... what could possibly go wrong? 🙃 https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/

Better prepare for crop prices to surge again. 📈

nelsonic commented 2 months ago

Average US citizens are going into debt to afford groceries ... 2 jobs. in debt. grim. 😬

"grocery prices that have surged 25% since Mr Biden entered office in January 2021" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx002795738o

@iteles do you still have any doubt that we need fertile land with unlimited water to grow some of our own food? 💭

nelsonic commented 2 months ago

It's time for our daily dose of "What Could Possibly Go Wrong...?" https://youtu.be/dB3JY9eIr2g

4 US companies control 75% of the Nitrogen/Synthetic Fertilizer Market:

This sounds like perfectly normal/healthy competition ... 😬 Koch has been aggressively targeting the fertilizer market for the past two decades; it's the fastest growing part of their biz. 📈 Food is totally going to get cheaper a Koch continues to consolidate the industry. 👌