I know there are people who imagine the power going off for all time and hoarding their gold and silver for such a possibility. Most of those folks will die anyway, sitting with their guns and ammo and precious metals in a bunker, because what you will really need in that scenario are Amish farming skills.
The much more likely future scenario is not apocalypse with no one using 19th century tech to keep the lights on, but simply the obvious financial collapse we can all see coming.
“simply the obvious financial collapse we can all see coming”
You forgot “...all see coming, except for Congress and the President.”
“Technically you could mail a postcard to someone with a bitcoin TX hand-written on it.”
And it would be worthless.
“Most of those folks will die anyway, sitting with their guns and ammo and precious metals in a bunker, because what you will really need in that scenario are Amish farming skills.”
That’s not nearly as sexy, but VERY true. reminds of those survival shows where one bunch goes hunting, and a bunch of women start gathering nuts, berries, shellfish, roots and edible plants. The gatherers come up with a quick abundance and wind up feeding the hunters that mostly come home without that bag full of calories.