E.g. I think one could make biodiesel or producer gas, and run a tractor off of that, and use it to split and carry the logs for the producer gas, and plant and harvest the corn and potatoes, etc But after maybe 300 years all the hydraulic lines are rotted, all the old engines >
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That one could find in the first few decades have been used up, and all the others have rusted. So then you fall back to...what? 1800? Blacksmithing isn't too hard and there's infinite steel. You can keep forging plow blades. But...man, the work, just to hold steady at 1800!
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And I'm not sure that one person, sans division of labor, could do it. I bet you wear through a complete set of clothes every year, so you've got to harvest, spin, and weave your own flax (or wool). Etc.
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Garden enough for you AND YOUR LIVESTOCK, fence repair, sheering, spinning, weaving, butchery, firewood, forge new plows and knives and sheers, loom repair, splitting shingles, making soap, ... https://twitter.com/Eidotheia/status/1178285763932360706?s=19 …
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Don't think so. I think you lose electricity in < 500 years, bc you lose diesel engines. Technological "infrastructure pyramid" is far too tall.https://twitter.com/shlevy/status/1178286021785640962?s=19 …
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Very close to that scenario, yes. But I'm thinking starvation is real. https://twitter.com/JeanDeny313/status/1178285739127296000?s=19 …
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Also, just remembered that Vernor Vinge touched on this in Marooned in Realtime Ha ha ha!
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9/ Yep, read one or two. Similar, but I'm examining "what if just ONE person?"https://twitter.com/Crowesq/status/1178287479847305221?s=19 …
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Did you ever read Eric Flint's 1632 series? This question is examined, kind of. 20c town thrown back in time. Realizes it is unsustainable, but figures they can gear down to 19th C tech, keep it up, and maintain tech superiority. Fun series.
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