Jason,
I think if things play out as you "visualize things" that may be true.  I 
don't know if that will truly be the reality of it.  I have all the survival 
skills needed if I had to go into the elements as they are today. I was 
fortunate to be raised by those that still honed and practiced those skills. 
The thing that scares me about it is if the weather goes to extremes and the 
food cannot be raised well in a cycle and the creatures are few and out of 
balance with the cycle I would have no more chance than a city fellow 
dropped into the Canadian wilds without any preparations in winter.  From 
what I have read of the predictions of "how it will be" things will be 
closer to the prophecies in the book of Revelation.


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the large cities will die in fires, riots, and street-by-street fighting, 
but the small towns with only a few hundred farmer friends and neighbors 
will get by, just for the simple fact that food wont be too big of a 
problem, and people will learn to make-do, like so many times before. 
practical carpentry will even be worth the work again, considering the only 
metals we could use would be within the temp range of methane (copper, 
brass, tin, lead, aluminum, etc). civilization WILL ceace, for a time, but 
humans are like roaches- we can survive just about anything.

Jason
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  From: M&K DuPree
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  Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Major Problems Of Surviving Peak Oil


  "When we realize the everlasting truth of 'everything changes,' and find 
our composure in it, we find ourselves in nirvana." -- Shunryu Suzuki
       No doubt about it, the world runs on oil.  No oil, no world, at least 
as we have known it.  The realization of this when gas prices spiked a year 
ago or so is what brought me to the List, thinking maybe biodiesel might 
provide an answer.  Then I realized I didn't want to fight my neighbor for 
the last drop of WVO.  Now I walk more and use my bicycle.  But the world 
around me and my own too still runs on oil, so for now there is a kind of 
unsettled peace, which is really nothing new.
       Nonetheless I recognize my individual efforts are feeble in the face 
of the inevitable--a world run on oil run out of oil. Whatever it will look 
like, it will look like, he said blithely from within the comfort of his 
fossil fuel-based economy.  I guess I'm not totally convinced the savage 
world of "Norman" will exist.  One reason, so much of the "savagery" we see 
today seems to me to stem from a widening of that old battle of class 
warfare.  But what happens when most of the folks around truly have only 
each other to depend upon to survive?  Can someone who lived during the 
Depression tell me?  My mom said folks were much more inclined to help each 
other.  Maybe she's so old she remembers only what she wants to remember, 
which is certainly her prerogative, having lived longer than I can probably 
only hope I will.  Am I being too naive, too simplistic?  Too freakin afraid 
of what the heck "Norman" is saying?
       Well, now that my present is totally dispersed and I'm looking into 
the black hole of a world gone more mad than it already is, I have to bring 
myself back to my present.  No doubt my acts today are the basis for what 
happens tomorrow.  So, how shall I act?  That question used to focus on more 
of a moral answer, of how I treated myself and my neighbor.  Now the 
question and answer have changed, evolved into something far bigger than any 
one of us individually is truly capable of wrapping our minds around or 
doing anything about.  So, how shall I act?  "Norman" would have me learn 
how to use a knife and bow and arrow, I guess for eating rats, or squirrels, 
which, by the way gawd knows there are way too many of those buggers running 
around.  My neighbors don't like hearing me talk about skinning and eating 
them.  I try and point out how many there are and how destructive they are 
and that lone falcon flying around can only eat so much, but the economy is 
still fueled too much by oil, and I hear "I'm an animal lover."  Whatever.
       Yeah...whatever.  "Everything changes."  And, I guess I'll "cross 
that bridge when I come to it."  Maybe I'll know how to use a knife and bow 
and arrow by then--or maybe not.  Mike DuPree


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  > Major Problems Of Surviving Peak Oil
  >
  > Interesting and scary scenario,
  >
  > regards
  > tallex
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > Major Problems Of Surviving Peak Oil
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > By Norman
  >
  > 18 October, 2006
  > http://www.countercurrents.org/po-norman181006.htm
  >
  > "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell
  > people what they do not want to hear." -
  > George Orwell
  >
  > Rob Hopkins says in 'Why the Survivalists Have Got It Wrong'
  > that he has very little time for the survivalist response
  > to peak oil, and refers to 'Preparing for a Crash: Nuts
  > and Bolts' by Zachary Nowak.
