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[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Survival situation, you can easily get away with 1800 kcal/day. 4 people, 3 days = 21600 kcal.

Rice, mostly starch, around 3600 kcal / kg. So 6 kg for three days. That's 12 western or 0.6 Asian packs. Its like half a cement bag in volume.

Or you can get bulk ramen. A box of ramen has around the same size as that rice above, its 30x360 = 10800 kcal. So needs a bit more space but you can eat it raw!

Most bang for the weight/volume is fat though! Fat stores 7 kcal/g, protein and carbs just 4. And the tastiest way is nuts! So peanut butter for example. Or Snickers. You can also put peanut butter on raw ramen. Get a bag of chips too, you can use them as fire starters!

Don't forget other stuff though:

  • Crank operated radio
  • Combat first aid kit, ideally with Israeli bandages and a tourniquet
  • Power bank with foldable solar panel (+ all the cables you need)
  • Water filter
  • Magnesia fire starter
  • Lighters (plural!)
  • Multitool
  • Compass
  • Cash
  • Paper map of the surroundings
  • Head lamp
  • Bunch of paracord
  • Couple needles
[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just did the math... a 64oz jar of peanut butter is enough survival calories for 6.75 people for a day. Or, one person, for 6.75 days.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

i'm surprised to learn that they sell bottles of peanut butter that large and disappointment that costco doesn't.