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		tmountain on April 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: In the event of an apocalypse, how long un... Depends on how long roving bands of tribal warlords continued killing each other over previous food and water resources. It might take a minute to get the CPU factories retrofitted to run on diesel generators once a winner emerges and decides to dedicate his fuel stash to manufacturing CPUs.

p1mrx on April 27, 2024 | [–]

Gasoline and diesel have a shelf life of around 12 months. It would make more sense to stockpile propane.

exe34 on April 27, 2024 | [–]

You can't eat CPUs and they are very expensive to throw at people to keep them away from your food and your newly liberated farm.

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