  >
  > Rob may well be partially right but he, like Zachary Nowak
  > and many other 'community' minded people tend to miss or
  > are just in denial with the true reality of what the effects
  > of Peak Oil will really mean.
  >
  >
  > REPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY
  >
  > One of the words that seem to go with 'community' is
  > 'renewable'. These words seem to go hand in hand, so
  > let us take a look at them starting with 'renewable energy'.
  >
  > There are many fascinating and exciting renewable energy
  > developments from wind turbines, solar energy and biomass
  > etc. These are all important energy sources for the future
  > and they could help keep the electricity grid going to some degree!
  >
  >
  > The popular assumption is that these renewable energy sources
  > will smoothly replace fossil fuels as these become scarce,
  > thanks to our inherited technological expertise. However,
  > although these all produce electricity they are not liquid fuels.
  >
  >
  > On top of this we must remember that the energy budget must
  > always be positive and output must exceed input. Too much
  > tends to be expected of renewable energy generators today,
  > because the contribution of fossil fuels to the input side
  > is poorly understood.
  >
  >
  > For example, a wind turbine is not successful as a renewable
  > generator unless another similar one can be constructed from
  > its raw materials using only the energy that the first one
  > generates in its lifetime, and still show a worthwhile budget
  > surplus.
  >
  >
  > Or, if corn is grown to produce bioethanol, the energy input
  > to ploughing, sowing, fertilizing, weeding, harvesting and
  > processing the crop must come from the previous year's bioethanol
  > production. Input must also include, proportionately, mining
  > and processing the raw materials and building the machines
  > that do the work, as well as supporting their human operators.
  >
  >
  > There is nothing that can replace cheap oil for price, ease
  > of storage, ease of transportation and sheer volumes in the
  > timeframe we need.
  >
  >
  > SO WHAT ABOUT 'COMMUNITY'.
  >
  > In Powerdown, Richard Heinberg states, "Those who already
  > enjoy a measure of self-sufficiency, such as ecovillages
  > and other kinds of sustainable intentional communities
  > will already have some of the skills and experience needed
  > for re-localization."
  >
  >
  > He also goes on to say that, self-sustaining communities may
  > become cultural lifeboats in times to come and that "Our
  > society is going to change profoundly-those of us who
  > understand this are in a position to steward that change.
  > We are going to become popular, needed people in our communities."
  >
  > Now this may be true but no matter how prepared an intentional
  > community or organized neighbourhood may be, it will still
  > be adversely impacted in some way. The changes that are about
  > to effect the world will also affect these communities.
  >
  > Experts suggest several possible scenarios for the coming
  > energy decline and any of these scenarios will present
  > significant challenges for intentional communities.
  >
  > Even in the "soft landing" scenario, there will still be
  > massive structural changes in society and being in debt
  > may be the undoing of many. Common advice among many Peak
  > Oil experts is to get out of debt!
  >
  > Let's say for example, that a community is deeply in debt,
  > and is still paying off its property purchase loans.
  >
  > Let's say the community loses its financial resource base
  > -if members lose their jobs or if a weak economy reduces
  > the market for the goods and services the community produces
  > -the group could default on its loan payments, and may have
  > its property seized by the bank or other creditors.
  >
  > A property-value crash may worsen the debt situation for
  > intentional communities. If a community's property value
  > falls below their equity in the property, they won't be
  > able to save themselves from defaulting on loans by selling
  > off their land, which is typically the last resort of farmers
  > in debt.
  >
  > All the shortages and systems failures that can affect
  > mainstream culture can affect intentional communities as well.
  >
  >
  > A community may not have enough foresight, labour, tools,
  > or funds to create alternatives to whatever their members
  > use now for heating, lighting, cooking, refrigeration,
  > water collection, water pumping, and disposal utilization
  > of gray water and human waste.
  >
  > Then there's the matter of community security-a subject many
  > find "politically incorrect" to even consider. If the
  > government fails; if the law and order system falls apart,
  > there can be various kinds of dangerous consequences.
  > Desperate, hungry people can loot and steal and take
  > what they want from others.
  >
  > So we can see that although 'communities' are all very nice,
  > and lets be honest, if everybody was a nice, honest, law
  > abiding, thoughtful and loving citizens then 'community'
  > would stand a chance. But we are not, we are generally
  > self centred, selfish and only interested in self preservation,
  > so 'communities' are going to be just as susceptible to the
  > same problems others will have during the collapse.
