So where to begin?

I generally hoard on a short-term timescale even while renting.

Eating and drinking are important to me. I don't want to be out of food/water during an earthquake in the sf bay area.

It's also annoying to make constant trips to the grocery store for food which keeps out of the fridge anyway.

Planning to do more extensive gardening >>> farming.

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"survival"? Not so much. all my stuff is dual-purpose.

communication, self defense, bicycles... all useful in the present.
solar charger for batteries...this is just to fool myself about being 'ecofriendly' and saving money on batteries.

planting trees/veggies: this is to learn skills, save money, eat healthier. it's planning for a future of local food distribution and collapse of the govt/corporate stone heads.

in that vein, a bike can be used during a fuel shortage whether temporary or permanent. but at some point, even bicycles depend on having patch kits for tubes. that's just abotu the only thing that would stop working on a bicycle... i saw plenty of cambodians bicycling on dirt roads.

plan to learn sailing for pleasure and for potential long-term necessity.

all these things really only help me and my circle personally, and by reducing stress of everyone else by being more self-reliant. one less person at walmart the day after an earthquake. hopefully one less person getting a heart operation.

if we were all planning 100+ years out, we'd abandon our cars completely, knowing they have zero future. we'd put in lots of trains in teh US -- even tho this too is not in harmony with nature, ultimately.

because ultimately, to be in harmony with nature we'd all go back to living off the land directly. we'd stop using electricity and FFs. and there'd be orders of magnitude fewer of us.

nothing i do now is really planning for 100 years out.

nothing we do matters in a billion years is how i see it, but i try to do 'the right thing' anyway.

nate and everyone, you should check out 'halfpasthuman.'