What would happen if the electricity went off, and never came back on?

Question

Please write the likely scenario and timelines. How ling until we'd be like cavemen?

Answer 1

Hi.

Electricity is the component life.

Our bodies need electricity to work.

Everything that lives need electricity.

Electricity is a live exens.

The people have just discovered it and uses made of.

No electricity no live.

Ciao

Leonard

Answer 2

pure terror

Answer 3

I think people would panic at first, especially since without electricity there is no way to communicate to the masses that the electricity will not be coming back on. After the initial panic and waiting for it to return, people would adapt. Not every society has electricity anyways, so it's possible to live without it and not revert to 'cavemen'. Also, it's only in recent history (the past couple hundred years) that we've had electricity, and we've lived civilized (for lack of a better word) lives for thousands of years.

Answer 4

Actually, we probably would not become like cavemen.  Long ago we lived just fine without electricity. It would be different for sure, but not complete chaos!

People would panic, at first, but eventually become self-reliant!

Answer 5

The funny part would be that morons would go around stealing electronic appliances TVs, stereos, etc.

Answer 6

The water would stop, because electricity is used to power the pumps.

Gas pumps too would stop, so there'd be no fuel for your car.

The whole country would be like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Electric trains would stop, you'd have to walk on the tracks.

Everything would rely on batteries, flashlights, radios, etc.

Answer 7

You do realize that great civilizations in history operated perfectly well without electricity, right?  We'd adapt.  We would not become cavemen.

Answer 8

The only people who want people to start living like cavemen are the environmentalists. They complain that we use too much energy to heat are homes. They'd love to force 90% of the population to move to caves that couldn't be serviced by energy and telecommunications companies.

We wouldn't necessary start living like cavemen. Look at the Amish. They shun the use of electricity and they use natural gas to light their homes. A lot of things accomplished with electricity could be accomplished with natural gas, too.