Next, a group of people with practical skills in sustainable agriculture should be selected for preservation. The most logical approach to doing this would be to select a group who has significant experience in sustainable development, who will be unlikely to demand world control after the event, who do not rely on technological or unsustainable means for any significant portion of their livelihood, and who are already in the target location. This, assuming the United Sates were to be chosen as a target, would most logically be the Amish. These people should be vaccinated as well, unknowingly, probably via an aerosol method before the event. Then, after the release of the governing body from whatever location they are kept in, they should be given instructions to seek out surviving Amish communities, and to place themselves under the tutelage of the Amish as soon as more pressing matters (population collection and prevention of further disaster) to learn proper methods of sustaining life.

Obviously, this is not presented as a serious solution. However, if Davidson’s warnings and predications are to be taken seriously, and Malthus’ predictions before him, solutions must be found that will largely upset the current balance of power, and mandate social reorganization. The solution of the Amish taking over the world might not that bad after all. Regardless, society must be willing to both change and sacrifice comforts in order to preserve human existence on this planet.

So what do you think?