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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

txlibdem

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30. Ten thousand is the minimum breeding population

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #28)

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 08:31 AM

Apr 2012

In order to avoid inbreeding.

So your shelter would have to house over 10,000 people or you just hope that you find several thousand people wandering around, in good health, of breeding age, and willing to do what is necessary.

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whew....misread it as "Disaster Peppers" NRaleighLiberal Feb 2012 #1

Good thing we bought all those gas masks! Renew Deal Feb 2012 #2

Yum! And thanks for propagating native plants txlibdem Mar 2012 #22

I just stumbled across a few clips last night. Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2012 #3

Interesting stuff. silverweb Feb 2012 #4

Although it is not a bad idea to become more self-sufficient, Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #5

That will give you time to find other survivors and begin your survivor colony Renew Deal Feb 2012 #6

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When that came out, I lived in Houston. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #17

My family used to think I was crazy because I was warning them to prepare for disaster while jwirr Feb 2012 #8

Here: silverweb Feb 2012 #10

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Success, then! Kolesar Feb 2012 #14

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my wife and some of our friends have gotten into "prepping" nickinSTL Mar 2012 #21

Sounds like they're going a tad OTT Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #23

apparently, the 6 months nickinSTL Mar 2012 #27

I keep six months in my pantry of short and long storage items. Mojorabbit Apr 2012 #40

Surviving a disaster without sufficient breeding numbers is worthless txlibdem Mar 2012 #24

I think the purpose is to survive long enough to find other people Renew Deal Mar 2012 #25

thousands of other people? txlibdem Mar 2012 #26

Depends on the disaster, yes? GliderGuider Apr 2012 #28

Far too many people left? txlibdem Apr 2012 #29

You have to ask yourself, "Too many for what, exactly?" GliderGuider Apr 2012 #32

Scale back to a billion people? txlibdem Apr 2012 #33

Are there any downsides to this utopia of yours? GliderGuider Apr 2012 #34

I've finally made peace with your view of the future. I'm sorry I've argued about it so much. GliderGuider Apr 2012 #35

This is a reply to both posts txlibdem Apr 2012 #36

Ten thousand is the minimum breeding population txlibdem Apr 2012 #30

A coronal mass ejection is a distinct possibility.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #31

To be honest, anything that moves people to be more self sufficient is a good thing IMHO. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #37

You're right that anything that moves people is good. Renew Deal Apr 2012 #38

That is taking it too far, I agree. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #39