Would you be able to live without Electric Power and Internet?

[thegreenyogi]

This question was inspired by latest news that there has been a power outage in Spain and Portugal and I wonder if we'd be able to live without electricity and Internet considering how the world operates in 2025.

[Shiprex]

Strangely enough I was impacted by this power outage as I had a distance meeting with folk I am to be working with in the Autumn and they didn't show up online and only afterwards did I find the reason.

As for the potential to live without electricity, I probably could as long as I had the means at my disposal to get the camping and outside living resources in advance. Like do I have enough resources lying around to live indefinitely in case power just stops? NOT right now but I could make it for a few weeks just with the stuff around me.

[Miristheiss]

It would take some getting use to. Learning how to do things without power. People used to do it so it can be done but it would definitely take some time. Cooking and clothes washing might be the biggest adjustment. No electric stove, no washing machine. You'd have to cook by fire and wash clothes by hand. I'd have to install some clothes lines for clothes to dry.

[Miristheiss]

You've been losing power?
What is going on, in the Iberian Peninsula?

[thegreenyogi]

No I haven't. I have a solar implant so I don't really suffer from power outages. But I heard on the news how Spain and Portugal were left without electricity and that's why I asked the question.

[EmmaMary]

As we have a rather powerful portable generator for our motorhome, I guess being careful how we use it for powering the essentials such as the fridges/ freezers etc. we could probably just about cope... Definitely more a question for my husband to answer. lol

How about your goodself @thegreenyogi

[thegreenyogi]

@EmmaMary I am totally unaffected since my electricity is generated by my own solar panel implant that I have in my back garden. Xxx

[EmmaMary]

@thegreenyogi That's definitely the way to be going these days.

[thegreenyogi]

@EmmaMary Absolutely. I have been living this way for the past 22 years and what's more a lot of my electronic devices are rechargeable which means that if electricity finishes I don't need to worry because things like lights or television work without power for so many hours. I wish more people lived this way because they wouldn't panic so much when these things happen. Xxx

[Sunrising]

@thegreenyogi Are you totally self reliant, dealing with waste and water supplies? Do you have enough power for the car. I'm very impressed if you can do those things too.

[thegreenyogi]

@Sunrising Yes I can do all those things. I am completely self reliant.

[Sunrising]

Your amazing! But I've not asked about food production and what happens when your system starts to age and break down. But an amazing achievement 👏

[EmmaMary]

Gosh... Thank you so very much indeed @thegreenyogi for the MHO. xxx

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

I would be fine without the internet but electricity? No, I have an electric oven and very few pantry foods. I would end up leaving my home entirely

[Sunrising]

Spain came to a halt, and the World would stop too. I think I would miss heating and lighting, and probably food production eventually. I would have problems with water, sewage and rubbish collection. They're all I suppose manageable, but could you live without GAG's? My life revolves around GAG's my World would come to a end 😭

[thegreenyogi]

Lol!! I would certainly miss it and miss the people I enjoy talking to on here but I'd learn to live without. It's mind over matter after all!!🤭

[Sunrising]

I think we rely on the modern world for so much, we would soon be back to the ancient world in a relatively short period of time, without electricity.

[AviatorTom]

Humans lived without electricity for millennia. We'd survive.

Several years ago, an ice storm took down power in the area for days. We survived, doing things the old fashioned way... candles for light, cooking on a fire, playing cards for entertainment, etc. Most importantly, neighbors helped neighbors.

[OneViewpoint]

Sure, I've done it plenty of times voluntarily for a few days or weeks at a time. In the military. As a backpacker and mountain climber since my teens. Disconnecting from the grid can be a really relaxing way to spend some time. And a way to heighten your awareness of the natural world around you.

Are you asking about going off grid permanently? Like a post apocalyptic world? Yeah, I could do it. You'd be surprised how easy it is to adapt to life without technology when you have to.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Electric power? No (video games are my passion, I both play and make them, my art is for them, most of what I do and who I am revolves around them).

But internet? Easily, the internet has made gaming and shopping worse. I'd dismantle the entire internet myself if I were given the green light to do so.

[MrOracle]

Could I? Yes. I have done so for a week or more at a time on several occasions.

That said, I much prefer power and Internet, and I can't do my job without those.

[HawkPerception]

I would prefer a society without it. I think I would have thrived more. Society is getting too far away from a society that resonates with the human soul.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Live Without INTERNET, Absofuckinglutely! Live Without Electricity, Oh HELL nO!

[exitseven]

I am sure that I could survive. No internet would not bother me too much but not having heat and lights would be tough to deal with however.

[andreasderjuengere]

If in return I have some other distraction...

say: female, slim, horny, smart funny or such,

then I guess I can go caveman again :)

[Iron_Man]

You can but then you’ll need an outhouse and you’ll have to have candles. That means you’re not gonna have any air-conditioning or any TV or be able to flush your toilets you can forget about the Internet

[WonderingManII]

I could live without the internet for a while. But it would almost be impossible to live without electric power.

[DryGermanGuy]

Without the internet sure, as we did for many years. Without electricity, no way.

[Lynx122]

Yes :) I'd need to adjust a bit but I'd figure it out :P

[slatyb]

We could live without the internet. But there are many vital functions ultimately powered by electricity.

[Zack-Bann]

I have and know that I can


But it’s more surviving than living honestly

[red-lipstick-girl]

It would be very difficult to live without electricity, everything would be over.

[elizamichale1]

Not without electricity... I dont think its possible

[NicholasRedone]

@thegreenyogi I'm too soft and too modern to be merry without electricity and internet lol - especially electricity 😂

[Fireguy17]

Yeppers, i grew up without the internet.
Power is nice, I do have a back up generator in case the power goes out for an extended time.

[insatiable_curiosity]

Great question. It has been difficult not being able to speak with you for some time.

[David_beckham]

Never, as its pretty hot in here in afternoon, electricity plays a big role. And I'm too addictive with series, movies, shows, reels and even my classes are online so...

[Nikki1989]

It would screw up my work situation.

[Anonymous]

Yes I would, no problem. When I was a kid, there was no internet in my country.

But there we had electric power, it would be more difficult without it.

[Godihateyou]

I often tell my kids the power went out so we can spend time together as a family. Without cell phones and bullshit TV.

[dreamstar72]

Yes for a while got a gas generator

[Yohenis]

Internet yes electricity no

[LiaRaven]

I believe I would be very HAPPY

[Pohjolan]

Yes. People have for centuries.

[Anonymous]

Could I? Yeah. Would I? F*** no.😆

[Anonymous]

Internet maybe. Electricity , no.

[eagle1951]

internet for sure power probably not

[Agape93]

Yeap

[DrPepper12]

Nope

[mfused411]

Nope

[Dongie]

Yes.

[Pterodon]

Yes I have before

[Mulcair]

I think so