Critical infrastructures, such as: - Food growing, storage, distribution and delivery to customers - - - only an enemy would will to damage such systems. Add to that
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Petroleum products of all kinds, from asphalt to fuels, fertilizers, plastics, to adhesives, even insulation to make wire, makes this industry LITERALLY essential - oh and, not to mention freesing each winter.
- Electrical generation and distribution are overly centralized and easily attacked, especially by political means ("warfare by other means...), and without energy being readily available, western civilisation collapses.
- Supply Chain, distribution, including UNhindered sales/purchases. Just-In-Time resupply works great; until it suddenly does not.
Since 'saving the planet' by mass murder of humans is
not an optimal solution for humans, perhaps we should pray for a power greater than ours to compell the-powers-that-be (let the reader understand...) to work on their PLAN B, C &etc.
Back to the fire, book and a wee dram of a hot beverage, that ALSO happens to kill germs
Happy New Year !
(I wonder what we will 'know' next year?)
Sir John Honeybucket
Ps. Am re-reading apocalyptic novels as a rest from some of the heavier tomes I tend to gravitate to. Right now, I'm working through the
"Home" series by A. American and he does make "interesting" and enjoyable reading , in a Novel Noir sort-of way.
Pps. - JM. if you read this, it's NOW the New Year, please drop me a line to begin our Morse skeds for practice and general fellowship.
(cruiser to cruiser ). Please dont wait until 'you're ready' , we train because we are not yet fully 'ready'. ;-)