If our fuel supply was disabled for just two weeks, it would severly cripple our nation. At four weeks, millions would die and everything would go back the 1800's way of life. How is your life sustained by what trucks bring to your local stores?
Could you servive without medication, or electricty? Think about it, how would you servive?
2007-02-17 11:30:49 · 14 answers · asked by wernerslave 5 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
I don't know that it would take 4 weeks for millions to die. But consider the following. Major cities like LA and NYC require a daily stream of thousands of tons food and goods to function. Food shortages would develop rapidly and people would become violent and flee to the suburbs or exurbs when foodstuffs could no longer be obtained by force locally, creating widespread unreast. Smuggling and rapid cost escalations would exacerbate the problem.
Millions would not be able to survive, beacuse they would lack the skills or understanding of how to function with out the modern conveniences on which most depend.
In short; long term motor fuel and electricity shortages or the wholsale elimination thereof and the rapid economic decline that would ensue would rapidly destroy the social fabric of the nation.
The economies of the western world would collapse.
We as a people are not prepared to go back to pre-industrial technology. It would get very ugly, very fast.
2007-02-17 14:23:06 · answer #1 · answered by opinionator 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People would have to react very fast to the situation to ensure that doesn't happen. Hospitals of course would be the most important to maintain. Then, because it is an emergency thing, create ways for people to get food, blankets, whatever. If this was permanent, people would eventually adapt and i dont think it would be an 1800s way of life, but it would be very different. i imagine that, if there was no fuel for america, than nobody else would have it either. and if america isn't functioning, imagine how that will phenominally effect the rest of the world.
2007-02-17 11:40:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hellooooo...do people's legs not work anymore? Besides, we have enough stored fuel here in the US to make it for at least two weeks. I've always thought it would be kinda nice to slow life down a bit.
2007-02-17 11:33:47 · answer #3 · answered by Smeather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well....since I started feeling a little bit testy after spending ten minutes trying to check out books at public library because the computers were down....
about an hour.
2007-02-17 14:07:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I woulld bet that within one week we would figure out some other form of fuel. Just watch it will be the best thing ever. Then the saudis can eat sand.
2007-02-17 11:33:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love this emotional and telling poem. Tears bypass so abundantly that ultimately the middle can replace into detached. yet this potential will come back,the gentle will go back to warmth your soul in trouble-free terms using reality the comforting lighting fixtures furniture go back after a electric powered potential outage. This poem is so precise written and provocative. I do like it. thanks.
2016-12-04 07:40:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm ready! Just spent $1000 on a 6500 W generator.
2007-02-17 11:32:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe we might ultimately revert to killing each other for food. Yes the ultimate taboo, cannibalism. that's if we had enough time.
Anyone for a leg?
2007-02-17 17:28:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go and ask the american indians how they survived for thousands of years.
2007-02-17 11:38:02 · answer #9 · answered by melbournewooferblue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is surprising how very little you actually need, to survive.
when the time comes, those that can...will go on.
2007-02-17 11:35:17 · answer #10 · answered by Campbell Gramma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