Will tech really die?

[Scythe13]

Out of curiosity, all the books, and the brains that show how to create tech…are they going to vanish?

No doubt ALL of us can make a 1.5V battery (remember being a kid and using lemons, pennies, and roofing nails?). Also, things like car batteries can be used for welding and soldering. So with a really basic level of brain power, the ability to start building or fixing things would be pretty simple. Making a wind turbine to power an alternator to then charge a battery would be easy. About a day's work.

Then take apart a washing machine and reverse it so that the spin produces electricity, then attach it up as a water wheel.

A bicycle can easily be converted to produce power.

Will parts run out? Sure. Will there be plenty of working parts available? Well, when the fuel stops flowing, suddenly there's a wealth of vehicles full of so many different components. Did someone mention wood gas? A few paint tins and piping, and you have fuel to run a car. What about when we run out of wood?!?! It doesn't just grow on trees you know. Oh wait…

If you can run a car, you can run a generator. Then you have the best part of a house with power from the genny.

The thing is, if you can lay low and outlast the 'die off' everyone seems to be expecting, then you'll suddenly become the proprietor of so many different scrap vehicles, and lightbulbs, and LEDs, and relays, and washing machines, and loads of other things.

Providing you have the books, and have tried a few things out so that you know what you're doing. There is very little reason why maintaining even a comfortable level of tech wouldn't be possible. Even if it's just a cooling system and evening lighting.