"Prepping is always an activity worthy of much thought. I'm of the mind that what we prep is based on that which we prepare for. Gold could be a valued item with the collapse of currency. If we are looking at a total global collapse of society and logistical supply structure , precious metals would be of little value."
I note that you said currencey. currencey is not money, as you probably already know. "Fiat Currencey" is currencey backed by nothing but trust, and since America left the gold standard and went into the "petro dollar" the world has followed and adopted Fiat Currencey. America is the world's greatest debtor nation of all time she owes $17 trillion and has $100 trillion in unfunded liabilites i.e pensions and social security....so is that sustainable? who knows?
but China,India and Russia have become the biggest purchasers of Gold.Germany has asked for the US to repatriate her gold from Fort Knox, and there are moves in Switzerland for her Gold to be repatriated as well, Venezuela has already done this....all the central banks are purchasing gold and yet printing more and more Fiat currencey...certainly makes a man think.
And lets not forget dear old Cyprus, where they can just steal your money.......and moves are afloat in New Zealand, Italy and Spain to pass legislation through their respective parliaments to allow the same moves.............gold has no counterparty risk, if it's in your hand then they have to take it from your hand

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However salt, sugar and curing agents for meats and spices might become more valuable than gold in a land with no supply chain and no energy source to run the infrastructure created to safely store food supplies. Harvesting meat with no means to save it for future meals becomes an activity that sometimes burns more calories that it provides."
Yeah food,shelter a place to go..if there was a currencey collapse. there will be a lot of people not getting social security, or pensions.lot of angry disaffected people. I prep now..I've got my compound bow, knives, food.I'd like a boat coz I am on an island.and they are good for fishing or escaping
