We have so many people on this earth that we have just about got to the limits of our food production. If we have a terrorist attack on our food source or a natural disaster like the Irish potato famine there is going to be a breakdown of epic proportions.
I was hitchhiking I was picked up by a truck driver, he was hauling cars on a trailer he told me to get in one of the cars. He must of really been into picking up people, he told them to get in the other cars. He got pulled over for doing 80 mph, we all got tickets.
I’ve been lucky enough to have a dad that worked in the a/c, heating industry and any time I needed a bench cover he has got me sheet metal to cover it, galvanized or stainless steel.
You might could call a duct shop and see what they could sell you.
I always thought every time the space shuttle went up they should have grabbed any defunct US satellite or parts and removed them.
If I remember right a Chinese satellite that had a decaying orbit took out another satellite a couple of years ago.