if such day happen , I will freak out . really , I'm not joking . if you think about it , you will realize that how much our life depend on it . in this era without it our life become isolate .

imaging your tv , radio , pc, phone all die . you have know idea what's going on or how to call help . bank not working , you can't get your money . car battery is also die out , your car become useless .


I wonder how many of you will not effect on it ?

As humans we adapt pretty quickly and it's amazing how we start depending on each other again

It would take awhile to get used to. But I live in a very rural location. So I could fish, hunt, cut and burn wood, plant crops.

But a big down-side ? Home dentistry doesn't sound too pleasant. Better have plenty of liquor on hand.

You don't need electricity to make that *banjo playing*

If you have solar power or a generator I would worry much. Maybe some people alot people is using gas as their power. But I would check that gas all the time b/c it can be explosive. There are other ways you could try to get power some how. You could always get from scat or manure. If cell phones or regular phones die out there is always walkie talkie or CB radios if they die out you have to use the old snailmail to communcate to all your friends around the world.

I would also go to theaters to see plays.

It wouldn't be tough to change your routine as far as entertainment goes (except for the computer )

How cool would that be ? I would have to buy an old Trans-Am first to put it in. It wouldn't have to actually run. But at least I would want to sit in it while talkin' Trucker talk.

I' ll wait until they turn it back on, blackouts do happen you know.

Time to go solar...

I would gather food by hunting animals using my spear in the wood, just wearing leather skirt with leather shoe.

My husband was watching Convoy last night! Ah, trucker talk.

I grew up with a cabin in a very remote area. We had no electricity. I survived. We had a small battery powered radio and of course the only station that came in clearly was CBC French! We had no phone, no cell phones, no CBs. Nothing. Not even the postal service! I think I could survive!

Only one shoe ?

Meow Purr.

This post is ironic to me as I lost all the electricity in my house today. We discovered it was shorted out because a slug had climbed into the socket, no kidding, it's even delayed my holiday by a day... but I can't complain, it would have been worse to have been the slug.

Sit in the dark.

We would go back to the way our forefathers lived, they survived....In our summer home we didn't have electricity, used karosene lamps, and of course no phone, t.v..radio and we loved it...We even had to walk 4 miles with milk cans and fill them up with water from the spring and lug them back up the mountain...So we went from our city home with elecricity to roughing it, we did fine...

LOL Reg...Have a great holiday

Well i guess i'd start by making loads of candles! But there is a couple that have homes within a few miles around here that are totally green, and self sufficient! They have solar, wind, and water power. As well they have back up generators, and havn't had to pay anyone a penny for their power for a couple of years now! It was a bit costly to redo the homes at first, but say it's more than paid for the renovations already! Can you imagine if every home owner, and building owner did that in the next while? Soon government, and big power companies would be having heart attacks watching their income dwindle down by quite a bit! I would loooove to see the looks on their faces, and listen to them try and bargain you back with great deals!

You mean no glaring street lights...unobscured (or should I say unlighted?) Mediterraneans starry night? ...heaven....

I'm going to buy a farm in Mexico raise cows and horses.

Living without electricity is not as bad as it is made out to be. A bit boring at first, but then that spark of imagination comes back for ways to occupy your time . I must say though, it isn't as appealing in the 100 degree days during summertime.

It might be kind of bad to say, but sometimes I think it would do society good to get back to the basics of life and living. Families might end up spending more time talking and enjoying each other's company.

Some of my funnest memories happened while camping out in the woods. Just setting around a campfire talking, playing cards or Yahtzee.

( You don't even want to play me in Yatzee. I'm the king )

Well Benjamin Franklin & Thomas Edison invented electricity without having any so, someone in time would sort of reinvent it when it become unknown again.

It's not really that hard for some of us to do without power.During the big power outage of 2003,I took my food out of the fridge and tossed it into a camping cooler (aka "ice chest" for the old fogies like me that remember the term,or "esky" for the Aussies ) with a bunch of ice and ice packs...and cooked up most of the meats on a little portable charcoal grill,sitting on the balcony of the apartment I was at.It was during the summer,so it was quite warm in the apartment,so I pretty much stayed outside,listening to the news on a small battery operated radio during the day,and just enjoying the moonlit nights,sleeping outside.

There are plenty of things that one can do to survive without power...but for some of the methods,one would have to be very careful.Burning candles and kerosene lamps is ok...just make sure that you have some air flow,otherwise you could suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning.Canned food and stuff in boxes keeps for a long time,so that's the best stuff to get.Fresh food such as meats and veggies would be more of a luxury item,and would need to be used quickly.

Other than the food and lights...you'll have to entertain yourself as best you can...break out the old board and card games,or just spend time with friends & family.



I agree on the really hot days.But those are the days when one should find a way to get to the nearest water source and hop in (if it's safe enough to do that).



