EffortlessOpstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agoIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?message-squarearrow-up1157arrow-down17message-square186file-textfedilink
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-squareIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?EffortlessOpstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agomessage-square186file-textfedilink
If you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?
minus-squareLvxferrearrow-up8arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkPenicillin might be a good idea, but once you set up some simple electricity production, you can generate bleach (electrolyse brine, then input the chlorine back into solution; discard the hydrogen). Being able to bleach your water is huge.
minus-squarejaschenarrow-up4arrow-down0·8 months agoedit-28 months agolinkfedilinkUnless you accidentally get wood splinter and die of gangrene.
Penicillin might be a good idea, but once you set up some simple electricity production, you can generate bleach (electrolyse brine, then input the chlorine back into solution; discard the hydrogen). Being able to bleach your water is huge.
Unless you accidentally get wood splinter and die of gangrene.