Just stumbled across this related link:
Energy fears looming, new survivalists prepare (AP) : Yahoo! Green
I am not quite that bad. . .I think those solutions are shortsighted as human beings live and die by the fact we are social animals and depend on socialization, not being hermits, to survive.
I mean, I'm typing this working CAT scan at our local hospital. . .what happens when they fall and break a leg? Will these survivalists have the nerve to show up and ask for help?
That being said, short term. . .I agree that "looting" can happen until the gov't is able to restore order.