So how far back are we likely to go……………..

[bigpaul]

it was Wife's family who were off grid, that was because they weren't in the village and the mains only went to the village. you wrote "why after an event would we be worse off" its the event which would make us worse off, especially if that involved the power grid going down, which it probably will, now I know plenty of people lived without power before, but how many of those people are still alive? not many and those that are will be of my generation-yes I know there will be some exceptions, but in general most of the population wont even to be able to imagine a life without electricity, and that's where it will end for most of them.