chimera wrote on Mar 16
th, 2026 at 4:10pm:
aquascoot wrote on Mar 15
th, 2026 at 7:25am:
When the lights go off and the Web goes down, you are going to need more then luck.
So it's back to 1788 with hand tools for the veg garden. aqua and family jump out of bed with a plan for Donald's Dark ages.
In 1942 australia, you couldn't get petrol for your car.
Butter and meat rationing.
We had a very rural population. You could still move stuff with horses.
Plough fields with horses.
People used cash.
There was no Internet or grid.
People had tank water.
Now , when AI gets 1 million times stronger in 3 years, with the globe polarized and hateful, with drones able to take out battleships and certainly take out the grid and fuel depots, I'd say it's a possibility with running in the 30 to 40 % range.
People pood themselves over covid, a 1 % threat to life and not really a threat to the engine of the economy.
What do YOU think happens if a foreign power takes out another foreign power grid water food supply chain and financial system .
Do you agree with me that we will see canabalism within a fortnight.
Or do you think everyone comes together, goes on an indefinite fast, shares their last litre of fuel and starts meditating towards enlightenment