Posted on 10/13/2017 8:38:37 AM PDT by rktman
Nah...they’d just look up diy sites, and...uh...never mind.
Sounds like a far leftist dream.
Where do you get the diesel fuel for them?
It would have to be stored in large quantities nearby.
So much for “reducing our carbon footprint”.
I assume more could be imported from countries not affected
They probably said that in Puerto Rico.
It is a matter of the supply being reduced. But the demand did not change.
No electricity no electric water pumps.
Insulin treatment originated with extract from a dead sheep’s pancreas. Without refrigeration, spoils within days.
Industrial feudalism to flourish? Those knowledgeable in the arts of a technological society, seek patronage with those with the ability to organize?
The general level of competence would rise of necessity.
Find a large tooth cross-cut saw—hand operated. Firewood drys mostly from the end of the grain. Twenty inch length needs to season a minimum 12 month, sixteen inch usable in 6 months, and 12 inch sufficiently dry in 2 month. Multiple short lengths in a wood appliance are more problematic to obtain a sustained burn.
The average American would not be able to convert their homes in time after a winter EMP attack. Also, heating's only one problem - there would be securing water and finding food too. And dealing with violence in a world where 911 doesn't work... Decades ago I spent a year living in a log cabin in the north woods... heating with wood, and getting daily water from an artisan well some distance away... I have some idea of what it would take... and I doubt I would survive an EMP attack past the first few months.
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