  >
  > They are also very likely to become the focal point for those
  > who have got nothing or have done nothing and this is when
  > those dangerous consequences may happen.
  >
  > How reasonable do you think people are going to be when
  > their children are dying of dehydration, they can't take
  > a bath, they can't cook a hot meal? With our interdependent
  > society once the power (electric) goes then other services
  > like water and sewage will be close behind.
  >
  >
  > Most people have never had to cope with sustained, substantial
  > levels of fear, either in themselves or in others in close
  > proximity. I will say I believe you should be prepared to
  > see and deal with behaviour you would never have believed
  > possible from civilized humans. The reason you should avoid
  > crowds has to do with the fact that individual frustration
  > is one thing, but the frustration of many people feeds
  > individual frustration and fear, which, of course, feeds
  > the frustration of the crowd.
  >
  > The cycle will feed itself until either the root source
  > of frustration is relieved or there is a catastrophic
  > event, such as a riot or even worse.
  >
  > Welcome to the real world of social collapse, where families
  > are sundered, and children and good, knowing people die
  > because of the complacency, confusion, and naiveté' of the
  > unaware, which are at least as hazardous as weather, injury,
  > and malicious action.
  >
  >
  > THE PROBLEM OF INFASTRUCTURE
  >
  > Peter Goodchild in his paper 'Peak Oil and the Problem of
  > Infrastructure' states:
  >
  > 'Most schemes for a post-oil technology are based on the
  > misconception that there will be an infrastructure, similar
  > to that of the present day, which could support such future
  > gadgetry. Modern equipment, however, is dependent on specific
  > methods of manufacture, transportation, maintenance, and repair.
  > In less abstract terms, this means machinery, motorized vehicles,
  > and service depots or shops, all of which are generally run by
  > fossil fuels. In addition, one unconsciously assumes the presence
  > of electricity, which energizes the various communications
  > devices, such as telephones and computers; electricity on such
  > a large scale is only possible with fossil fuels.'..
  >
  > He goes on to say:
  >
  > 'It is not only oil that will soon be gone. Iron ore of the
  > sort that can be processed with primitive equipment is becoming
  > scarce, and only the less-tractable forms will be available
  > when the oil-powered machinery is no longer available'....
  >
  > 'Without fossil fuels, the most that is possible is a pre-industrial
  > infrastructure, although one must still ignore the fact that
  > the pre-industrial world did not fall from the sky as a
  > prefabricated structure but took uncountable generations
  > of human ingenuity to develop. The next problem is that a
  > pre-industrial blacksmith was adept at making horseshoes,
  > but not at making or repairing solar-energy systems.'
  >
  >
  > 'Fossil fuels, metals, and electricity are all intricately
  > connected. ...If we imagine a world without fossil fuels,
  > we must imagine a world without metals or electricity.
  > What we imagine, at that point, is a society far more
  > primitive than the one to which we are accustomed.'
  >
  > We seem to be in a state of delusional thinking and the
  > only thing we're debating at present is how we're going
  > to keep the cars running without oil.
  >
  > POPULATION OVERSHOOT
  >
  > Another thing that seems to be 'politically incorrect' and
  > is therefore not considered or discussed is the notion
  > that we will be able to continue to support the numbers
  > that we do at present.
  >
  > Clearly, when fossil fuels run out, mankind will be forced
  > either to reduce its standard of living dramatically, or
  > reduce its total population size dramatically, or turn to
  > sources of energy other than solar which can not support
  > the numbers that we have now.
  >
  > Greer states in 'Facing the New Dark Age: A Grassroots Approach'.
  >
  > 'Finally population die-off begins as the wrecked industrial
  > system no longer produces enough to meet even the most basic
  > human needs. The process ends with impoverished survivors a
  > century or so from now scratching out a meagre living amid
  > the crumbling ruins of a once-great civilisation.'
  >
  > 'This Die Off scenario makes a shocking contrast to the cosy
  > fantasies of perpetual progress most people cherish.'
  >
  > Today, the UK population is about 62 million.
  >
  > In 1750, when the Industrial Revolution was beginning, it
  > was about 6 million. It had never exceeded this figure,
  > although during the Dark Ages and after the Black Death it
  > fell to one or two million.
