Turning the lights back on...

[Highlander]

I have to assume that the way the thread has gone, that we are talking about a world wide disaster, because if it is only this country, or just part of this country, then we will have no say anyway, because forces from elsewhere will enter the theater, and they will do what they deem to be the most important.

If its a world disaster, and no-one is coming to help, then I would say getting the electric power back on to the areas that need it the most, probably the ones with the biggest populations, from that point on, all things will return at some point

To bring in your point BP about returning to a more down to earth way of living,...it is a nice thought I agree, but its a kind of life that would be great if you are twenty years old, fit and able to live the good life,...it would be very hard for anyone over the age of,..say 50yrs, medically disadvantaged or someone without the knowledge to live that way, the life would be hard, and no-one here is anywhere near to a `complete` life of the pre electric world, `ON A LONG TERM BASIS`,.. many of us could do it short term, by that I mean a couple of good years, but it would only take one bad year to kill you