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If all goes bad the remaining 10% that survives will be living in the 1600's. If they are lucky. Is that life worth living??

Why just the 1600s? Why not the 1700s or 1800s?

Since no one knows, why bother pondering the point? If it happens, I'll take a wait-and-see attitude and then when the dust settles, I'll make a decision.

 

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It's what I heard on a show about the power grind going away. Foxnews if I remember. 90% death rate and be living back in the 1600's. Just repeating the news.

There's a lot of 'modern' knowledge that exists today that didn't back in those days. Just our knowing these things is a big plus. For instance, I remember a movie (Jericho?) where nukes took out all electronics, so people resorted to converting older automobiles to run on steam engines.

 

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.....The knowledge we have is only valuable to us if we have the means and resources.

And some means and resources will survive. Discounting ONE example is not representative of all of them. I'll wager that we'll still be using modern firearms and not resorting to muskets and bow & arrows. Yes, sourcing gun parts and ammo will be more difficult, but there will be those who have the knowledge to make it happen. Gunsmithing and reloading aren't 21st-century inventions.

We know about modern communications. Crafting a simple telephone is stupid-easy. Two phones, a resistor and a 9 volt battery and you've got an intercom. I agree it ain't the internet but such a simple system has a huge number of uses.

I could go on, but I'm sure you're already typing a scathing retort, so carry on.