With the war continuing, the question becomes what to stock up?
When Covid came we all stocked up toilet paper. Now I hope for more mature common sense.
I welcome suggestions.
I don't know i it's consumers who don't want change or supermarkets only wanting us to have a limited range of ingredients or even farmers not wanting to change what they grow. I suspet its a mix of all three, I know here, we are getting more and more ready meals and fewer and fewer ingredients. Even in out newly done up tesco they seem to be selling a lot of nothing much, partly thats due the appalling deliveries they get, every time a ferry docks or departs hoards decend on all our shops like a plague of locusts ealving us very little and big gaps on the shelves. Another thing I've noticed is that for all the huge new fridges and freezers, the veggie stuff and frozen veg themselves are goven less space.
One of the good things about my food intolerances is that I an feel virtuous and aggeieved at the same time, I can say I'm planet friendly with my mostly vegan diet and complain about not being able to eat cheese, which I used to really love.
Harder and less severe? 
Yes, he’s given up on Nato and he’s cross because his war on Iran isn’t going well.
Yes, I always thought tidal energy would make sense, although the cost would be higher than wind energy and nuclear. I think that was part of the reason why May’s government wouldn’t back it.
Didn’t someone trial risotto type rice not so long ago? Unpredictable weather patterns are making prices of veg shoot up, never mind the war. I know farmers have adjusted some of their crops to cope but there are stories of crops dying every season so it’s a slow turnaround but perhaps consumers aren’t all open to change.
Farmers grow a lot of vegetable products in my area, but there are beef and dairy cattle farms too. I would like to see animal foodstuff that is produced being subject to higher welfare standards and for intensive farming of animal produce to stop. I’ve reduced animal products significantly and may manage to become vegetarian one day —but the craving for something like cheese or lamb is too great to resist currently.
It starts to remind me of UK climbing grades, like 'hard very difficult' and 'hard very severe', as matters get dafter by the day...
we've had very strong talks
I wonder if anyone has ever had “very, very, stronger talks”?
What are the points and how many are there I wonder
Someone’s profiteering from the nonsensical statements
“We have had very, very strong talks. We'll see where they lead. We have points, major points of agreement, I would ​say, almost all points of agreement ... we've had very strong talks”
- Donald Trump on March 23rd about the deal sent to Iran through Pakistan that was almost immediately disregarded lol
I think it's pretty obvious that Trumps given up on NATO, his attack on Iran and everyone else saying no, has given him the excuse he needed.
I think we should seriously invest in tidal energy, there was a project that had a trial in Swansea Bay and it worked but May's government wouldn't back it so it just disapeared.
We also seriously need to think about our food security and grow more of our own food and start thinking about what we can grow in a changing climate. If rainfall is higher would it possible for us to start growing rice? Maybe the risotto or paella types? As our climate warms would we be able to grow more legumes, beans and lentils as well as many of the types of fruit and veg we import? Most of all we need to stop eating so much meat, a lot of the meat peope eat is poor quality, and heavily processed, we also need to stop eating the bits we like such as chicken breasts steaks and disguarding the rest. If people ate less better quality meat and ate nose to tail both our own health and that of the planet would benefit, we spend a ridiculous amount of time, money and effort feeding animals when that land could better be used for growing crops to feed us. Obviously there are some types of land that are only really any good for grazing, a lot of the land in Wales is like that, so make use of it..
One thing for sure is that the UK and Europe needs to do everything it can to stop relying on the US and the rest of the world for our food and energy. I would like to see more investment in technology so that we can compete and be self sufficient for the next time some crazy man decides to bomb willy nilly. Someone’s profiteering from the nonsensical statements such as “the war is very complete” and “we haven’t won enough”. The rest of the world suffers for years while a few men in a white house live out their lives in comfort, shielded from desolation.
Maybe we should start thinking about replacing rice with barley? At least barley is grown here and dosen't have to travel half way round the world
If it's nuclear war, a gun and two bullets would be better. There would be nothing worth living for if nature is destroyed. Sorry to be negative but continuous wars are so depressing - all the ordinary people suffering, with no hope of respite.
Maybe install solar panels and battery storage as energy is likely to be increasing in price?
I don't believe we are anywhere near needing this. It wasn't necessary in COVID times, people panicked and caused a problem through that panic.
If things took a turn for the worse and it looked like the UK was going to be a target then I would definitely practical things like batteries, torches/battery powdered lamps and toilet paper. I would also get some power banks and make sure they were fully charged so I would be able to run my phone for longer if the power went. Safe foods (long lasting ones) would be a definite and I would make sure I had plenty of things like dry pasta and a full freezer. I pretty much always have a big stack of books to get though but I'd make sure this was particularly big. Might also get some things like jigsaws to keep me occupied if it was going to be a lockdown type situation. Maybe even a nice Lego set.
Reading materials stocked up
Solar power lights and owl.
Bottled water is bulky and you will likely need 2 litres per person per day. So, if you are really worried about anything more than a relatively brief interruption to the domestic water supply, I would recommend a still -- so that you can distill clean water from contaminated sources.
Priorities, in this order:
1. Honey. Lasts forever, good antibacterial properties.
2. Firewood. Keep warm, keep positive.
3. Flints. To light fires.
4. Hand sanitiser. No infections, thanks.
5. Face masks. As 4 above.
6. Soap. Clean and mean!
7. Dry dog food. For my dog.
8. Dried human food. Lighter and lasts longer.
9. Water. In case mains water goes off/bad.
10. Books. For entertainment, emergency fuel.
Solar powered garden lights that we can bring indoors for light when it's dark.
An even bigger pile of reading material
