Can we Re-Build Civilisation after Collapse.

[John]

I like the 'SHOULD' in theory, and sorry to say that’s all it will be.

Regarding the Mayan and the others the difference with re-building from them onward is that all the non-renewable resources were still in place and more so easily accessible. All the resources that have enabled us to get to where we are today are getting harder to get out of the ground and more expensive and it is only our access to power that enables us to access those resources. Coal, the pumps that enable deep mining, oil is similar.

Raw material that you say has already been created for us has all but gone, been used up. You may be getting confused with what that raw material has been made into.

The problem we have is that the majority of resources are non-renewable. Though that is not really correct, oil is renewable, may be, over many millions of years that we can, like with coal class it as non-renewable. So once it is gone it is gone. Rather like selling off the family silver, once you have the cash for it and have spent it, it is gone. You only have whatever you bought with it to show.

'Solar panels, computer units, and things like that, will still be available. The individual components will be around too.'

Yes and as I said they will eventually deteriorate, break down, wear out. How is one going to be able to repair a solar panel, or computer. Never mind the generation of electric to power it.

Yes you may have this for a while post SHTF but within about 100 years it will all be gone. The individual parts will be gone as well.
Try reading the two books reference in my post.

You said could you do it, and then said no. Well I really like the honesty and it applies to all of us because of the specialisation that we have today. Yes again recycle parts, cannibalise and it will get people through may be about 100 years post SHTF, but that is it.
So again can we re-build civilisation, or even would we want to re-build civilisation.

My response would be no and no.
I appreciate your input but please read the two books first or at least skim read them and see what they are saying.
It will likely not be you or me that it concerns but our future generation and I don’t fancy the idea of them looking back and saying, ‘our selfish ancestors, they gave no thought about us.’