Getting Real About Bugging Out

[Timelord]

That does not stop them being dangerous or banding together! Also it is quite possible many will be on the move through no choice of their own. The scenario could dictate this!! I know you live in a quiet area BP and that you don't think you will be threatened by mass movement of population or much else - I have read it in your posts on this forum over and over again, whenever anyone puts up a thread involving these issues. It would be nice to see how other preppers would relate to the scenarios without it being directed to one personal scenario over the otherside of Dartmoor every single time. Otherwise the forum becomes bland and repetitive and no new inspiration can develop.
What do the three smilies at the end of the last post represent? is it smugness?

Jonas, there is one point that needs revising in the general narrative. That is about fuel consumption being linear from low to higher speeds and so lower speeds give better mpg. While this wording is contradictory in itself, the concept is also quite wrong. Mpg is not linear! There are a number of factors which affect the result. Some of those are wind resistance and gearing. Wind resistance increases exponentially, especially from around 55mph upwards. That is why the USA speed limits were set at that in the fuel crisis of the 1970's. Also the vehicle speed has a relation to the gearing it is using. Low speeds use lower gears, which are not fuel efficient and so travelling at 20 mph will give far worse mpg over a fixed distance than the same journey at 50 mph and using the appropriate gearing. There are other factors but what matters to us is how this relates to bugging out as in the post you put up. Well we have ruled out travelling at speed due to the possible hazards this entails. Therefore if travelling slowly, then the gearing will be low and the corresponding fuel use will be high. Add on to this detours, which may be considerable so that the fuel requirement and time taken becomes a major consideration. Regards, TL.