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Obviously, people would not die. What was the expectation? That we will die within a day after no power? Electricity is not human's natural basic need like wat

Obviously, people would not die. What was the expectation? That we will die within a day after no power? Electricity is not human's natural basic need like water and oxygen. But civilised life will be extremely terrible, society will collapse, that's the story.

franciscop 4y ago
As explained in the video, people can definitely die after just a day without electricity if not prepared: medicines that need refrigeration, connected to a machine for life support, freezing/heating to death (people do die in major heatwaves/blizzards regularly), etc. Sure those are usually not "guys in their 20s-30s" that is the majority demography of HN (I'm not saying everyone ofc...), but there's a lot of people a few steps from dying that a blackout could make them tip over.
- DoingIsLearning 4y ago
  > connected to a machine for life support I am pretty sure all current ICUs have backup power generators (both for equipment and Oxygen line pressure infrastructure). In addition most critical equipment used in hospitals has an independent UPS (ventilators, Infusion pumps etc.) that would extend it a few hours without power. You would have to both have a formidable blackout and several days of lack of diesel supply for this scenario to materialize. Not saying it is impossible but definitely unlikely.
  - jimmydorry 4y ago
    If you remove a noticable portion of the power generation, fuel reserves will be run down and depending on how many hours of power are lost per day, these places may not be able fully charge their UPSs each day. Look to South Africa. They underinvested in their power generation for a few decades, and soon rolling blackouts became common and increased in frequency and severity to the point now where having no power each day is the normal (and it will only get worse from here)!

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Obviously, people would not die. What was the expectation? That we will die within a day after no power? Electricity is not human's natural basic need like wat

by birksherty 4y ago

franciscop 4y ago
As explained in the video, people can definitely die after just a day without electricity if not prepared: medicines that need refrigeration, connected to a machine for life support, freezing/heating to death (people do die in major heatwaves/blizzards regularly), etc. Sure those are usually not "guys in their 20s-30s" that is the majority demography of HN (I'm not saying everyone ofc...), but there's a lot of people a few steps from dying that a blackout could make them tip over.
- DoingIsLearning 4y ago
  > connected to a machine for life support I am pretty sure all current ICUs have backup power generators (both for equipment and Oxygen line pressure infrastructure). In addition most critical equipment used in hospitals has an independent UPS (ventilators, Infusion pumps etc.) that would extend it a few hours without power. You would have to both have a formidable blackout and several days of lack of diesel supply for this scenario to materialize. Not saying it is impossible but definitely unlikely.
  - jimmydorry 4y ago
    If you remove a noticable portion of the power generation, fuel reserves will be run down and depending on how many hours of power are lost per day, these places may not be able fully charge their UPSs each day. Look to South Africa. They underinvested in their power generation for a few decades, and soon rolling blackouts became common and increased in frequency and severity to the point now where having no power each day is the normal (and it will only get worse from here)!