According to some, there will be another depression due to the economic strife. I only have a very vague understanding of it because I don't know much about economics. It was brought to my attention in this thread - http://christianforums.com/showthread.php?t=7289318

To be honest, the prospect excited the childish and idealistic part of me. It's terrible I know, it will probably be much worse than this, and more complicated.

This is what I imagined:

When it first happened, many had lost their jobs and homes and were forced to go elsewhere. They put their money together to buy fuel, and crowded into their cars.

Later, bikes became the primary means for transport, due to fuel being unaffordable for most. Riding bikes in the middle of the road became normal and permissable. Laws regarding squatting and camping in public places were relaxed.

Abandoned restaurants and petrol stations remained on the roadside, as a nostalgic reminder of the past. Corporations no longer existed. Plastic bottles and wrappers and graffiti covered billboards remained, like relics from the past.

Some people lived like bohemians in hippie communes. Permanent campsites were set up. People were creative with what they had. Clothes were old, recycled, or D.I.Y. Old furnature and blankets were used, arranged nicely inside the tents, caravans, or old vehicles that really had no use anymore but to be slept in. Things were kept until damaged beyond use, and recycled in some way.

Food was no longer processed, pre-packaged and sold at the supermarket. Instead, people started to grow their own food in these communes. They kept chickens, and grew vegetable gardens and planted fruit trees.

Children amused themselves with old toys, their imaginations, and their own games. There were no more new shiny plastic toys or video games imported from China to be sold at the nearest chain store. Others amused themselves by reading, surfing, playing guitar or a home-made instrument, or making things.

Here is a list of things I made to carry by yourself:

- A bag you can easily carry.

- Practical, comfortable clothes with many pockets. A trench coat, perhaps. Shoes that won't break any time soon. And the rest.

- Knives. Scissors. Safety pins for when your clothes start to fall apart, maybe one of those little sewing kits.

- Matches or a lighter.

- Spare batteries, a torch.

- Canned foods and instant noodles. Instant coffee packets. A reasonably sized bottle of water.

- First aid, medical needs. Bandages.

- Personal hygeine items. Hair brush, tissues, toothbrush, etc. You don't want to become feral.

- A bible or a survival handbook or whatever your favourite book is, a journal or notebook, pens, photos. Chalk, writing on the road is fun.

- A usb on string around your neck with all your pictures and sentimental emails and music stored on it, incase you get a chance to use it again.

- A bike with tyre repair stuff.

I might think of more stuff later.

I'm tired of writing now.

What you you all think about this situation, how do you think it will actually effect you? It probably won't effect me as much, being in Australia.