What would life be like without electricity ? .. real dark :D

In our place we have powercuts and sometimes electricity goes out for hours. Some places in our country has no power for 14 hours a day.

That happen very day in your country ? That sound so annoying ? I guess if a person is used to it they wont be too annoy .

Correct without electricity you would not have met all the people you do now on mylot and else where . I cant imagine how bored i would feel without it .

I also think that electricity has played a great role in everyone's life and it is hard to think life without electricity.

I agree with you maybe some of us can survive but I would not be able to survive , maybe if I was a guy and can hunt for myself . If we didnt have electricity it seems hard to know if woman would be where we are today are would we be like those without freedom .

people depended on one another and helped one another and were more innocent than we are now. of course, i wouldn't wish back the bad times like slavery or anything like that though.

It would be great if we could go back to that time but I wouldn't want to live there lol . The part you mention about a lot more people being helpful to one another and it was innocent is totally true . I would not wish back the bad times like the world just using the army to force people to do what they want , there was little freedom at that time . Also I would not want to not be able to vote , wear pats and have any career as a woman . Thats is why I love this time and appreciate all what those people have done . I think because of electricity the move for gender equality and a lot of other movement were able to reach a lot more people .

NO doubt that you made some good points , that show we can adjust back to the old times if we have to in order to survive .

It is hard to imagine , nothing more that camp fire every night for entertainment . Knowing all we know now , make it hard to picture a world with no electricity . The universe would still be a ministry for us .

It would be hard for me , I could not survive . As a woman I wouldn't be able to hunt for food so Ill be like the woman back then having to depend on my brothers and father until they give me away to a man and I couldn't do anything . Yes there are some tribes still living without electricity and their daily labor look so hard but they seem happy. I dont have such village in my country but I would like to visit one . I would be excited to see how they live but I know I would not be able to live like that .

@silverfox09 i don't think now somewhere don't have electric , if you want travel to other place you will find they are quite rich now .,,may be better than you in some village.

I also have a generator since we are always having hurricane its a good thing to keep around . But if we dindt discover electricity do you think they would have invented generator ? maybe I dont know ! Well maybe we would invent gas stove not sure we would though . The problem is how would we get the gas without all those heavy equipment that they used to drill for oil . Would we have been able to power those equipment without electricity ? Yes life wouldn't be easy but who can survive will survive . Have a good day and a bless week

After I responded to this I realized if you meant that there was NO electricity at all? If there was NO electricity at all I guess we would living like "Little House On The Praire."

Lol well that would not be a bad way to live . I love that show, I am watching it right now on YouTube .

It would be good if we could used solar energy to do everything . I used solar water heater , wish I could afford to used it to power a complete house .

Yes imagine planning a meeting and cant contact the person over the phone having to send letter weeks before and just hope they do get it in time . You may ave to go meet that person without confirmation that they understand where to go . I dont know how people had done it in the past because knowing what we know now , would make it hard for us to live without such essential part of our lifestyle.

You would love the primitive life lol you could visit some tribe and get a taste of it . I dont think there would be more peace reason I say that is because based on history there were little peace are justice for the poor . It was legal to rape and they kill without paying for it , there was gladiators and slavery . I cant see the peace , I only see barbarian with jungle justice . More time for friends maybe if you are rich and not a pleasant that have to work like a donkey doing all the manual labor . I could probably survive if I was a man at least I would be able to get my own wife with sole silver are goats . Using solar would still mean using electricity

Wait. Why do we need to get so primitive to the barbaric ages? I mean there were good civilization eras too like the Indus Valley or even the Egyptians or Romans where they did have some law and order and even respect for women folk. (okay I admin I didnt study history in depth but then this is from what I read about in school) and they did not have electricity back in those times. And yes, we would work harder than we do today but that hard work would be more of physical labor which would keep us healthier and more fit I mentioned the solar and electricity as the current solar energy is not much usable unless converted into electrical energy if you want it to run your refrigerator or even the television

Well wow , nice respond I was not expecting certain things like , the what light symbolize . I sleep with light because I cant sleep in the dark by myself anymore , dont know why. Maybe we would have develop night vision like some animals lol . Yes I believe all things happen for a reason . thank you for your respond

Yeah, that's how I look at light in a positive way, I think. Well, there are things we sure don't know why exists, like sun, we seldom complain it's too hot but then it was really a blessing to experience the sun rays specially if you are getting cold or shivering. That's why we should be thankful everyday cause God has things for us we never asked for but then He gave without waiting for us to ask about. Maybe there's afear in you that you just couldn't admit... That's why you sleep with the lights on. It's impossible to think that you don't know why you have to sleep with light on, maybe you know the answer you just don't like to elaborate more... Hahah, yeah, lucky for animals they have night visions cause they go anywhere they can, so, they have to have bright eyes as well. It is their nature cause they don't have any source of light than the sun itself. As a person, we can do all things, so electricity has evolved and for us to better see things.

The point exactly , we would have no means of knowing all the people we do now . No more talking to family over the telephone . A lot of people would be sick during the winter . I am really thankful for the founder of electricity .

I agree we would survive . I think the way the nations have now united in peace would not have form if wasn't for electricity . It would take days for a message to reach across the world and a lot of killing would happen with no way to prove who is guilty .

I should say with little chance to prove if the person was clever than the average

Yes life was simpler from what I have heard and seen at a certain time . Really you hunt for food now , what do you do ? how do you do it ? and why ? so many question but I would love to know . I agree with you it would be healthier for us to eat fresh food more often . I have never ride horses only maybe a few is in my country and they are only on race track . Sound hard but its doable and you seems to have it in the bag lol .

I have never seen such people in real life only on the television . Electricity allow us to see in other culture without even being there . I would love to see how those people live but maybe they dont like outsider coming in there surrounding . I see , you wold not be able to keep instant contact with your family and do the work you do , most my family live far away also and I am on the computer all day at work and then at night . You would need those Amish people to give you a lesson lol .

Yes you would have never had met the friends you met here . Have nice temperature in your home . It wouldn't be too bad going to the market every day to buy fresh things to eat . Good thing you dont have to live without it because I couldn't either .

Those people have really done good for us , we should really appreciate it because if we look at " what if there was no electricity" , we would not be living this comfortable . Electricity has made so much thing possible , you can look for schools without leaving your home take virtual tours . Study online , meet new people and even earn online so much thing and the internet is just one aspect of it . Aabuda thank you for responding

I think that would be my biggest pain lol , not being able to communicate with people I love instantly are even meet foreigner over the net . Coming home late no way to make anyone know you are ok . It would be tough not being able to communicate the way we do now .

Its pretty hard to imagine , we would still be in the stone age . Doing everything manually , cant store much food .

People that live in snow country would be so cold and some would not be able to survive certain snow storm and winter climate .

It would be like hell, just so hard . I guess we would spend time with our family more but as you say it would change the way you earn . You would not be able to work online if we had no electricity . Yes you will have to do a job and probably walk home are get a donkey because horses may be very expensive lol