Mogs lording over her strawberry plants.
I couldn’t believe it when I read what the theme was for the week. Last night I went to bed in an absolute panic having scared myself silly by watching the film A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash. It was made a few years ago and detailed the bell curve of worldwide oil consumption and how we are now on the downhill slide. I chuckled when someone mentioned in an interview that oil was hitting $50 a barrel…this was in 2006…crazy. After the film I checked out this websitethat was mentioned in the film. Seriously grim…not for pre-bed reading. I’m sure some of the info is a little too tinfoil hat for most people, but it did present some interesting information. One of the tools to cope with the coming economic crisis, according to this site, is self-sufficiency and food hoarding.
This makes me think of the months following 9/11. I was working at a food coop at the time. A local group was told by their leader to purchase 200 lbs. of bulk non-perishables each to store in some bunker somewhere. We were flooded with orders for 50lb. bags of flour, 25 lb. bags of rice, etc. Our sales were really strong that quarter, but it made me sick to see so much food that would likely never be consumed.
I don’t foresee any bunker building around our house, but I do think we should plant a few more strawberry bushes and a couple more squash plants…all of which we definitely be eaten.