  >
  > Most people lived and died in poverty. Pre-industrial farmers
  > were pushed to the limit to feed so many. The population
  > increased slightly in years with good harvests, but
  > starvation and malnutrition cut it back to the 6 million
  > norm when harvests were bad.
  >
  > We are in fantasy land if we think that we can continue
  > to support the number of people that we do now without
  > the full input of oil and related products.
  >
  > There are just way too many people who depend on civilization
  > for their every day survival for there to be a "soft landing"
  > as some would hope.
  >
  > We have become so dependent on those fuels, that there is
  > no way we can sustain ourselves at this population density
  > and level of technology without them. Even something as
  > basic as food becomes impossible to produce, process and
  > transport without fuel.
  >
  > It is difficult to think about 'how things will play out'
  > when an oil-based global economy loses its cheap energy
  > source. It has never happened before. It will never happen
  > again. I think it quite probable that it will start very
  > slowly, may be so slowly that we may not even see it start.
  >
  > It will take time for civilization to come apart, and the
  > process will be like rolling down a slope, not like falling
  > off a cliff. We will face a future of shortages, economic
  > crises, disintegrating infrastructure, and collapsing public
  > health, probably stretched out over a period of decades.
  >
  > The notion of holing up in a cabin in the hills with a
  > stockpile of food and firearms is also not a realistic
  > response. A few years of stored food and an assortment
  > of high-tech paramilitary gear are hopelessly inadequate
  > preparations in the face of this reality.
  >
  > Stockpiles of precious metals, another common hedge against
  > collapse, are even more useless. All the gold in the world
  > means nothing unless people are going to value it enough
  > to trade what will be scarce resources for it.
  >
  > Many of the things that we take for granted -- food, water,
  > heat, electricity, waste removal, medical care, and police
  > protection -- will evaporate as the collapse accelerates.
  > Riots will probably begin as food and water becomes scarce.
  > Governments will attempt to take control of the situation
  > and restore order, but it will become so widespread that it
  > will be impossible. The primary killers will then become
  > disease, starvation, dehydration, and suicide.
  >
  > Of course once the fossil fuels run out, or become too
  > expensive and/or problematic to extract then there will
  > be no way to rebuild. There will be no energy source that
  > can power a civilization like this ever again. We will
  > have used it, squandered it and it can not be replaced.
  > Full stop!
  >
  > There may be pockets of survivors who will be able to
  > harness wind, water and sun using civilized technology
  > for a while, but eventually the machines will wear out.
  >
  > Where do you buy replacement parts, how do you make parts
  > without plastic or wires?
  >
  > How do you refine the metals needed to make circuits and
  > transistors?
  >
  > Those who know, no longer do; those who do, no longer know.
  > How much knowledge will manage to survive the post collapse
  > period, for the time that comes after when it may become
  > useful again?
  >
  > The problem is that all the technology upon which we have
  > come to depend requires a complete and sophisticated
  > infrastructure to produce and maintain it, and that
  > infrastructure is based on fossil fuels. Take that away,
  > and the rest is all but impossible.
  >
  > WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
  >
  > Firstly let me say that I do not believe or consider
  > 'communities' to be a direct viable long term solution.
  > For the reasons stated above I do not believe that
  > communities that have been formed before the collapse
  > will survive the coming chaos of the collapse.
  >
  > There may be some groups or communities that may come
  > through relatively unscathed but that will be more by
  > luck than judgement and they will be in the minority.
  >
  > Firstly a small community cannot hope to do more than
  > exist and decline. Small communities will in the end,
  > quite inevitably, gradually fade-out; if there are
  > children you would only be able to spare enough time
  > from your labour to give them just a rudimentary
  > education; one generation further, and you would have
  > savages or clods.
  >
  >
  > Larger 'community' groups sound good in theory but once
  > you begin investigating actual examples, serious problems
  > often become apparent. There are too many rules and
  > regulations, or too few; there is great difficulty in
  > getting a good balance of needed skills in the group
  > since awareness of the needs do not even roughly coincide
  > with a cross section of occupations in a balanced community.
  >
  > I always work along the lines of 'Prepare for the worst
  > and pray for the best'. So I do not rely on people
  > still being nice. I believe it would be foolish in the
  > extreme to place ones hopes, and the well-being of one's
  > family, on the anticipation that in this respect the
  > status quo will last.
