MAGs are very important, as important as being self sustainable. One of the more important aspects of supply storage is "Rotation of perishables", that Rawles' blog barely touches on. Even canned and dry goods need to be rotated periodically. This is where MAGs come in very handy also. Face it, a year's supply of food stuffs, med-supplies, and the like are very hard for just a couple of people to go through and rotate properly,(even if ideally stored). But being able to divide in trade with those in MAGs can keep very workable stores rotated properly.

I have been storing many things for well over ten years now in preparation. I have even moved a couple of times that have forced me to make changes in my MAG. I have found that even carefully picking people that are willing to trade certain things, helps me to rotate some of my stores within their working dates. Even if these carefully choosen people are not fully knowledgable of all my stores or the purpose of them,("Unknowing MAG" associates, might be a fair term to use here).

It's a caution and an aspect that you should always remain on guard with. But throwing away certain stores because they are coming out of date is not much of an option either.

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There are a few things that can be done to solve fuel/vehicle supply problems also. Some are quite easy, like reconfiguring the vehicles to get the best mileage possible,(even if this means changing vehicles). Other options, such as making your own fuels are quite a viable avenue also. Fuel storage just isn't that difficult and seems to be the easiest,(at least for me), to rotate out in a timely fashion.
There are quite a few threads on this site that go into some good details on these vehicle points and many of the members here have also posted good info links to gain more knowledge on this subject.

IHTH

Michael