Book research... survey...?

If you woke up, tomorrow, as the last person on earth, what are some of the things you would want to do?





Things to think about….


1: How long will electricity be available?





2: how would you attempt to cross the ocean? Or would you?





3: After a good majority of the food in grocery stores has gone bad, how long will canned food last?





4: Will gasoline ferment into a substance that no longer works in cars?





Feel free to hit me with other questions that come to you. I would like your opinions.

Book research... survey...?
Okay, first I'll admit to being odd, but this is actually something I've thought about quite a bit and I've asked other people this same question. It's amazing how bad their answers were.





The first thing I would do would be to move to a place with a long growing season because growing one's own food would become necessary.





Second - I would select a suitable house with lots of other buildings nearby to use for storage. I would definitely look for a farm with outbuildings and fenced in areas. A farm pond for some fish would be useful. A woodstove for cooking and heating the house would be essential.





Third - It would be necessary to round up a certain number of animals and animal feed! At least some horses to pull wagons and plows, some cattle, and some chickens.





Fourth - I would start stockpiling things while I could. Pumps (both water and fuel) are electric and will eventually be useless. In the meantime, I would scrounge through hardware stores, pharmacies, grocery stores, department stores, and bookstores for items to store (tools, clothing, bedding, towels, flour, sugar, spices, canned goods, some basic first aid supplies, and lots of HOW TO BOOKS as well as some books for entertainment. Remember no radio and no TV in my future. I have ONE BIG advantage over some people in this since I actually know how to drive an 18-wheeler so I would simply load up trailer after trailer with my supplies and park them at the house I've chosen.





GASOLINE GOES BAD AFTER A RATHER SHORT TIME SO IT CAN NOT BE COUNTED ON.





FINAL IMPORTANT POINT - IF I AM THE ONLY ONE LEFT - THEN STEALING IS NO LONGER A CONCEPT.
Reply:hmmmm--certainly not long for electricity...weeks or months at best except for generators if you could find one and find and transport fuel for it...





Canned goods could last years--five or so.





Gasoline could/would work as long as it's systems for avoiding water/contamination of tanks would hold...hard to say how long it would remain pure. But it wouldn't ferment exactly.





All these questions remind of one of the best books I've ever read called Emergence by David R. Palmer. It came out in the 80s but if you can find it, lucky you! Lots of fascinating details about what being the last survivor of a world disaster would be like...


here's a link to the book:


http://www.amazon.com/Emergence-David-R-...
Reply:first i will freak out and scared, second the electricity will be availaible everyday and every month and year if you don't waste it, third if i am a good carpenter i will built a boat of my own and if i'm not i can use the spare boat on this island but is there's no spare boat i'm going to stay not moving, probaly 6 year but if use wisely maybe 4 and the half year, fifth i think so
Reply:okay hows this...


Pharmaceuticals have a shelf life... so after one year their half as effective as when they were new...by the second year 1/4 and so on





what happens if you develop a health problem?


like an infected cut? a bad tooth? High blood pressure?





would you be able to walk into a Pharmacy and know what to take or how much you should have?





your time on earth could be cut short if you pick the blue pill when you really needed the red one....
Reply:Generators wouldn't be hard to find....Growing your own food is easy... Why would I cross an ocean?.....A bicycle would suffice; not like I have anyone to go and see.





Those questions don't bother me. It's easy enough to survive off the land. The only thing that bothers me is being completely alone.

shoe labels