jward
passin' thru
There is an old machinist in my town who has a barrel machine sitting outside in his yard that has just rusted down after the tarps on it disintegrated from weather. The knowledge in that head and the machine in that yard are priceless. How much of this stuff across the country? How much could be restored? How many smart old people?
There were all sorts of articles last year about the big ag machines being unable to get into the fields. They would have sunk in the mud. Crops couldn't be planted in Spring in some areas or harvested in Fall in others.
I think we will be seeing a return to non-mechanized agriculture, and many other steps back before the plague and the GSM are done with us. For some that would be horrible. For me- not so much. Work don't scare me none. Builds character.
i hope that the many various groups who take preparedness seriously will leverage the hell out of this situation! We need to be real squeeky! More movement to localized food alone could, and would, be literally life saving. Were we to bring manufacturing home to any degree, or suceed in getting folks off the gov. Teet, we'd all be better served. But, look around. Even with a 20% die off, I don't think its likely to phase enough people to leaven the whole.
Folks who look to themselves for solutions, prefer working hard instead of indulging in their favorite substances, while reclining on their overweight \ unfit bottoms n staring at their screens of choice are all but a dead breed. I think that we will totally give way to the helpless infants mewling for govt care, first, but some future generation will rediscover the spark of Americans' exceptionalism, and hopefully nurture a stronger flame than we were willing, or able, to maintain. But yeah. The knowledge is still here, especially in the rural men...they can just do anything, and with nothing, a lot of times!