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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1951400, member: 37498&quot;]IMHO - In a large scale collapse, hunting game animals for food would only be a viable option for a few months at best as a shift from domesticated meat to wild meat would not be sustainable given our population, or even a population +/- 20% that of our current size.&nbsp; Same thing is true to a greater extent with fresh water fishing since most fish in our lakes and streams today come from fish hatcheries.&nbsp; It just isn&#039;t possible to have 300+ million cave men in the US living off the land, or 7+ billion worldwide.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the short term, bows and arrows could have some value for hunting game animals for food.&nbsp; In the medium term, for protection or hunting people for food, but in the long term, it would be all about sustainable food, i.e. agriculture.&nbsp; Once virtually all of the game animals and fresh water fish are consumed, the only viable source of food would be what is grown or raised.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless our population drops below 20% of its current size, it would only be possible to feed it through a return to some level of civilized society.&nbsp; i.e. Specialization of labor, agriculture, bartering, etc.&nbsp; In other words, we&#039;d have to stop acting like cave men focused on survival and start working together once again.</p><p><br /></p><p>If our population does drop below 20%, then the period of living like cave men could last longer, or even be sustainable, but I&#039;d like to think common sense would prevail and people would eventually return to civilization.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is of course an interesting subject to ponder, but I don&#039;t want anyone reading this thread to believe that us bullion stackers are hoping for such an event.&nbsp; There is a difference between being prepared for something and hoping for it to happen.&nbsp; Case in point: I also have life insurance, but that doesn&#039;t necessarily mean I can&#039;t wait for the opportunity to use it!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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