BUSTING the top TEN MYTHS THAT many PREPPERS BELIEVE!

there are a lot of myths floating around out there that are believed within the prepper community but I'm here to tell you don't believe everything you hear today we're going to take a look at some of the most common myths out there and give you a different perspective on them basically just some food for thought folks so let's take a look in no particular order number one fuel is only good for a couple of months after it's been pumped this is one that comes up a lot in fact I recently did a video on storing fuel for long term basically this one is false fuel can last for years when properly stored but it's not really the storage that's the problem so much as it's more often improper use of fuel particularly fuel that contains high levels of ethanol ethanol attracts moisture and for that reason it doesn't work very well in small engines which is very likely where this misconception comes from number two railroad ties are safe and last forever sorry but that's not true either because of what I've said in other videos about railroad ties I get scolded in the comments section about this one a lot but despite that I'll say it again yes they do break down they will disintegrate over time and the chemicals that are in them are toxic so you should not be using them for building materials I have a relative who works on a rail gang all he does all day long is replace disintegrating railroad ties they are a nightmare to work with number three you won't be able to find clothing after a long term grid down I don't know where this one comes from but it just doesn't seem plausible if there is anything that is massively overproduced on a global scale it is clothing and shoes if something drafts that happened to the entire planets population there would be enough clothing lying around it shops thrift stores and abandoned homes to last the survivors for centuries number four you will get sick eating the same foods over and over there are a lot of people who are under the impression that if you eat the exact same foods over and over again that your body will start rejecting that food and you'll starve to death but that simply isn't true what's rejecting eating the same foods over and over again is your own mind you're the problem not your physiology if you're hungry enough your body isn't going to reject a meal speaking from experience take the example of any third-world country where the vast majority of the population eats literally the same exact foods every single day of their lives in fact having such a large variety of food available to the general public instead of just the super-wealthy is a fairly new concept historically speaking number 5 overweight people will outlast other people in shtf there are a lot of people who believe that a severely overweight person or morbidly obese person will last a long time without food because of their size they believe that they will just live off of fat reserves this one couldn't be further from the truth in reality there are two basic reasons that someone that big eats as much as they do the first being that it is habitual they eat compulsively the second reason is that because of their size their bodies can't absorb enough protein and nutrients to sustain their size in other words they are literally starving with no access to food their bodies will cannibalize muscle tissue and other vital materials as quickly as fat tissue and where do you think that will leave them number six the bugging inverses bugging out argument there are real diehards on both sides of the fence on this subject and both sides are too stubborn to admit that there is no correct answer they each claim that the other won't make it and that they're right and everyone else is wrong but the truth is that you won't know which is correct until you are in the moment you may have planned to bug in but then you're forced to move on or you may have planned to bug out but end up getting trapped or the place you were going to is compromised instead of insulting the other guy for having a different plan than you do worry about yourself and have a back-up plan in place both answers are correct plan for both number seven no one will survive the apocalypse this is something that I catch Preppers saying all the time which makes me wonder why are you a prepper if you are so certain that no one will survive then what are you preparing for and are you basing that statement on the Bible because I'm pretty sure the Bible makes it clear that there will be survivors number eight don't take a knife to a gunfight listen we all like our guns and there's nothing wrong with carrying a firearm but I'll tell you from experience never underestimate someone who's skilled with a knife I have seen where someone who is skilled with a blade can take out an adversary right in the middle of drawing their gun with a deadly strike at as much as ten paces distance granted most people are not that skilled but there are some people who are so don't ever underestimate an opponent number nine you can plug bullet wounds with tampons well technically you can but I don't advise it they won't work as well as you think all a tampon is is a glorified cotton ball tampons don't actually have coagulant and they won't clot like you think so if they are stuffed into a open gaping wound they will quickly saturate and leak and number 10 dead bodies will spread terrible diseases now I'm not completely disputing this one you shouldn't be exposing yourself to corpses if at all possible but just be aware the dead bodies don't spread disease more than living ones living people who are sick are walking disaster areas in shtf sick living people are more of a health hazard than dead ones and would I leave you hanging as usual I do have one more for you call it number 11 if you will after shtf there will be no more governments after shtf there will be no more governments I think this is one that Preppers just really want to believe and I can't say I blame them every time I look at my taxes or hear about some new foolish law or regulation but aside from the fact that micro governments will form up consider this the people who stand the absolutely greatest chance of survival are the ones who deserve at the least because whatever man-made global disaster that may befall us will very likely be their fault senators governor's congressmen presidents dictators prime ministers royal families captains of industry and banking moguls will all be a mile underground with a century's worth of provisions while we're stuck hammering out a new world and after we've done all the hard work and the dust settles they will re-emerge and try to stake their claim I wonder how well they will be received if that happens so I hope you enjoyed the video and that you got something out of it if you did please do give it a thumbs up I would sure appreciate it share the video if you can subscribe if you are new and check out some of the other videos and if 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Published: Tue Aug 14 2018