Depending on one's circumstances it's always wise to stockpile food and other hard commodities. The advantage of PMs is that they are not affected by hyperinflation and can be transported with ease. The world is faced with it's first manufactured global crisis whose intent is to crash all systems and install world communism/fascism; PMs may well be outlawed but then so will 'food hoarding' and other capitalist sins. This winter should be quite interesting