Iceland
Iceland
Iceland is also apparently a good place to live when the shit goes down. While New Zealand was the researchers’ top pick, you’re on your own in choosing between the rest of the options. The researchers write that the land of Björk enjoys many of the same advantages as the land of hobbits when it comes to providing a safe spot to hide from the writhing last gasps of humanity.
Isolation is an important factor when picking your survival spot—and islands, like Iceland and New Zealand, provide a lot of that. On top of that, the former Viking colony has immense reserves of renewable energy resources, much of which are already used for “electrical generation and widespread urban space heating.” It also has “a large and currently undeveloped potential for solar,” which could be utilized in the future.
Unfortunately, Iceland also has “limited agricultural capacity” due to “limited fertile land and a climate unsuited to many arable crops,” though this is apparently offset somewhat by well-developed fisheries in the Atlantic. So, while it’s not a great place to raise livestock, you can apparently always eat haddock.
