The Machine Apocalypse
So, what if our machines suddenly broke down? Not just your TV set or your car -- but everything? It wouldn’t exactly kill us on the spot, but we can agree on one thing: it would be pretty apocalyptic.
Weirdest of all, the Machine Apocalypse could happen for real.
"We will have no food. We will have no clothing.
We will have no access to the information needed to make that food and that clothing.
The ending will be sudden and complete. If air systems are needed, the deaths will come in minutes.
If water is needed, deaths will come in agonizing days. If food is needed, death will pay a visit only after several excruciating weeks.
People escaping the clutches of the Machine will not be able to cope with an environment that doesn't pamper them anymore.
They will die clutching the remotes that used to make the Machine do what they wanted and needed. They will die hungry, thirsty, filthy and cold."
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Now isn't that lovely. There you are, in your civilized world.
Suddenly, you’re stumbling about in the dark. The only way to go some place, is on foot.
Basic stuff like clocks, fridges, boilers, washing machines and lights will never work again.
Pretty soon, your tap will stop delivering water, your money will run out, and the shops will be empty.
The economy grinds to a halt, throwing you back into the Middle Ages. And no way you’re gonna dial 911 or e-mail your Congressman. Better use a homing-pigeon, from now on.
Worst Case Scenario Hypothesis
A look into the worst possible reason for social collapse on a global scale, and its effects.
Civil War II: The Coming Breakup of America
"America was born in blood. America suckled on blood. America gorged on blood and grew
into a giant, and America will drown in blood. This is the specter that is haunting America,
the specter of Civil War II, a second civil war that will shatter America into several new
ethnically-based nations. Many will denounce this truth as racist and as a call to violence.
It is neither. Rather, it is the result of an objective examination of the historic, demographic,
political, economic, and military developments that are relentlessly propelling America
towards a second civil war. Simply and directly put, America will explode in tribal warfare in
our lifetime and shatter into several new ethnically-based nations. And as America breaks
up the very concept of multiethnic democracy will likewise be forever shattered. Artillery
will blast our cities to flaming wastelands infested with psychotic snipers. Packs of feral
dogs will tear at charred corpses hanging out of burnt-out tanks. Long columns of doomed
refugees will clog our highways. Bands of guerrillas will stalk about the countryside—
raping, looting, murdering, clashing with each other. Food production will all but cease.
The hungry will fight to the death over scraps of garbage. Millions will starve, and millions
more will die from infectious diseases. Behold the vision of Civil War II."
Prepare for US economic collapse
Fuel shortages will precipitate shortages of food, medicine, and
countless consumer items, outages of electricity, gas, and water,
breakdowns in transportation systems and other infrastructure,
hyperinflation, widespread shutdowns and mass layoffs, along with a
lot of despair, confusion, violence, and lawlessness.
Full Hypothesis
What will sustain out power hungry future? Solar? Wind? Geo-thermal? The life giving electricity is becoming a nuisance in the battle for cheap energy, and we are loosing.
What happens when the oil runs out? This is the question that many are, or will
definitely be asking soon.
We are just so dependant on the stuff, we use it for out electricity, to fuel our cars, to lube out engines and to even make our take-away Mc Donalds soft drink lids.
Oil is running out, and at an alarming rate. we have already passed the peak of our oil extraction capabilities (essentially we have used half of it up).
"When an oil well is half empty, you’ll have to go through an increasing amount of trouble to pump the last bit up. Think of it like eating yogurt out of a carton. At first,
you’ll have no trouble to bring out spoonfuls of yogurt at all.
But after a while, you’ll carefully have to maneuver your spoon around along the sides and corners of the carton to bring the last bit out.
In oil wells, it goes the same way."