You need to sop being ignorant if you The Doctor's Book of Survival Home Remedies  want to survive 2012. You don't really have to believe everything that you hear or read. What matters is you have got enough information that can be useful whenever you need them the most. You have to be aware of what's going around you. Know as many details as you can. What's the best thing to do? How will you make it? Where can you go to be safe? Those and a lot more should have answers or at least ideas sitting on your mind already.You may have skills and knowledge but if you don't believe that you are going to make it, chances are you won't. You have to have faith in yourself. If your faith is based on religion, you should have a strong one. The point here is that you trust in what you can do and you have to do everything that you possibly can to survive 2012, because if you lose hope easily, that will do you no good.As a outdoors man, I had my doubts about using a Zippo lighter as a survival tool. But after evaluating them, I found that Zippos really do serve more of a purpose than just lighting cigarettes or cigars. Zippo's have great resources such as a quality flint. The great thing about flints is they will spark in any weather condition so if you find dry tinder you can more than likely start a fire. Zippo lighters also contain cotton absorbing fuel pads if you get really desperate to have a warm fire just pull them out and use as flammable tinder. Zippos do have a small fuel container and can run out of fuel quickly but there are many alternative flammable liquids you can use. Although the Zippo brand fuel works the best, generic lighter fluid will work. Zippos also provide a great light resource.