[Jenab6]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'C')ross-country:

[JPL]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('charliehelyes', ' ')many remote communities in scotland are self sufficient living the way there ancestors did before the discovery of oil

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', 'M')y guess is that there will be very little roaming, on the whole.

Of course, 10% of 360 million is 36 million roamers.

I don't see the zombie hordes being organized, fanning out, raping farms and farm girls.

I see massive city riots, a slow burn toward starvation.

I see the government handing out food contingent upon taking long term birth control - that's really where it has to go.

Only give a woman food if she agrees to chemical sterilization and you solve the Peak Oil problem in 1 generation.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hironegro', 'T')he government will either ice them or giving them sufficent rations.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('abelardlindsay', 'Y')ou know.... people who are starving to death don't have a lot of energy to move around. The authorities will still have gas and probably set up armed checkpoints to control the movements of people into and out of areas. The distribution of food stocks will be highly politicized. After all, the person with the power to distribute food decides who gets to live and who doesn't. The mechanics of how it would operate would be akin to how terror famines operated in the old Soviet Union.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

FYI, During the Persian Famines of the late 19th century Wheat reached a price 10x higher than the salary of a typical laborer. Social unrest gripped the cities. Wish I could read the rest of this article...

http://www.jstor.org/pss/617680

[abelardlindsay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('charliehelyes', 'h')istorical examples dont count even in extreme examples i cant recall 50% plus of a educatated society not riot before starving people in europe riot and cause revolutions civil wars long before they starve even in the holocaust starving prisoners organised a mass break out in one of the camps

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hironegro', 'T')he government will either ice them or giving them sufficent rations.

[cube]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', 'A')lthough pop control is a no-no for most people they just can't fathom it.

[kjmclark]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'C')ross-country:

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('charliehelyes', 'i') dont know where this stupid idea that people will just sit and starve comes from survival instinct will take over rain water plus fat reserves and whats in there cuboards will keep people going a few months people will realise whats coming a year before as people starve in poorer countries ppl will riot long before it gets that extreme and cutting off the fat of health care ect will happen long before food will be last to go humans can live on incredibly small amounts of food less then americans realise

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('charliehelyes', ' ')many remote communities in scotland are self sufficient living the way there ancestors did before the discovery of oil

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', '
')What I had in mind when I posted the question was the big cities where they are dependent on food being brought in and not so much local stuff grown.

[truecougarblue]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', '
')Yes, we can live for many weeks or a month or more without eating before we die, but water is not so forgiving as food.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cube', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', 'A')lthough pop control is a no-no for most people they just can't fathom it.

[truecougarblue]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kjmclark', '
')Hey! Prickly pear - yum!

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', 'M')y guess is that there will be very little roaming, on the whole.


Only give a woman food if she agrees to chemical sterilization and you solve the Peak Oil problem in 1 generation.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('truecougarblue', '
')While I consider prickly pear emminently edible, the last thing I think when I see it is, "YUM!"

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jenab6', ' ') If you sterilize 90% of the men, the birthrate might not drop much. No, not much at all.

[cube]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', '
')What I had in mind when I posted the question was the big cities where they are dependent on food being brought in and not so much local stuff grown.

[truecougarblue]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '
')Not a lot of calories in cactus pads - more of a filler than a food you could survive on.