I agree.I think most people have become too relaxed and complacent,as well as too dependant upon their electric gadgets.It might do a lot of good for many of them to learn how to survive without all of it.

I also agree on the camping.My friends and I have a blast every time we go up to a friend's cabin in northern Michigan (we also go canoeing while we're there),and some of us camp out every weekend during the local Renaissance Festival.It's a lot of fun.

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Edit: I almost forgot...when the lights go out...you can see so many stars.If you're an amateur stargazer like me,it's nice to be able to sit in the backyard and pull out the telescope...instead of having to drive to a spot outside the city.

Well, I would do whatever I want because I wouldn't have to face the consequences since my batteries would drain by night fall (assuming its out in the morning).. atleast my exoskeloton could easily be recycled... I'm GREEN MOFOS!

I would................. be totally screwed. lol
I think at first it would be scary. Be would find way, as we always have.

Read! The imagination is pretty entertaining!!!!

Curl up and die.... I cant live without video games....

LOL!

I could go without very easily, I'd just fill my days up with playing guitar.

start collecting earwax to make candles

There is always battery operated hand held games & when they die out you can get into hobbies, like knitting, crochet, Martial Arts, playing with your pet, and snailmailing if you know some of your internet buddies addys that is. Maybe just play sword fights with thumbs against somebody is something to do. LOL.

I just thought of something. If electricity is cut out of our lives who would make hearing-aid batteries so I can hear sounds. Now, I guess everybody around me better learn sign language, fast.

There are many things people could do without power,the only problem is getting them off their behinds to do stuff.



I doubt if the power will go out anytime soon,and there are other methods of creating power...through the use of wind and water.But,I think you'd be in luck pretty soon,since I read something recently about a little gadget that uses a person's own activity to power gadgets.The more they walk or run,or even peddle a bicycle,the more power is put into the self-contained battery that the device uses.So...be on the lookout for this soon,for if it's decently priced,you should get a couple of them (always have a back-up,just in case).

As far as sign language,this is something that I've been meaning to learn at some point.The problem for me is finding time to do so.

Im looking forword to it. Candles instead of light bulbs, books instead of TV, sledding down hills in winter with friends instead of video games....It goes on and on.

I welcome such days.

i'd be fine but i'd really miss internet...alot...i'd probably cry...

Good idea, but there's no electric The theaters would have to be lit by kerosene lamps as in the olden days...Would be interesting though....

Just a thought, there would be no water pressure to provide a flow in your tap, just a dribble. Gas lines -same, once generaters go out, you're on your own.

No need to do without laptops: Save all your pee in empty coke bottles and hang a copper tube in the neck then stick an iron nail in so it doesn't touch the copper. The voltage between the nail and copper will be @ 1 volt. String 12 of these together and you have a very basic home electric supply. Don't take my word for it. Somebody try it and see.

I saw that on MythBusters & the History Channel,I think the Eyptians had it a long time in vases with vinger, before christ. But they never use it only for torture & medical pratices. Otherword Burl your saying electricity will still be around but in different forms. I would try that. But not with pee. It will stink up the house. The potato can run the clocks around the house. But don't forget to change the potatoes or they will stink too.

Try some other basic liquid. If you use other metals you can also use some acid.

If the electricity goes out for good..you better be prepared for the worst of human behavior..it will be a very bad time..lighting candles and using hand cranked games will be a nice way to wait for death..as for me..I would load up my weapons..dig in and try to organize my neighbors..strength in numbers..unless you're in the sticks somewhere you need a few people to help get by.

Maybe i'll have to use the last of my handphone battery to call my friends and find out where they live so that I can go find them without using technology.

I'd run around a giant hamster wheel to keep electricity.

I'd create a budding civilization out of the survirors of the war that is sure to come when the electricity cuts out, then i would have them give me bi-weekly gifts of struesel

You know, a bit off topic, but I always thought this would be a great alternative energy source. Think of all the people on treadmills and eliptical machines in gyms. Hook those up to power generators and we'd be oil-free in no time.

Not only that...but also put small windmill-type fans on the streetlight poles.Just put grills over them so the birds don't get injured.The poles themselves could house the necessary gears and such,with a small generator motor hiden in the base,which is then attached to other wires underground leading to a main generator and battery relays.

If same people would walk to the next store, instead of sitting their lazy buds in a car for two blocks, the reliance on oil would be much less too

I already did that. Now I need to install the off-grid power sources.

Not as silly as it sounds is it

You can always buy horses to do the walking around for a while. Just change the horses or cattle for so they can eat & drink water and have breaks. U can use Niragra Falls for the power in some power for the states b/c it would flow through trough turn the treadmills. Maybe light cups on the end of the windmills would catch rain water and spin that way do for extra power or maybe a sled for water flow from streams or oceans for treadmills, too.