All the Borg kids who are always plugged into their i-phone will have to learn to play baseball.
But yes the US could support the large urban populations if they tried without electricity but the types of food available would by limited.
The problem is not producing the food it is the thugs looting.
I think people are wildly overestimating when they speak of the world being thrown into the dark ages. There is just too much knowledge already out there to let us fall too far.
I’m no engineer but I can give a fair description of how to build a generator to produce electricity. I’m no doctor but I have a reasonable understanding of bacterial and viral infections. I’m no pilot but I understand the concept of lift, drag, and thrust.
Thugs looting—which is why I support hand gun ownership.
Just finished reading a book about raw food. The author said that before Y-2K the family bought a 50 lb. bag of organic wheat seed. They figured they could live on the sprouts for a long time. Lentils also sprout easily. Would individual home solar be useful for those who have it?