LiveForTheLaunch said:
Haha I like how people say it wouldn't be that much of an effect on humans if we lost our electricity. Members in this area of North America, recall the big black out in 2001, which actually was on my birthday? People went nuts, and that was like, a day.
You know, "we" can be both inclusive and exclusive. :wink:
But I can see the practical obstacles here. Say that all electronic devices are wiped out. Within some thirty hours, cities will be in chaos. In the more rural areas, things are a little better. Very basic generators are put together, generating electricity for smaller areas, eventually small power plants are up and running, providing electricity for homemade lamps and other simple tools.
Military installations have to serve as temporary hospitals, as mountains and other bunkers provide cover for the EMP blast, and the guys use their own generators.
While the financial market freezes, fuel is restricted to food transport, fire trucks and ambulances. It's impossible to get to anywhere from anywhere without having to walk. Some people earn quite a bit of money by providing horse carriage transport from airports and such into cities, helping stranded passengers home/to a hotel.
I'm no magnetic field expert (loefet, help here) but if my logic doesn't fail me again, would not only one half of the world get damaged, the other facing away from the sun? Perhaps the northern areas would get quite a bit too, as the magnetic field guides particles to the poles, but wouldn't equator cities in the "night half" get shielded?
If so, recovery might take a couple of months. If not, a year or so. But we wouldn't be back to 1900, as some says. We have the knowledge to restore everything again.