SF in Hawaii suggested a deer hauler (such as item # QW-223606 sold by Cabela's) as a cross-country bug-out option. It would certainly allow someone to carry three or four times as much weight as they could in a backpack.
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Stephen in Iraq e-mailed us a link to a Bloomberg article: Wheat Price Surges Above $10 for First Time on Supply Concerns . Stephen's comment "Notice this paragraph: 'Higher food prices are forcing some Italians to eat at soup kitchens and threatening unrest in China, where a stampede at a supermarket sale of cooking oil killed three people in November.' It wouldn't take much for the same thing to happen here. Folks better stock up on wheat products soon!"
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From The Oil Drum: Home Heating in the USA: A Comparison of Forests with Fossil Fuels
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Rourke (the moderator of both the Jericho Discussion Group and The Sarah Connor Chronicles Yahoo Discussion Group found this for us: NPR's uncharacteristically well-balanced review of "I Am Legend". (But note how the radio journalist slipped in the word "hyper-survivalist.")
