"As I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: The history and future of societal collapse. It is an account of a study by a Cambridge expert who works at something ominously called the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; he concludes that we can't put a date on Doomsday, but by looking at the 5,000 years of [civilisation], we can understand the trajectories we face today and self-termination is most likely."
"So it's maybe not the worst moment for a bit of worry about how you would fare in the case of a temporary breakdown of our civilization. Perhaps you have noticed that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and violent. Or you read the stories that Donald Trump was shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency and surmised you'll have to take care of yourself going forward."
An expert at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk finds that self-termination appears most likely when assessing 5,000 years of civilisation, without a determinable Doomsday date. Climate change is producing more frequent and violent extreme weather events. Growing concerns about institutional failure and societal breakdown drive individual preparedness planning. Solar power functions as individual-scale energy, offering reliable supply suitable for bunkers and adverse scenarios. Political identities often align with fossil fuels, and some administrations have impeded renewables, including actions against wind projects. Practical advantages of solar make it attractive across ideological lines because it continues to work during systemic disruptions.
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