  >
  > SUGGESTION
  >
  > My suggestion is that you have a built in redundancy. A
  > second plan, have another string to your bow. I do not
  > believe that we can stop the crash but I believe that
  > we can, to a degree, prepare ourselves and those close
  > to us for the aftermath.
  >
  > The thing that needs to be understood is that the scale
  > of the anticipated turbulence and its effects will be
  > literally imposable to estimate. Firstly, the energy
  > problem will not appear one day and be critical the next,
  > but will build up over time. Government efforts to cope
  > with the problem and its effects will bring ever more
  > severe restrictions on energy use by individuals, reserving
  > what is available for the high priority items that make
  > civilisation possible. Mass transport, heating and, of
  > course, the production and distribution of food.
  >
  > These factors have to be taken into account in drawing up
  > a schedule for implementation of the plans discussed below,
  > since the inevitable restrictions on movement will hamper
  > the effort. The worsening situation and official attempts
  > to cope will have to be evaluated closer to the time and
  > suitable measures taken to adjust the schedule and the plan.
  >
  > It should also be noted that the event I'm talking about
  > is the sort that completely rules out the possibility of
  > a return to the way we are now, something that affects a
  > significant section of the world's population.
  >
  > So firstly you need to be aware and watch for the signs of
  > collapse, as already stated the collapse will probably be
  > so slow that you will not know that it has started. This
  > can be very difficult but by reading between the lines you
  > should be able to get a very good idea of how things are going.
  >
  > Secondly you need what I call a 'bug-out bag', also known
  > as a go kit, go bag, 72-hour kit, run bag and other names,
  > is a container which keeps essential survival items readily
  > available in case of an emergency.
  >
  > This should include short term supplies (like emergency food,
  > matches, camping equipment, etc. that will get you through
  > the first six months) and longer term supplies (like an
  > excellent knife, magnesium fire starter, ceramic water filter,
  > etc. that may hopefully last you for many years).
  >
  > The kit should be easy to transport and not dependent on
  > motorized transportation (since fuel may not be available).
  > It should be something that you could carry easily, may be
  > a back pack. You should also consider setting up a few caches
  > particularly for your longer term supplies and items that
  > will not deteriorate over time.
  >
  > Knives are a must for inclusion in any BoB. In addition to
  > usage as a weapon, knives are multi-purpose tools that can
  > also be used as a cutting instrument, a hunting spear, a
  > glass breaker, and steel against flint for fire starting,
  > among other uses.
  >
  > Next you need to prepare an escape plan in order to escape
  > the destructive change that is likely to come. Where you
  > plan to escape to will depend on where you live and it may
  > be that you will decide that you would be better of staying
  > at your current location, for an indeterminate amount of time
  > but you should still have your escape plan and BoB for you
  > never know.
  >
  >
  > When considering where you might 'bug-out' to give some
  > consideration to having easy and safe access to relatively
  > fresh water, away from (and preferably upwind from) major
  > population centres, and with a reasonable food supply
  > (i.e. lots of edible wild plants and animals). Also consider
  > that there will be others in your chosen area and they may
  > not be friendly.
  >
  > It should be obvious that the mass hysteria and unbridled
  > fear stemming from a crisis of the magnitude contemplated
  > here will not have a calming effect upon the hatred and
  > fragmentation that already exist in our society. In addition
  > to the violence-prone, there will be the element of normally
  > decent people who didn't prepare and who will try to take
  > what they need by whatever means necessary to keep themselves
  > and their families alive.
  >
  > Clearly there are places where the odds of discovery would
  > be greatly in your favour, but if you should be stumbled upon
  > by looters, remote from any possible aid, the superior force
  > would almost certainly prevail.
  >
  > Further, if your security were to depend on remaining
  > undiscovered for an extended period of time, the hardships
  > and limitations placed upon you would be enormous.
  >
  > For one thing, raising animals for food would be virtually
  > impossible and even cultivating a garden conveniently near
  > would be a hazard. The emotional strain of keeping constantly
  > quiet and hidden would also be burdensome to most including
  > particularly any children
  >
  > Next is to learn about your chosen place. Learn about the land
  > including what is edible or medicinal and what is not. Learn
  > about the climate and seasonal patterns. Visit it as often
  > as you can often and get to know its voice.
  >
  > The last thing to do is to learn as much about primal living
  > as possible. By primal living I mean learning the skills
  > that will allow you to live in a post oil world the indefinitely.
