Is it the fear of AI and automation, or fascist laws that severely restrict freedom, or is it about future wars, hunger or a worsening climate?
In the UK I’d suggest anyone who owns their own home get solar panels, a battery and some form of air conditioning (if not a full heat pump/boiler replacement) ASAP.
You can’t directly stop the government doing terrible things, but you can dramatically slash your own energy bills and make sure you can survive heat waves in comfort.
This is good advice for all of Europe as well
most solar systems will not operate in a power cut.
edit: system detects no grid supply and shuts itself down. other systems with an off-grid mode exist, just theyre not the default and usually cheapest option a lot of people round here install.
I feel like battery in this case was more of a whole house battery. That would work in an outage. Unsure if it could still be charged in an outage.
You ask for level 3 backup
Level 3 means the panels provide power in a blackout; panels charge the battery with excess generation, battery provides power at night
Replacing radiators with air conditioning is 100% the smartest thing people could do in UK/EU.
+++ Climate change is going to lead to more healthcare challenges and will lead to increased cost of living (insurance, foodstuffs , energy). Switch to solar energy, lead a more modest life with local products (support local producers) become a vegetarian, lead by example. +++ More international conflict: Russia/Nato states, USA/China, China/APJ, Africa. Make sure passport is up to date, look at options to quickly leave. Buy local produce, stock up water and food. +++ AI may lead to a stock market crash. Diversify your savings (you should do that anyway). It will lead to shifts in the job market (like the steam engine, the internet). Adapt or become irrelevant. +++ States are becoming more rightwing / fascist. Be politically active, vote for the right party, change the party and system from within, donate to the right projects, speak out, use the skills you are good at to make a change. +++ Enjoy life, it could well be the best is already behind us. Be kind, be friendly, help people. Have a plan.
Make sure passport is up to date, look at options to quickly leave.
Very few will be able to afford to flee anywhere, and in most cases, the fugitives may not only fail to flee fascism, but will be poorer than they were when they left their homes.
You’re never too poor to afford fleeing somewhere else, just not desperate enough to try. Look at the thousands that risk their lives every year crossing countries by foot or go into the sea in rickety boats.
it’s never a bad idea to try growing your own food. i’ve been able to add a lot more fresh veggies to my diet even with “container gardening” in a rented apartment & a balcony.
if you’ve got your own house & a garden, plant as many native trees as you can. some of these can provide free food too ofc, but also, trees are great for shade & staying cool during heatwaves, they’re great for flood prevention, they hold the soil together & prevent soil creep, etc etc.
so yeah, i suppose climate change & access to food are my main concerns. we can live without a lot of today’s tech, but we can’t live without edible food, clean water, and breathable air. 😅
Buying a café close to the ocean.
Call it “the winchester” and wait for this whole thing to blow over.
I don’t find it but there is a joke in there somewhere right?
And how will the café can help?
We’re planning on having even a second can.
Social networking, first responder training, mesh networking, might finally get my firearm license
*e* mm, misread the prompt. I’m preparing for the obvious and inevitably continued rise of fascism in the United States.
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At some point I plan to install solar panels with a battery bank big enough to eventually disconnect from the grid. Learn to do as much stuff on my own so I don’t have to buy as much things, for example I already make jams and marmalades while in season to last the rest of the year, next step I plan to learn this summer is to preserve other kinds of vegetables.
Also I’m learning to sew and make patterns in a dress making/tailoring school. I make my own clothes.
Think long tern on all my buying decisions.
And overall, if there’s some skill that I think I could learn that would make me a bit more independent I go for it. But I’ve always been like this, it is not like I’m preparing for anything.
Keep growing food, building community, nurturing and enriching life and health of those around me and myself.
Keeping up training martial arts, firearms and trauma response/emergency medicine.
Continue building resilience and efficiency around my home and through all aspects of my life. Reading books, paying attention and supporting the folks in my community.
Same that I’ve been doing most of my adult life which kicked into high gear since 2019 when I saw the writing on the wall.
I’m preparing.
Comparison is the thief of joy they say. So if you’re worse prepared than me I can make that thief work for me by comparing myself to your unprepared ass while we hide from skynet.
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Do as I say, not as I do, but… Make more social connections.
The only certainties are people will continue to become poorer and the Earth is going to get hotter.
So, I’m saving my money, making sure my pantry is full, and I have a couple of external power sources to help me get through power outages.
I’m preparing to retire.
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That one white guy who wears shorts during winter and that one white girl who wears weater during summer will die of heatstroke and hypothermia, respectively; and we too will all suffer under climate change.
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Chinese EVs.
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Buy guns
don’t need to.
everyone else is buying plenty. all I have to do is take them.
I was smart. I bought a crate of grenades.
The fall of China and how it will affect global trade if Taiwan goes too.
Just gonna have some kids and gonna focus on my own life and what small things around me I can make a difference in. Caring for friends/family etc.
That’s really lovely and feels good, too. Really helps focus what’s most important these days. Wishing you all the luck for your goals to be met :)
