There was an interesting article in the paper a couple of weeks back - Nine meals to Anarchy.
The thought being that once it all goes pear shaped, such as no more oil distribution:
Day 1: Meals 1, 2 & 3. People would lethargically sit around "because its all going to get better, isn't it"?
Day 2: Meals 4, 5 & 6. People start panic buying, just in case.
Day 3: Meals 7, 8 & 9. Looting starts because shops like Sainsco and Tesbury are running on almost empty shelves.
Day 4: .................The rise of the Police Community Support Officer (sorry, joke).
I know from some work I did some years back that we, as a country, only have 5 days worth of food in the supply chain at any given time. Thats it, 5 days, 15 meals. Big cities rely on daily replenishment of supermarket stocks because of a floor space to cost ratio. So, anyone with a £5 million quid flat in Kensington is going to be stuffed.
The nine meals scenario was sound research presented in Parliament. My own ramblings were based on academic research for a Masters Degree with co operation from some big names in the supermarket and food supply chain industry.
The thought being that once it all goes pear shaped, such as no more oil distribution:
Day 1: Meals 1, 2 & 3. People would lethargically sit around "because its all going to get better, isn't it"?
Day 2: Meals 4, 5 & 6. People start panic buying, just in case.
Day 3: Meals 7, 8 & 9. Looting starts because shops like Sainsco and Tesbury are running on almost empty shelves.
Day 4: .................The rise of the Police Community Support Officer (sorry, joke).
I know from some work I did some years back that we, as a country, only have 5 days worth of food in the supply chain at any given time. Thats it, 5 days, 15 meals. Big cities rely on daily replenishment of supermarket stocks because of a floor space to cost ratio. So, anyone with a £5 million quid flat in Kensington is going to be stuffed.
The nine meals scenario was sound research presented in Parliament. My own ramblings were based on academic research for a Masters Degree with co operation from some big names in the supermarket and food supply chain industry.