  >
  > The Importance of Skills and Knowledge.
  >
  > These are the practical 'survival' skills. There are many who
  > find even the word 'survival' difficult to understand, but
  > survival is what it will come down to but having said that
  > there will be no guarantee that you be among the survivors.
  >
  > These skills must include (but are not limited to) building
  > shelter, tracking, hunting, fishing, making tools, making
  > fire, making clothes, preparing and using medicinal plants,
  > finding water, and identifying edible plants. If possible
  > you should get some practical experience with all of these,
  > but at the very least you should read as much as you can
  > so that you at least have a chance.
  >
  > These skills would enable you to go into the woods and come
  > out with food, give you the ability to make a fire without
  > a match or butane lighter. You would be able to make a shelter
  > capable of keeping you warm even during the chilliest of nights,
  > and most important of all you should be able to find and
  > purify water.
  >
  > It would also help if you were able to make your own bow and
  > arrows. I am not being silly over this but how long do you
  > think bullets will last for your gun, and this would more
  > of a problem here in the UK with current firearm laws.
  >
  > These are not skills that you should take lightly; they are
  > skills that you will need to know if you hope to survive.
  > You may survive without a few of them for a while, but your
  > odds of surviving throughout the first winter without
  > civilized comforts and without these skills would not be
  > in your favour.
  >
  > Learn these things now. They are not things to look at and
  > think that since you know how to do them, though not expertly,
  > that you will survive. Learn them and then do them everyday
  > as practice until you have to do them everyday because of
  > necessity. Do them until your muscle memory could do them
  > without you even having to think about them. Rely on your
  > memory. Do not rely on something you may or may not have
  > with you. Even more important, teach all of this to your
  > children and grandchildren.
  >
  > Some suggest that you then find a group of people who feel
  > as you do and who share your core values, and plan to leave
  > together when the time comes. Now it may be that you will
  > be able achieve this, but sorry to say I feel it is utopia
  > to expect a group to come together and stay together when
  > you really have no idea how long society will take to collapse.
  > I would suggest that you prepare as a family and if you can
  > persuade others to see the forthcoming problems then help
  > and persuade them to prepare as a family. Then if those
  > families do manage to come together later then you may have
  > the beginnings of a group.
  >
  > I think that it quite possible that people and even your
  > family will think you nuts and off your head to even contemplate
  > such a thing. So having said that, it will I feel in all
  > probability be that your group or 'tribe' will form after
  > the collapse. I know this is not the best way but I feel
  > that this is what may well happen.
  >
  > We must remember that in the world post-collapse there will
  > be many items that we would consider 'must-haves'. Everything
  > post collapse that a person needs that they currently depend
  > on modern society to provide for them will have be made by hand.
  >
  > "If you can't make it from scratch with what you find on the
  > ground, don't expect to have it."
  >
  > Each of this requires a lot of secondary knowledge that is
  > not explicitly listed. For instance, learning how to make
  > fire requires a certain level of knowledge about trees and
  > tree identification. Making most weapons, tools, and clothes
  > would require cordage. Flintknapping requires a rather
  > thorough knowledge of a variety of stones and where to look
  > for them.
  >
  > Another thing to keep in mind is that this is only the must-haves.
  > The like-to-have and would-be-nice-to-have lists are quite
  > a bit longer. It is quite a bit to learn, but luckily it's
  > all inter-related. Medicinal and edible plants often differ
  > only in the method of delivery, part of the plant, and the
  > amount ingested. Also, flintknapping will help with making
  > those weapons. Depending on the shelter, the skills of making
  > clothes, weapons, or skinning an animal might be relevant.
  >
  > Let me close with quote from "Planning for a Post-Oil Economy"
  > by Peter Goodchild.
  >
  > 'The society of the future has never been described, but at
  > least a number is available. Scholars in various disciplines
  > have found that a "tribe" of about 100 people seems best.
  > That is roughly the size of the "working group" to be found
  > in most foraging or agrarian societies, as well as in many
  > of the more advance types of society.
  >
  > Small groups have their problems, but in terms of providing
  > happiness for the average person, the band or village is
  > more efficient than the empire.'
  >
  > 'A small human population might survive on agriculture, at
  > least if it reverted to some primitive methods.'..
  >
  >
  > "To our grandfathers and grandchildren, the cavemen...."
  >
  > (Rene Barjavel 1911 - 1985)
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