Are You Ready For Life Without Electricity?
@MaddiOashi (183)
United States
November 7, 2015 6:00pm CST
We've all heard the stories about an EMP attack, that will knock out the power grid, or the one about a massive solar flare that would do the same thing. It would be like going back and living in the 1850's or so.
How would the survivors, who must live in the ruins a year or so after, ....cope with it? Were they history buffs, who knew history and remembered "how to live" with no lights or power. After the anarchy, after the chaos, and things settled down a bit, would they remember life WITH electricity? (the chaos and "settling down" could take a year or more)
Some people think when this does happen, it would take years, if not a couple generations, to get the lights back on. Would we want the lights on then anymore?
Have you read from history gone by, do you remember the family stories, the way things were in the olden days? It'll be like a permenant camping vacation, with no end in sight.
The sciencetist say we ARE over due for a massive solar flare......geo-political situations say "we are "cruisin for a bruisin'" , and will get the lights knocked out. Either way, sometime down the road, in the future, we will be in the dark.....again. Are YOU ready for the lights to go out?
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@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
8 Nov 15
As for my home, we will use the candle, to provide light. Only there might not be any fan or air-conditioner to cool-down the warm temperature which might be a big problem. And there won't be any chance for me to earn extra income through online as well.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
8 Nov 15
It will be a big disaster to be without the electricity. Such as we live in 15th floor. If there is no electricity, the lift can't work and we have to go up/downstaris on foot. It will be so tiring. And the water may not be provided so high without power. It is not the worst yet. Try to imagine the patients in the hospital. Many people will die because of no power to run the equipments. We can't go back to the world without electricity.
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
8 Nov 15
@MaddiOashi,When I was a child,we didn't have electricity at our home.I had then spent two or three years without electricity.If today I don't have electricity,it would certainly cause much inconvenience to me,but I can spend my days and nights happily.
@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
8 Nov 15
I don't think I would have a problem. Up to age nine I lived without electricity and survived.
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@ThankyouLord (698)
• St. Petersburg, Florida
8 Nov 15
I think science underestimates our ability to rebuild, and quickly. Alternative power sources are still here, after a solar flare passes through. Solar panels, windmills, hydroelectric, gasoline powered generators, natural gas engines, can all go toward the beginnings of rebuilding our electric grid. But, to answer your question, no, I do not feel that Joe Blow on the street is able to survive without a lot of help if everything goes down, including our water supply, which most of the time relies on electric to get it to us. Medical care would certainly take a hit, with no x-rays, and other tests that rely on electricity. But I think, as awful as it might be, that it could be a paradigm shift for humanity.
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
8 Nov 15
There are things I would miss, like the internet, but I believe I could survive.
@wetnosedogs (1533)
• United States
8 Nov 15
Imagine the money we'd save, not having to pay for electricity.
