Is it possible for electricity to go out permanently?

[the elastic]

Not gonna lie, I randomly worry about that shyt. I can survive without internet I think, but no electricity....I don't know wtf I'd do....

I heard about those "EMPs" and I'm not sure how credible the threat is but that shyt is almost as scary as a nuke IMO.

 

[BaldingSoHard]

It is possible. It's not very likely, as it would require a massively coordinated attack on American soil to go undiscovered by the DoD, but yes it is possible.

 

[the elastic]

It is possible. It's not very likely, and would require a massively coordinated attack, but yes it is possible.

Is it possible on a global scale?

 

[Billie Jean]

I just read today that energy can't be destroyed or created,only transferred

You can sleep easy my friend

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Is it possible on a global scale?

I guess if we got hit by a sufficiently powerful solar flare, it could knock out everything globally. That would be very bad.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Not gonna lie, I randomly worry about that shyt. I can survive without internet I think, but no electricity....I don't know wtf I'd do....

I heard about those "EMPs" and I'm not sure how credible the threat is but that shyt is almost as scary as a nuke IMO.

In addition to total grid shutdown, I believe you’d have to eradicate people who are experts in harnessing electricity to permanently end electricity.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but a water reservoir is needed for electricity, no?

People would be able to harness and use electricity on a small scale.

 

[King Kai]

I guess if we got hit by a sufficiently powerful solar flare, it could knock out everything globally. That would be very bad.

That or another dinosaur-level asteroid collision.

 

[Freedman]

You’ll be alright We(Humans) only had the shyt for like 300 years out of like hundred thousands of years

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Not gonna lie, I randomly worry about that shyt. I can survive without internet I think, but no electricity....I don't know wtf I'd do....

I heard about those "EMPs" and I'm not sure how credible the threat is but that shyt is almost as scary as a nuke IMO.

If you're concerned then print out some survivalist info to use in case of emergency

 

[Fillerguy]

Electricity is a byproduct of the interactions between the fundamental forces of the universe. Physics would need to change for this to happen.

And EMPs just fry/short electricity equipment. If an area is hit by an EMP, just replace the equipment. The only reasonable way an EMP would effect us on a global scale is if it were a solar flare/wind that was bombarding the Earth. It would need to constant....and that happens, life on Earth is fukked. Solar radiation is deadly.

 

[Doobie Doo]

Find an eletric eel.

 

[BBG]

Is this just a fear-mongering thread? It's a lot easier to do than imagining no electricity. All you really have to do is think about how we HAVE to spin at the exact axis we're on at the EXACT speed we're going or we're going to die pretty fukkin fast. The fact that we have next to ZERO control over those factors is more terrifying than anything else, in my opinion. All it takes is to be thrown off course ONCE and we dont have shyt to put us back on track, thereby leaving all life on Earth holding a collective, eternal L

 

[the elastic]

Is this just a fear-mongering thread? It's a lot easier to do than imagining no electricity. All you really have to do is think about how we HAVE to spin at the exact axis we're on at the EXACT speed we're going or we're going to die pretty fukkin fast. The fact that we have next to ZERO control over those factors is more terrifying than anything else, in my opinion. All it takes is to be thrown off course ONCE and we dont have shyt to put us back on track, and all life on Earth is immediately forced to hold a collective, eternal L

No intention to fear-monger

I just had an odd inquiry that I wanted my scientific Coli brethren to chime in on

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Carrington Event - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking from 1 to 2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally[1] and caused sparking and even fires in multiple telegraph stations. The geomagnetic storm was most likely the result of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun colliding with Earth's magnetosphere.

The geomagnetic storm was associated with a very bright solar flare on 1 September 1859. It was observed and recorded independently by British astronomers Richard Christopher Carrington and Richard Hodgson—the first records of a solar flare.

A geomagnetic storm of this magnitude occurring today would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts, and damage due to extended outages of the electrical power grid.

 

[melraH]

You get used to it i grew up in the Hood in a third world country it was rolling blackouts errday. That shyt made me put the Nintendo down and go outside and play. Read books etc etc by the time nighttime comes you'll be too tired to be worried about power and you fall asleep early.