As one who has put hours into thinking about things, I have come to a few conclusions.
With very little "Google foo" I discovered that TP wasn't invented until 1857. That the Chinese were u s ing a version of TP in like 587ish AD. TP came into fashion by Europeans in 14 or 16 something AD.
Today over half the world still doesn't use TP at all and the almost half that do use TP regularly doesn't always use it.
This has lead me to the conclusion That TP isn't really all that important during a shtf situation. Due to the stress and diet during shtf there are 2 possibilities. Your poop will either be rock hard due to diet or stress, thus not much need for TP or you will have diarrhea due to diet, stress or disease, in which case you will either run out rapidly or TP will be the least of your true worries.
With very little "Google foo" I discovered that TP wasn't invented until 1857. That the Chinese were u s ing a version of TP in like 587ish AD. TP came into fashion by Europeans in 14 or 16 something AD.
Today over half the world still doesn't use TP at all and the almost half that do use TP regularly doesn't always use it.
This has lead me to the conclusion That TP isn't really all that important during a shtf situation. Due to the stress and diet during shtf there are 2 possibilities. Your poop will either be rock hard due to diet or stress, thus not much need for TP or you will have diarrhea due to diet, stress or disease, in which case you will either run out rapidly or TP will be the least of your true worries.