Turning the lights back on...

[Tartar Horde]

The most important utility to get working again would be water, it is the most basic need of all humans. I could live without electricity and gas, but lack of water means I can't irrigate crops or feed animals easily. Living a simpler life in balance is a laudable goal BP and the world would be a better place if a lot of us followed that mantra. If the crash is serious enough our technological infrastructure would be destroyed without any hope of return to "normal", the people needed to run everything would not be available, and although automated systems will take over for a while it is only a matter of time before the lights go out and never come on again. I hope it doesn't go this way as I quite like civilisation, and being able to take a dump on a toilet instead of crapping in a hole.