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defrostyesterday at 4:34 AM1 replyview on HN

> Actually, I know alot more about this than you do.

So you say.

> Do you think you could make a plow or use it, supposing you had a mule to go with it?

What, another one? We used oxen and draught horses rather than mules.

> you think just anyone could construct or procure a plow in the Mad Max wastelands,

I live in Australia, I know where many working old ploughs are - most of the farms here still have them on display - there are several on this very property.

> Now we're back to "can you make a rope?

Sure - been there, down that, have you?

Look, this is getting dull - I'm 70, I grew up in a remote location, my father, still alive, born in 1935, fed his family as a child while his father was away at war - I've often spent months in remote areas.

In the event of the collapse of the modern US tech sphere some humans will get by, others will not.


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bombcaryesterday at 4:55 AM

This whole line of argument has been incredibly entertaining to me, given those I know who could build a functional plow out of the ruins of damn near anything made of metal - even freeway signs can be made to service.

That's not even counting those who can keep old Farmall tractors running on whatever they have laying around. It's not the greatest, but it's functional, and a mechanical horse is way more powerful than a real one - and even then, real ones are still quite capable of supporting more than subsistence.

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