2007-09-20 17:09:10 · 12 answers · asked by Jason 4 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Til death. Born and grew up without electricty. Used kerosene for lamps, wood for cooking, pumped water, and an outhouse. And oh yeah, our first tv was ran by 2 12v car battery.
2007-09-20 21:18:57 · answer #1 · answered by Potentate 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very difficult Question to answer. We have become so reliant on electrics. The question involves the working of so many public utilities--this was the disaster of the blanket bombing of UK cities but much more so the bombing of German cities so that all public utilities were destroyed. This was said by the survivors to be the worst that could happen. At the same time surviving would mean a mass exodus from all cities and a return to real life in the country-- if we could find a space to occupy and a patch of ground where we could dig a hole every time we defacated, and fill it in. And the ability to grow food - real food. It would also mean awful conflicts with the present occupiers of the land who would resist attempts of takeover of THEIR land. So we can say this would involve civil war. How long to survive? and more importantly, how long could the survivors of such conflicts survive?
2007-09-24 00:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by stainless steven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's interesting that electricity was discovered by Thomas Edison who lived from 1847 - 1931. People had lived for many thousands of years prior to that time. I think I would survive just fine without electricity, but then I have a few survival skills most people have forgotten in this day and age. We also lived without toilets or indoor plumbing until recent times.
2007-09-23 15:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're going backpacking next week. We'll be gone a week and we'll survive very nicely without electricity. In fact, I'm looking forward to it.
I know people who have done the 200 plus miles of the John Muir trail at one time, doing 20 miles a day. They survive for at least 10 days.
Water is the biggie. Couldn't go 5 days without it.
2007-09-21 02:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For many months, maybe years. We live in a wooded area, so we would have heat and fuel for cooking. I'd definitely love the fact that I wouldn't have a huge electric bill. T.V. and the computer are o.k., but I'd rather live a simpler life.
2007-09-23 07:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by brenderderder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if ALLelectricity was shut off?
no power to run water treatment plants?
pump fresh water to buildings?
maintain freezers and reefers at the local supermarket, let alone your house?
run an electric stove if thats what you have?
pump gasoline at the local filling station?
allow the local hospital to function?
the telephone system?
after about two weeks max you're talking Third World conditions.........I know because 12 years ago a hurricane destroyed the power grid on my island and it took four months to get it back up.......if it wasn't for standby generators we and I mean the whole island... would have been up the creek........
2007-09-21 06:42:36 · answer #6 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
INDEFINITELY.
For every power tool I own, I STILL have the equivalent hand tool.
For every 'powered' transportation, I have a 'non-powered' transportation.
I can ALSO hunt, fish, etc.
I have ALTERNATIVES for light and heat also
ALL we would lose is TV, Computer, Radio, and Phone that does not have an alternative.
P.S. We operate 'off the grid' anyhow!!
2007-09-21 15:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by f100_supersabre 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Longer than I would live with it. Instead of watching TV and playing with the computer I would spend more time outside in my garden and eat better food at the same time.
2007-09-21 02:40:00 · answer #8 · answered by austin j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right up to the point when I wanted a cup of tea
2007-09-23 11:32:53 · answer #9 · answered by Dreamweaver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50 years?
2007-09-20 18:04:26 · answer #10 · answered by JA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