The 5 Countries That Are Best Suited To Survive The Apocalypse, New Study

[appalachiablue]

MSN/Business Insider, July 30, 2021.

Researchers created a "shortlist" of five nations most likely to survive the apocalypse. The list includes New Zealand, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Ireland. Silicon Valley billionaires are already investing in bunkers and doomsday shelters in New Zealand.

With climate change strengthening its grip on the planet, researchers are searching for the best possible hideout locations post-apocalypse. Using data from the University of Notre Dame's Global Adaptation Initiative, researchers at Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute in England graded the 20 least vulnerable countries on three main criteria:

Carrying capacity: How much land is being used for farming to sustain the current population? High agricultural land per capita is good.
Isolation: How close is the country to other highly populated areas? Further away is better.
Self-sufficiency: Does the country produce its own renewable energy and have manufacturing capacity? More is better.

Using these parameters, co-authors Nick King and Aled Jones found five locations particularly suited for global collapse, or what they call "de-complexification." Each of the five are notably islands with large metropolitan regions, meaning they've already shown they can sustain millions of people. Their work was published in the peer-reviewed journal Sustainability on July 21. ~

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/the-5-countries-that-are-best-suited-to-survive-the-apocalypse-according-to-a-new-study/ar-AAML4UO

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Obviously made by liberal media haters ... USA #1 USA USA USA!11!! nt

[dalton99a]

2. All have a natural barrier to mass migration

[rampartc]

3. after the apocalypse

billionaires will still need security and servants, but,

will those servants still need billionaires?

i guessed new zealand and iceland, madagascar, perhaps the phillipines and indonesia.

[Thyla]

4. Australia is our end game

The other countries are too cold in winter, you're going to want to use as less fuel as possible.
Too much work otherwise.

[raccoon]

5. Just like in ON THE BEACH. nt

[NickB79]

6. Australia? Seriously?

Climate change is kicking the ever-living shit out of them.

[BeckyDem]

7. Sad but I can't imagine America ever this smart:

Only 26 people have died of COVID-19 in New Zealand, making it one of the safest places to be in the world during the ongoing pandemic.



K&R

[appalachiablue]

8. 26 people to our tragic 600K dead and rising,

poor USA. We're fast becoming an even more dysfunctional, authoritarian leaning large country with division like I've never seen. Sad.

Vietnam, with 95 mill pop, 1/4th of the US, acted early when Covid started and has had far fewer deaths- 1,306 reported, like some other Asian countries.

Plenty of wealthy have already sited NZ, it looks great from what I've seen and read.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/asia/coronavirus-vietnam-intl-hnk/index.html

[BeckyDem]

9. So they lack something essential, anti-government/science wackos, which we have in the millions.

"The population is much more respectful of infectious diseases than many perhaps more affluent countries or countries that don't see as much infectious disease -- Europe, the UK and the US for example," he said.
"The country understands that these things need to be taken seriously and complies with guidance from the government on how to prevent the infection from spreading."

Thank you for sharing, sometimes it is hard to be optimistic. Uphill battle all the way for us.

Stay safe out there.

[appalachiablue]

10. That's the picture, tx and be well.