Yes, gold, food, ammunition and medicine, they will be the currency if it really goes medieval!
How long does diesel last and how do you know the gold is any good?
Having had to flush out a telescopic handler’s tank of diesel and renew all the filters I’m not keen on keeping it. On boats it gets the pox as well. The farmers filter it through nylon tights …
Diesel can get algae growiing in it, tis true. But i reckon an old diesel engine is a better bet out in the sticks than a petrol one.
My old HZJ 75 will still be going when most newer vehicles throw a hissy fit.
I suppose an overlooked detail of prepping is being adequately armed for defence, physically and mentally.
Wether we hunker down in a lone farmhouse or a town dwelling, inevitably there will be marauders who have not prepared and will be seeking to take what they can from those who have.
At what point would any of us be able to shoot another person in order to protect ourselves and our provisions?
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You would have to have a very good reason to shoot anyone. Farmer Tony Martin shot and killed an intruder at his remote Norfolk farm, Bleak House.
He was convicted of murder later reduced to manslaughter and served 3 years. It was a celebrated case.
But I guess you are assuming law and order will be wild west -style by then…
It’s normally a bacterial growth in diesel. You can get bacterial inhibitors for heating oil that may be sitting around in a fuel tank for a while.
At that very point.