# The Borrowed World  ## Metadata - Author: [[Franklin Horton]] - Full Title: The Borrowed World - Category: #books ## Highlights - peroxide, alcohol, antibiotic ointment, bandages, and over-the-counter medications for everything from colds to diarrhea. She bought hand sanitizer, soap, large bottles of shampoo, and deodorant. Realizing she'd missed a few things, she ran back to the grocery aisle and bought three large bottles of bleach. She had to make a trip to the automotive department to pick up fuel stabilizer for all the gas they'd purchased. A few more small items and she was done. ([Location 520](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00X1AQNKW&location=520)) - “We survived the 9/11 attacks and things didn’t get that bad then. People weren’t shooting at each other. Why is everything falling apart?” “Those attacks killed a lot of people but we didn’t lose resources,” Gary said. “This attack damaged vital resources. It could take years to recover from this. If those attacks destroyed enough transformers it could take two years to replace them. If power isn’t available to manufacture more, who knows how long it could be?” ([Location 809](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00X1AQNKW&location=809)) - Wagan Power Dome, a rechargeable device that could boost a car battery or pump up a tire. It also had an inverter that would allow users to operate a 110 volt device, such as a laptop. There was also a USB port that would accept USB chargers for phones or tablets. Jim ([Location 1020](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00X1AQNKW&location=1020))