In today's society we are very dependent on electricity as the majority of items and appliances we use to live need electricity to function. However, it is still possible for humans to live without electricity. Of course it would be a major transition if it suddenly happened tomorrow, but it is possible to survive.
Modern society has depended on electricity for almost two centuries. Without it, almost every aspect and facet of our lives would be detrimentally affected. Hospitals could not function; TV, the internet and phone lines would all go down and planes and ships would not be able to navigate.
Perhaps the only aspect of modern life which would not be affected is car travel; most cars rely on an internal combustion engine only to drive the wheels. However, with the systems integrated in modern cars becoming ever more sophisticated, these too are beginning to depend on electrics to function. With the dwindling supplies of fossil fuels, hybrid cars will soon become the main type of vehicle on most roads, as this is almost an electric car, in the event all electricity suddenly went down, these too would be affected.
In today's society the phrase 'the world is smaller' or similar is commonplace, this is because electricity allows us to both contact and visit far-flung places from across the country, or even around the globe - all of this thanks to electricity. Before our communications, and indeed, much of our transportation integrated electricity to its systems, most people's radius of travel they were capable of was limited to perhaps just 10 or 20 miles from wherever they were born.
So, there we are - the ways we could manage without electricity are almost indefinitely arguable. The one thing that is without a doubt though, is our lives would be incredibly altered.
Modern society has depended on electricity for almost two centuries. Without it, almost every aspect and facet of our lives would be detrimentally affected. Hospitals could not function; TV, the internet and phone lines would all go down and planes and ships would not be able to navigate.
Perhaps the only aspect of modern life which would not be affected is car travel; most cars rely on an internal combustion engine only to drive the wheels. However, with the systems integrated in modern cars becoming ever more sophisticated, these too are beginning to depend on electrics to function. With the dwindling supplies of fossil fuels, hybrid cars will soon become the main type of vehicle on most roads, as this is almost an electric car, in the event all electricity suddenly went down, these too would be affected.
In today's society the phrase 'the world is smaller' or similar is commonplace, this is because electricity allows us to both contact and visit far-flung places from across the country, or even around the globe - all of this thanks to electricity. Before our communications, and indeed, much of our transportation integrated electricity to its systems, most people's radius of travel they were capable of was limited to perhaps just 10 or 20 miles from wherever they were born.
So, there we are - the ways we could manage without electricity are almost indefinitely arguable. The one thing that is without a doubt though, is our lives would be incredibly altered.
