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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are ways to purify your own water, as long as the contaminants aren't from something like nuclear, biological or chemical warfare. Subsistence farming is a LOT harder.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Especially with increasing effects of climate change. Unexpected droughts, floods, etc can decimate a subsistence farm very quickly