The hyper inflation would certainly not be limited to the US, there is a lot of the same going on around the world. I do understand your point though. When my friends show me some of their potential survival gadgets that require batteries I always mentioned how Mad Max never used batteries lol. I would like to see a brighter future but I think that that is only possible if people come together to make that happen. Right now people are all going in different directions and mostly for selfish gain. There has to be a fundamental change in perspective to cause this willingness to get along. The experience that is going to cause this change in perspective is going to really have to be something...