"Doomsday Prepping Poised to Become $2.46 Billion Industry"

[The Heretic]

Doomsday prepping poised to become $2.46 billion industry

Forecasted to hit $2.46 billion by 2030, the survival tools market transcends past fringe prepper stereotypes, resonating with mainstream America.

www.newsweek.com

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[Stomper]

Wise men say, "only fools rush in"….

 

[Knobgoblin]

Ancient Egyptians sacrificed millions of birds to curry favor with the Gods, and their own deceased ancestors.
One could surmise that the selling of such birds would have been a nice, steady income.

 

[coltemp]

those who didn't prepare are now generally getting fleeced. Prices are way up as the preparedness industry has gone through a massive amount of consolidation with a bunch of big profit-hungry conglomerates taking over some of the smaller very good suppliers.

 

[edzz]

Doomsday prepping poised to become $2.46 billion industry

Forecasted to hit $2.46 billion by 2030, the survival tools market transcends past fringe prepper stereotypes, resonating with mainstream America.

www.newsweek.com

I find this hard to believe, 2.43 billion maybe 2.46 ain't happening.

Just how do "they" arrive at these numbers?

 

[kmk1012]

I find this hard to believe, 2.43 billion maybe 2.46 ain't happening.

Just how do "they" arrive at these numbers?

Generally it's math

 

[edzz]

Generally it's math

How do you figure that?

 

[Yarome]

How do you figure that?

Carry the Democ.... I mean... common demoninator.

 

[Jay Walk]

by 2030?

Seems optimistic.

 

[Stomper]

Ancient Egyptians sacrificed millions of birds to curry favor with the Gods, and their own deceased ancestors.
One could surmise that the selling of such birds would have been a nice, steady income.

And then after all the birds were sacrificed the locust swarms came…. because there were no birds left to eat the locusts.


Derp!

 

[Stomper]

I find this hard to believe, 2.43 billion maybe 2.46 ain't happening.

Just how do "they" arrive at these numbers?

Generally it's math

How do you figure that?

by 2030?

Seems optimistic.

Sounds like the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) did that prognostication…. and we all know how accurate they've been calculating costs.

 

[bradsteen]

If more people are getting into preparedness and self reliance, I would call that a good thing. Of course the article has to snipe at it by calling it "doomsday prepping", as if everyone who "preps" has an underground bunker and is expecting the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse to show up any time now. The idea of being ready for whatever life throws at you used to be just plain common sense.

 

[Stomper]

If more people are getting into preparedness and self reliance, I would call that a good thing. Of course the article has to snipe at it by calling it "doomsday prepping", as if everyone who "preps" has an underground bunker and is expecting the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse to show up any time now. The idea of being ready for whatever life throws at you used to be just plain common sense.

Back in the day they all laughed at Noah….. in the end they weren't laughing at all.



Fun fact-

Noah was the first recorded stock broker in the Bible. He let all his assets float, while everyone else was liquidated.

Ba-da-BUMP!



Thank YOU!



Hello?

 

[The Heretic]

How do you figure that?

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon we're talking real money.

The point is that the commercial sector and the media has noticed that there are $ to be made in prepping.

Of course, there are always (and always have been) some smaller retailers/etc., who try to sell premade "survival kits" with mirrors, fish hooks, an IFAK, an "emergency shelter/poncho (i.e., garbage bag), etc.

I noticed (unless I missed it) that no mention was made of the government's occasional PSAs asking people to have preps.

What I would like to see is more and better shelter construction (especially residential homes) materials, methods and contractors, with a concerted effort towards homes that are much more resistant to fire, earthquake, storms, etc.

Also, decentralization of emergency response teams/orgs and depots, etc. - it seems the gov has very recently paid a little attention to decentralization by moving to have tech centers spread out across the USA a little, but we need that across all sectors, not just tech. Whether we get hit by nukes, earthquakes, volcanoes, weather or other disruptions, one is none, two is one, three is two - whether it is guns, water sources or industry providers.

 

[GWS]

by 2030?

Seems optimistic.

Really! If the world is still here in 2030, I've wasted a whole bunch of money.