Ketteringo
Banned
A total and complete loss of power, assuming the means of restoring it are not available. Could the US function for any extended amount of time? No gas pumps working, no electric lights once the above ground gas supplies run out and all generators stop. If no one can drive, or travel extended distances at all, what happens? There is a complete break down of all communications networks. Obviously there would be looting and riots, and as realization of the situation sinks in, then what? Do we revert to primitive tribes? Would there be civil wars? The water/sewage system would no longer work, would there be massive epidemics? How much of the US population would die off? What geographical areas would be least affected by this?
IMHO the US population would be decimated by wars over resources and the eventual plagues and epidemics. I dont know how large of a population could be supported on just farming and hunting/gathering. Maybe the population would go down to 1 million or less? I would imagine rural areas in the midwest would be least affected, as a lot of farmers can become self sustaining. The question is could they withstand the millions of people flooding out of cities looking for food and clean water?
Discuss, or not as you see fit 🙂 This isnt really a parody, as much as it is another theoretical situation.
IMHO the US population would be decimated by wars over resources and the eventual plagues and epidemics. I dont know how large of a population could be supported on just farming and hunting/gathering. Maybe the population would go down to 1 million or less? I would imagine rural areas in the midwest would be least affected, as a lot of farmers can become self sustaining. The question is could they withstand the millions of people flooding out of cities looking for food and clean water?
Discuss, or not as you see fit 🙂 This isnt really a parody, as much as it is another theoretical situation.
