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I'm surprised no one mentioned the source of cataclysm itself. The fact that there was a civilization and despite all its advanced knowledge - it is now gone.
by Ygor 11y ago
I'm surprised no one mentioned the source of cataclysm itself. The fact that there was a civilization and despite all its advanced knowledge - it is now gone.
This would be especially important if Cataclysm was man-made.
- glhaynes 11y agoUnless the cataclysm was a side effect of the consumption of the easily-accessible fossil fuels. If humanity had to restart its technological progression today with most easily-accessible fossil fuels already used up, it might find it much more difficult to progress past about where we were in the nineteenth century. http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/could-we-reboot-civilisation-without-fossil-fuels/ http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/could-we-reboot-civilisat...
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoOr they'd just move directly to electrics. Some early cars were electric. The range and power wasn't impressive, but it worked. Wind power becomes pretty obvious at that point as well. Tie a fan to a generator, and voila, free-ish energy. With no oil, people will just deal with the limitations of low wattage electrics until they get better battery and generation tech. Arguably, you could have a 19th century type society with a nuclear reactor; both uranium and graphite can be mined with simple tools.
- Retra 11y agoIf the cataclysm happened in a way that we can easily predict, it would not be that valuable of information. It would be like a dead person coming back to warn you that car crashes can kill people.