Think about life without Electricity

Been there; done that! When I was a child,, we lived in the country with no electricity, no running water, no phone, and of course, no indoor toilet facilities. Our bath tub was a galvanized wash tub. We all took a bath in the same water once a week. Whoever carried in the water got first bath. I carried a lot of water. Please don't think we went dirty the rest of the week. Our daily baths were done with a pan of warm water, a washcloth, and a bar of soap. Sorry if you got more than you asked for. Regarding the question about electricity, due to my earlier experiences, I do believe that if fresh water was available, I could make do without electricity. However, in this climate, I don't think I'd last long. Excessive heat is extremely hard on the elderly.

Ack! No, I do not like life without electricity. I've been camping for a week with none and at various times when a storm or fallen tree knocks down power lines for days at a time. That was enough of a taste of what it would be like for me. I prefer my electricity and the many things it allows us to do! Karen

Actually I was just watching a video the other day about a family that follows a particular religion and they don't have electricity. It is amazing that there are still ppl that live that way and prefer it. I think I could do it although it would take some getting used to. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]

Surviving without electricity now a days is impossible. Electricity has made its importance in the minds and life of every human being. We all depend on electricity from every small to big conditions. Electricity has given by many comforts and options to life live successfull.

I really thank Bennjamin Frnaklin for discovering electricity for all of us.(if my memory is not wrong).This has been the driving force of the planet till now under the electrical era the world had bend down.Everything has become apart of this energy.No one can even try and imagine a new world without this until an substitute comes out,there are substitute but not as effective. Life can't be thought without electricity it rule us nowadays.

Hi yugasini I could not imagine life without it, I kinda like the whole pioneer life, but hmm, I forgot about the fact they had no electricity,guess I will not want to go back in time lol , if we had to do it, we will adjust, this is a part of life we do tend to move on petty quick.

no, I'll die without it!! I'll sooo die!! I'll have no computer or anything.. Oh god, without a computer, I'll be soooo bored and I'll probably die of boredom!! This is a really scary scary topic.. Gosh.. and I'll have to wash my clothes with my hands? omg!! That I don't know how to.. I know how to use a washing machine, but that uses electricity.. No, I'll not be able to live without electricity.. I'll probably make something to make electricty so that we'll have electricity, maybe solar or wind power or something, but electricity is essential to me!!

Hey, I think that life without electricity would probably be worse than life without Internet. I think that if we would have no electricity how would we wash our clothes, or iron, or turn a light on? Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!

I have never tried to lived without electricity for long period of time, but power cuts happen every once in a while. When I was living in Estonia, I worked in a small village in countryside, and powercuts were quite common, and in those situations we used candles instead of electritic light. We didn't have a tv or a computer, so I didn't miss those things when there was no electricity, but of a lot of other things were more complicated without electricity. Here in Denmark powercuts also happen every once in a while, but it doesn't happen as often as it did in Estonia. I can live without electricity, but today when I have a computer, a stereo etc that I love to use, it would be really hard for me to live without electricity.

It is very inconvenient to live without electricity, possible though... hmm maybe. I remember couple months ago, I lost electricity because of the thunderstorm, I went downstairs to turn on the light, of course I cannot because we lost the power then I was going to make breakfast, I cannot light the stove... it was just all convenient then you realize we need electricity to do a lot of stuff... even though when I am home alone, I still need power to turn on the computer etc.

I really don't want to think about life without electricity. That would be a horrible thing. Really life as it is today a person really couldn't live without electricity. The world is too common with it. Think about it. We would no communication,no way of knowing what is going on around use, and too many other things to mention. WE really couldn't survive long without it. Not today...

As to increasingly developing of society , electricity is essential commodity in our lives,hence almost the kitchen of our family depend on the household appliances. If there is not electricity , we should do noting. In a word , the electricity is significant in our lives.

Sorry but i can't think of not having electricity nor think of an alternative for it. The days of men at this stage depends mostly to electricity. There are still places in the world where electricity is still limited, yet i believe when it started to flow like a waterfall, there will be a strike once the water stop flowing even for a day. It has been an integral part of every household and every individual, one can't live without it. Is there anyone here who can? I'm so proud of you.

I heard from Nasa that in 2012 there will be a huge solar tempest (I'm italian, excuse me for my poor english lol) that will reset our electronic devices, and it will take some time to establish a new order. In fact, I was thinking about a life without electricity and it's a kinda poor life. Think just about food. No refrigerators, we should consume instantly the food. No lights, we should go back to oil lamps or candles. No other devices such as computer, telephone (no battery recharger). No street illumination. No television, no information. No air conditioned. It would be a very tough life, I think, and it makes me think about our dependence on new life with new comodities. How sad.

its a common thing in our life to spend hours without electricity. I know its very dificult to tolerate but there is no other option other than sucking the heat and staying without even a fan in hot summer days while sweating. ridiculous to think about that and that is what we are facing in our day to day life.

It's hard to survive without electricity after having it...but say back then they didn't even know what it was so they weren't missing anything, it was just normal. We've lost electricity for hours at a time previously and when that happens I read or do one of my crafts if it's not dark out. Once during my sophomore year of high school we had such a bad storm up in CT my half of the town was out of power for 28 hours and the other half of the town were out for I believe 78 hours. Now that was torture. Up there we run on well water, so that wasn't fun but at least we had warning about the storm and were able to fill up everything possible with water. But once we got our power back most of my friends lived at my house till they had power back at their houses...it wasn't fun whatsoever.

Life without electircity ! No way !We have become so very accostomed to electicity and its benefits that thinking of life without it is like a seashore without sand. I think so long as we are not accustomed to a particular thing, we make do without it, but once we taste the comfort of it, we get lost without it. There are still many villages in India as you know where electircity is not there. Yet life goes on for them. Its only afterwards that things become difficult. Alternative for electricity, no. I think not. We are too susseptible to the comforts of electircity.

What a dreadful life it will be without electricity. I could not figure out for myself what is going to happen without it. We will be paralyzed, no entertainment, no business at all, no trade.

You remind me of two days last year when there was some problem in the transformer in our area and had terrible time. It was then we clearly understood life without electricity. My daughter had delivered a baby girl and we were all more worried about the new baby. Mosquitoes were fed up with our blood and were eager to taste the blood of the new born. Cooking became a big job without the mixers and ovens. Washing remained pending. The main part no emtertainment without the tv. To put it short our life was literally like coming to a standstill. We planned to move to my sister in law's house in a different area if our power supply was not restored. But lucklily we had the electricity back that late evening. It really made us think how people in the ancient times lived without electricity and also the value of it. So now i understand that life with electricity is a real bliss and try to save the natural resoure as much as possible. Alternative for electricity are candles, lamps with oil and hand fans( japanese fans put in actual use), washing clothes with hands, simple food habits and a radio with batteries - a real experience indeed.

wow that would really suck there is no electricity, there is internet, there is no computer ans there is no mylot, think about it.