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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 2367097, member: 37498&quot;]I suppose much would depend on the nature of the S that HTF.&nbsp; If it&#039;s simply an economic collapse similar to what we saw in Russia and Argentina fifteen years ago, then gold, silver, or alternative currencies from stronger economies would certainly still have value.&nbsp; This is because those countries didn&#039;t descend into lawless chaos.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it&#039;s something like the Walking Dead, as Cascade noted, then no, gold and silver would likely have very little value, because with 95%+ of the population dead, people could loot more gold and silver than they can carry.&nbsp; Combine that with a lack of confidence that civil society would return, then they wouldn&#039;t have any value either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing to consider is how we are transitioning to a cashless society.&nbsp; I know a few people who literally do not carry cash because they use their debit card, or their iPhone to pay for virtually everything they need.&nbsp; If they &quot;need&quot; cash, they go to the ATM to get some cash for that particular transaction.&nbsp; What happens if, say ten years from now when nobody is carrying cash, we get hit with an EMP that disables all electronic communications for an extended period of time?&nbsp; How long do you suppose it would take for our government to redistribute enough cash to resume cash based commerce?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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