Depends on a lot of factors. When I consider grocery prices in the Czech Republic, our food safety standards, sick leave conditions and healthcare costs, I'd say I might get food poisoning 0-2 times in my life for $25 each while saving at least $30 per year.
ChaoticNeutralCzech
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Dry and sealed, it can last decades. Honey can last centuries but will usually expire after 1 year for legal reasons.
The risk is worth it, I will probably never get food poisoning (as long as I'm careful when foraging) and I'm healthy overall so my body would take it well. I can't imagine store-bought food pushed to less than +50% of its shelf life with no signs of decay will do permanent harm. I guess a week off work can be a problem if you're in America? I feed old food to chickens instead if it goes stale or unappetizing so I never really waste any anyway.
Pasta, 12 years. Yoghurt, 1 month.
It is wasteful, the expiration date is very conservative. You can push it 20% or more for sealed, correctly stored items. Just check for signs of rot or mold. Food waste is a serious problem in first and second world countries.
The article is likely satire but I hope the reporter's name is real.
That's mild, I'd say every Israeli in the yellow region shoild GTFO
Gathering is the hard part but I'm afraid just making raw ore and water into rockets and fuel would use more energy than what we are using today, just to offset the current waste output
There is no such thing as "outside earth's gravity pull". You can compensate with "centrifugal" force but you'll need to position the point of mass in geostationary orbit and hang the rest of the structure off it (idea known as space elevator). However, there is no material whose tensile strength will support its own weight at this length. Steel cables max out at a few hundred meters at surface gravity.
Well then, Ohio's fucked. I should have believed the memes.