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>A Dog’s Life - Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd
"... a potential recovery time of 4-10 years."

Total BS. 20-50 years minimum.

Just consider food production and distribution.
Does anyone honestly think the people will peacefully stand in line for rations that may or may not arrive?
Does anyone honestly think the mega-cities will survive without the daily massive inputs?
What about potable water? How is it going to be distributed? In a four story walk-up apartment?
Now consider national politicians. No altruism on their part, but they control the military and the militarized LEOs.
Then there is the fuel and its required distribution system. Diesel engines fire on compression, but modern diesel engines are controlled by computers. Computers will be fried.

That 20-50 years I suggest might be seriously optimistic.
Who can build the replacement transformers?
Where is the copper wire coming from and how?
Where is the copper ore getting mined and how?

Industry demands a critical mass of people to support the costs.
A EMP greater than or equal to the Carrington Event will result in extreme population reduction.
People too easily forget that the entire system depends on "just-in-time" distribution.
Ergo, no large stockpiles are available for immediate distribution.
Oh and as pointed out already, no distribution system is operative.

The more complex the system, the greater the vulnerabilities.
Much of the complexity was legislated into existence: pollution controls, market protections, tax regimes, fiat currency defense, etc.

One last tidbit that should trigger spontaneous loss of bladder control.
Without constant maintenance, the infrastructure deteriorates rapidly. See Detroit and Chernobyl.
Do you really think extreme weather events will avoid occurring until things get fixed?
Now how do you suppose government will respond to all of the above? Think of work party conscription aka slavery.
This has always been the problem with keeping dragons. Either you feed them regularly or they eat you.


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