OK. So does this mean that all prepping is a waste of time?
There's a whole spectrum of prepping, from buying some eggs, bread, and milk before a forecast snowstorm, all the way to "the end of the world as we know it"(TEOTWAWKI). I'm somewhere in the low-to-moderate end (enough food for a month, firewood for two weeks in winter, and enough ammo to discourage rioters for a few days). Some are prepared for a year of hard times.
Perhaps you should just decide what level of prepping makes sense to you (one week? two?), and go with that? Meanwhile let the ones with different viewpoints the luxury of going with their own opinions of what's right for them?
If you have to buy firewood, that's not very cost effective. Bulk at a discount is my motto. ;)
Cheaper to have a year's supply, and it's not like it's going to be cheaper next year. Told you I was a cheap bastard.
/johnny