'Recession Apocalypse': Preparing for the End of the World

ABC News ^ | May 15, 2009 | JEREMY HUBBARD and ELIZABETH STUART

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In the serene hills of rural upstate New York, Kathie Breault is hunkering down for doomsday. It's not an all-out Armageddon that the 51-year-old grandmother is convinced of, but an imminent economic apocalypse.

A few years ago, Breault began reading about what happens when the world surpasses "peak oil" -- a point where we will use more oil than we can produce.

"I was afraid that any day that oil would disappear, that gas would start to disappear, that I wouldn't be able to get to work, I wouldn't have money, I wouldn't have food that I needed," she said. "It was frightening -- the picture that was painted."

Breault and a growing number of so-called "economic survivalists," are convinced that when oil supply wanes, the world will head for calamity; governments and the global economy will dissolve into chaos and collapse, the group believes, changing life as we know it.

"Everything that we do in our lives is dependent on abundant, cheap energy -- all the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the transportation. We've lost everything that we know about how to live in a different way," she said. "I'm totally dependent on a system that I think isn't going to be there in the future."

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The National Gardening Association says 7 million households will plant vegetable gardens this year, up 19 percent from last year.

Breault gets most of her food from Cedar Hill Farm, a local farm in Bennington, Vt., tended to by Lisa MacDougall and Chuck Currie.

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Since ABC News sat down for an interview with Breault earlier this month, she was laid off. That means she'll have to cut back even more -- eliminating some of the few frills, like juice, she still indulges in.

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This MSM article focuses on peak oil, which in my opinion is irrelevant because of untapped reserves, conservation and renewable energy. They totally ignore more pressing economic problems, like national bebt that 0bama says is becoming unsustainable, unheard of taxes, commercial real estate failure, etc. The article didn't even mention political threats, from home and abroad, like a government that wants to control every aspect of our life and "manmade threats" aka terrorism.

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Self Reliant/Survivalist ping list

[bolobaby]

Agree: the peak oil angle is stooopid liberal pipe dream to make us end our “obsession” with fossil fuels.

BUT...

You’d better believe I’m prepping for the day this economic house of cards Obama is building comes crashing down.

[shineon]

I’m in a much better place. Much better place. Keep saying that over and over.

[PetroniusMaximus]

“A few years ago, Breault began reading about what happens when the world surpasses “peak oil” “

Just wait till “Red Tide” hits!!!

We’ll all be goners!!!!!

[woollyone]

TY4TP

While I disagree with the reasons she cites I do agree that It is prudent to prepare. And I'm not so sure I'd be willing to give an interview about my preparations with my full name and location included. It isn't good to let eveyone (potential future zombies...lol) know that you've got lots of food in your pantry.

“A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge,
but the simple keep going and suffer for it.”
Prov. 22:3.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.”

(Seikh Zaki Yamani, former Saudi oil minister)

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Government Motors closing 1100+ car dealerships. President and Speaker of the House using this “torture” BS to further diminish our national security, and ABC focuses on peak oil. I have 4 foreclosed houses on the road leading to my house. On April 15th I paid more taxes than all my working years combined times 5. It gets worse every freakin day.

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He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me.

Ps. 18:34-35