Energy fears looming, new survivalists prepare By SAMANTHA GROSS, Associated Press Writer
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BUSKIRK, N.Y. - A few years ago, Kathleen Breault was just another suburban grandma, driving countless hours every week, stopping for lunch at McDonald's, buying clothes at the mall, watching TV in the evenings.
 
That was before Breault heard an author talk about the bleak future of the world's oil supply. Now, she's preparing for the world as we know it to disappear.

Breault cut her driving time in half. She switched to a diet of locally grown foods near her upstate New York home and lost 70 pounds. She sliced up her credit cards, banished her television and swore off plane travel. She began relying on a wood-burning stove.

"I was panic-stricken," the 50-year-old recalled, her voice shaking. "Devastated. Depressed. Afraid. Vulnerable. Weak. Alone. Just terrible."

Convinced the planet's oil supply is dwindling and the world's economies are heading for a crash, some people around the country are moving onto homesteads, learning to live off their land, conserving fuel and, in some cases, stocking up on guns they expect to use to defend themselves and their supplies from desperate crowds of people who didn't prepare.

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The only good thing about living in the country is that if we had to, only if we had to, We could shoot deer, and other things . even for the cats and dogs.
But other than that, being in the country, you are all alone and miles from everything. i guess i'd go stay with my daughter and Her husband. They are so good at this stuff. They got us through the hurricane and even had fun while doing it. And they both shoot real good. 

I think that's the whole point. They think We are stupid.
and they need to fix the refineries.

Part of using that land to grow things would entail having the old non-hybrid seeds so that each crop can produce more. Much now is hybrid.