Warbler said:
xhonzi said:
Warbler said:
xhonzi said:
Ransacking the place and taking everything you can carry is what you do when a maniac bombs the bridges and you want to try to take care of your family.
what good would ransacking the place and taking everything with you do? with the bridges out and the maniac threatening to blow the city up if anyone tries to leave, where are you going to go?
Back to your home. With food for your family.
and what would you do once you got home with the food and you know the food supply is limited? You'd ration the food that you have, to make it last as long as possible.
Hmm... I guess you're right. Maybe I should have said that when I said:
Warbler didn't quote it, but xhonzi said:
Rationing is what you do when you're at home with people you love.
I'm not sure if we're disagreeing here. I said people would loot the stores, take it home and ration it with their families. Therfore, other people, who missed the looting, would starve to death. Are we disagreeing here? Because you're really just quoting me back to me.
xhonzi said:xhonzi said:
In any case, it doesn't really matter how long it takes for them to be out of food... they would be out of food in short order. The movie shows supply trucks showing up... but I can't begin to imagine it being anywhere near efficient enough that very many people are alive at the end of the 5 months.
There is food inside many people's houses, there food in all the restaurants in the city, there is food in all the supermarkets and convenience stores in the city and whatnot. It one conserved properly, it could last awhile.
I'm still not sure what time period you're suggesting here. It was an island full of 8 million people. How much food do you think was there, and how long are you suggesting it would last?
longer than 2-3 days, that's for sure.
I give up. Can you narrow it down for me? All I've got is "longer than 2-3 days" (that's for sure!). Care to take a guess? Can you at least confirm whether you think it would last 5 months? I will readily agree that some people could be eating well for a while. But the general populace is going to be out of food extremely quickly. I'm not sure where you're getting your data of how much food would be on the island of Gotham, maybe it's a comic book, but I'm basing my numbers off of the real world.
Again, unless you think it's 5 months, I'm not sure why we're having this conversation. Perhaps you do think it's 5 months. I have no idea what you think, other than you like to argue.
Warbler:again, would people in this situation be eating as much as they normally eat?
That's my whole point, Warbler. I think most people won't be eating anything. Except for shoe leather. And delicious PanakacakesTM.