Well I got this idea from another thread. And I would love some ideas on how it would be possible to survive without electrictry. I don't have any ideas for the time being. But I would love to hear from you. Thank you.

Sorry but why not just use the other thread?
Well I like the look of the "eco" homes they have been building here. They still use electricity ofcourse. I don't see electricity running out. Maybe for a few months or years, but we can and already do use renewable energy such as dams and wind turbines to generate electricity. Nowhere near enough to power entire civilisation, though I hope it will be sometime soon.

Because if we use the other thread I fear it will be off topic.

Hmmm...

Homes in colder climates must find ways to keep warm w/o electricity. Otherwise, many will find it a death trap and need to seek shelter elsewhere.

Many will have to grow thier own food and raise livestock for trade and survival.

....Surviving without electricity really wouldn't be hard ... at all.

In fact using the word 'surviving' is a little generous in my opinion.

without electricity ? the only electricty i need is my cellphone

I've always lived out in the country. So I could probably adapt fairly easily.

The problem is going to be with the big-city dwellers. And the lazy / slacker class of people.

Definateley yeah. I wouldn't know half the things needed. But hopefully it wouldn't break down entireley. A lot of people wouldn't be able to use computers, hence not do their jobs. So we couldn;t use supermarkets so we would starve or something.most anyway.

It will be a fight with the 'have-nots' and most of those are the ones that depended on electricity.

Refridgerators and freezers will be tossed outside with the spoilege of meats and rancid vegetables and all are covered in maggots.

Lets not forget the trash, will there be pick-ups or just tossed out in the streets and blown here and there for hungered cats and dogs that are abandoned.

Many will not make it to thier jobs and if they do, theres no electricity to run equipments. Massive lay-offs will come.

Food production will almost come to a stand still and run much slower w/o electricity, it will be most reliable job for heavy laborers to haul it out.

People would just have to return to the older ways of doing some things.The job situations would definitely change.Without computers or other high tech gadgets that rely on electricity,people would be forced back to physical labor,as well as more "mental" labor (doing mathematics and accounting the old ways).

For food,you'd see a lot more corner or street "markets" spring up.You can currently find some small farmers who still set up carts along a roadside in order to sell some of their crops.The larger farmers and other growers would have to do the same,but at least that way you would be able to pick out fresher items.The same would go for things such as seafood.There would also be a rise in the amount of hunters,since fresh meat (non-poultry) would become more of a luxury.Chickens would also be available from local farms.

It really wasn't all that long ago when people used to go out each day for a short while to buy the fresh items that they needed for the day.In fact,in the "Old World" countries,you can still see this happening to this day.




Even though there would be a massive amount of layoffs,there would be a major return to older jobs (or methods).Many farms currently use a lot of gadgets that require fuel and/or electricity.They wouldn't be able to run their operations as smoothly anymore,so they'd have to go back to relying upon human labor.The same goes for a lot of companies that rely more upon machines,as they too would need to have the massive amounts of workloads being done by humans since the machines won't run.

In a way,the loss of electricity would be both a blessing and a curse.The blessing would be that more people would be able to find jobs.You really can't outsource every job,and to do so after the loss of electricity would become too expensive to do.It would become cheaper for manufacturing jobs to be done within the home country,rather than have to pay more for it to be done overseas and then shipped here,for you know the price for both labor and shipping would go up in the event that we lose the electricity.

The curse would be (for many) the fact that they'd have to give up their "creature comforts" (TV,DVD,Video Games,..etc.) and get off their lazy behinds and do some real work.

Agreed, Wolf MacCanine

Wether we like it or not, the 'old ways' of bartering will increase and the value of the Dollar will be hit hard, if not crash. People will be thrown from thier homes while banks reclaim them but the banks will suffer too.

Food that we always expected to be on store shelfs will dissappear due to such losses import/export goods. It would be best for many to grow thier own food and stock pile canned goods in secret places assuming homes will be raided for food. Many will camp near lakes for fresh water and clean hygiene.

Will the intellectuals come together and find a new resource and a new way of life? Hopefully something safer and better for mankind.

Hmmm... will enemies invade knowing that those who relied on electricity, will be left vulnerable.

But all of this would be forgotten when the blackout is gone and electricity restored.

Swiss army knife is your friend

I just spent weeks surviving in the Central American Rain Forests. Needless to say, I had no electricity. Making fires, shelter, boiling water, hunting fish and small creatures to eat, braving storms and bites etc.

'Surviving' in a city without Electricity sounds absolutely luxurious in my opinion.

Yes, in the city, there will be plenty of cockroaches to go around for years...



Reality t.v. becoming real... but of coarse not.

It would really all depend upon the scenario,as in whether the power went out around the world...or just in Northern America.

If it's just in North America,then it's very likely that an invasion could take place.But if the power went out worldwide,every country's citizens would have to worry about themselves first before even contemplating any type of invasion.

But yes,after about a week of the power being out,you'd probably see a lot of widespread looting/robbing as people are starting to suffer the effects of hunger.At the same time,the cost of almost everything food-related would jump.

Now,there would still be some power,but it would only be very localized,and would most likely be conserved as much as possible.It's possible to hook up a generator to a waterwheel,wind turbine,and hand-cranked dynamo.These produce power,but depending upon the voltage rating,it might not be much.Therefore it wouldn't power all that much.



I agree.Surviving in the city would be a bit easier,due to the fact that you've got structures to keep you out of the elements.Unfortunately,it can also be just as dangerous as the jungle,due to the predations of mankind.