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9 Companies Cashing In On Our Doomsday Fears (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 10- 5-10 04:12 PM   |   Updated: 10- 5-10 05:58 PM

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These days the apocalypse is a profitable business. There's no shortage of companies marketing to our worst fears -- whether they be a nuclear doomsday, a massive food shortage or even a return to the gold standard. In fact, as Zero Hedge noted today, Costco now sells a product called THRIVE, which includes full-year's supply of canned food, or 5,011 servings, if you're counting.

For the bargain shopper planing for the end of the world, we've compiled some of the more prominent products and companies that are catering to your apocalyptic needs. Check them out below:

(Ron Wilson contributed to this piece.)

THRIVE - A 5,011-Serving Food Stockpile
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Emergency preparedness has also entered the mainstream. Costco is selling THRIVE, a 5,011-serving stockpile of food. For the temperate, it will last a full year. (Hat tip to Zero Hedge.)

At $799.99, that's a real bargain. And, of course, it offers more than just food. From the website: "this package will give you variety, nutrition, and peace of mind."
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frenlyfyre   4 minutes ago (10:11 PM)
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Well I seriously wonder if I want to crawl out of my well appointed shelter, well-fed and well-armed, only to find a burned Earth filled with "Beckians" & "Limbaughnians". Wait a minute..."well-armed"...At Least I Could BLOW MY BRAINS OUT! And I Guess I WOULD!! Don't BUY in to this
rampant "end of days" paranoia folks. The harbingers of doom JUST WANT YOUR MONEY!!
P.S-don't they already have enough??
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LenR   33 minutes ago (9:43 PM)
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All the commentary seem to say that laser cannons are unnecessary. Well, maybe not. This may seem out of left field but we live in a new century and a new millennium and what may have been true in the 20th Century is less so today. And, since 1995, things are different. How different things are has been underlined by the discovery of Gliese 581's solar system that has so far yielded two probably living planets. Does the Gliese solar system contain more than merely lesser organic life? Is it the solar system of a sentient civilization? Could it, in fact, be the home solar system of an interstellar civilization? Could there be a connection between Glise 581 and all the UFO reports? Far more questions than answers. Hmm: UFOs. Distant home worlds. Lasers. Could it be the Defense Department knows something we don't know?
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Westof405   2 hours ago (8:02 PM)
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I like the pet sitting one. Become the AIG of pet sitters. Pretty funny if you think about it. If the owners are "raptured" how will they know if you are actually feeding Fido?

Beck is into all this because Mormons believe you should have a year's supply of food stored away. However, the 5 gallon bucket with some meals in it Papa Swamp mentioned isn't a bad idea. I live in SoCal and we get enough fires and earthquakes to make that pretty useful.

If there really is some big catastrophe, just as in Mad Max, the two most valuable commodities will be guns and gasoline.
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BuildingAirplanes   3 hours ago (7:44 PM)
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Hmmmm, Glenn Beck being sponsored by these ads.....

Keep America Paranoid. Vote Republican.
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K M D   4 hours ago (5:59 PM)
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200 bucks for 2 weeks of food - if there WAS an apocalypse, this would be the equivalent of holding an umbrella over your head during a tornado.

If anyone is genuinely concerned about stockpiling food for any reason, there's wonderful, inexpensive books on the subject of self-sufficiency as a lifestyle that are easy to find and full of PRACTICAL advice that applies even to "normal everyday" life - surely a better investment than a 200 dollar backpack of food you could buy at REI tomorrow. :P Stupid sure is expensive.
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FreewheelinFranklin   5 hours ago (5:19 PM)
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Looks like this is the answer to the unemployment problem too. Plenty of jobs selling more insurance against all the disaster and catastrophe happening around us every day.
And by the way, send me twenty bucks and I'll water your house plants when, oops, IF the rapture takes you. Just leave the keys under the doormat.
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dholl69   6 hours ago (4:09 PM)
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I think people who buy into a lot of stuff like this, will spend thousands trying to save themselves from doomsday, but end up dying by slipping and falling on a piece of ice.

IF there is such a day, event, most won't remember where they put most of this stuff in the garage with the christmas lights
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Chicagowill   0 minute ago (10:16 PM)
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Do ya think most of these people wear seat belts, whether the government tells them to or not?
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Fred303   7 hours ago (3:03 PM)
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sounds like fun!
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Craigy6   7 hours ago (3:03 PM)
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That last one is the smartest scam ever!! Pretty much free money with no repercussions.
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yomamasmama   10 hours ago (12:13 PM)
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LOL no one is going to care about your shiny rocks in the event of an apocalypse.
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Alaskangel   9 hours ago (1:04 PM)
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Money will be redundant also.
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angrymanspokane   11 hours ago (11:22 AM)
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The FUD factor is the best selling tool there is - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.
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progressivegreg   13 hours ago (9:10 AM)
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It's not a bad idea to be prepared! Every part of the world is vulnerable to some sort of "natural catastrophe". Tornado's, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires and on and on. But to spend big bucks on basics is a waste of money! Extra batteries, a couple of jugs of clean drinking water, flashlights and maybe a few MRE's to get you through for a few days. Face it, if a "Big" event (war, asteroid hit and the like) occurs we're all going to be in it together whether you like it or not!
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bcunnin679   1 hour ago (9:02 PM)
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You just went over the head of the majority of the folks on this board. Most are like Alfred E. Neumann "What? Me worry"
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Papa Swamp   14 hours ago (8:38 AM)
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You forget Costco which sells 5 gallon buckets with 55 meals inside. Best deal around (Costco profit spiked).
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Alaskangel   9 hours ago (1:14 PM)
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Costco also sells "Thrive". A supply for four people for a year is $3500.
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Quasi Libertarian   14 hours ago (8:17 AM)
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I cannot believe that they didn't include all of the companies Al Gore was deeply invested in with "Green" technology. algore has been scaring the bejesus out of people for decades about environmental amageddon and he has definately increased his "Green" holdings in the form of cash earned.
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RubyRedNails1   14 hours ago (8:15 AM)
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Everyone should be prepared for emergencies...just simple things make a difference in difficult times. It's nice to have a generator when you lose electricity etc....
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