A world without electricity..

[GilbertGrape]

What would the world be like if electricity was never invented? (And never would be)

Could man have advanced much more than they were in the 1800's without electricity?

Groundhog day 1800's style?

Edited by GilbertGrape on Thursday 15th April 06:19

[phumy]

Well you wouldnt be on here asking that question if we didnt have it.....

We would be using bean cans with string between them to talk to each other

[10JH]

Have you seen the film 'The Road'. Probably a bit like that after a few years!

[ofcorsa]

Vote for the greens and we might find out

[zac510]

Well we would still have steam power, wind/sail power, candles, fire and mechanical labour saving devices. We'd still evolve. We can't not evolve!

[elster]

I would need to find a new job.

[zippy500]

It never was invented, it was discovered

[iggletiggle]

zippy500 said:

It never was invented, it was discovered

exactly therefore it has always been present, it was waiting for someone to discover it and harness its power..

[bigdods]

zippy500 said:

It never was invented, it was discovered

I really hate it when I read a first post and think up what I beleieve to be a slighlty amusing reply then find some other bugger got there first

[Cupid Stunt]

ste

HTH

[HundredthIdiot]

Golfing in a thunderstorm would be a lot safer.

[sadako]

Google for "Steampunk"...

[zippy500]

bigdods said:

zippy500 said:

It never was invented, it was discovered

I really hate it when I read a first post and think up what I beleieve to be a slighlty amusing reply then find some other bugger got there first

C'mon, speed matters, not just on the road either, hehe.

[ShadownINja]

sadako said:

Google for "Steampunk"...

I was going to post that.

Everything could be do with springs and so on. Just think how the watch industry has come along.

[Rawwr]

zac510 said:

Well we would still have steam power, wind/sail power, candles, fire and mechanical labour saving devices. We'd still evolve. We can't not evolve!

We'd probably evolve a lot more quickly, in fact. With a basic flat rate of discovery in medicines and drugs, survival of the fittest would take over and the weak would be purged from society rapidly.

[HundredthIdiot]

Rawwr said:

We'd probably evolve a lot more quickly, in fact. With a basic flat rate of discovery in medicines and drugs, survival of the fittest would take over and the weak would be purged from society rapidly.

Not necessarily. There are many elements of even a very basic civilisation which act against biological evolution.

Additionally, "weaknesses" (e.g. cancers risks) which mostly affect older people are never "purged" from the gene pool because the children have been born (and are usually adults) before the parents are affected.

Still, eugenics is an option worth considering if you're sufficiently insane.

[Wacky Racer]

GilbertGrape said:

What would the world be like if electricity was never invented?

[glazbagun]

Expensive. I'd say the biggest loss would be lack of electric light reducing the amount of labour available over any given day, followed by the loss of labour-saving computers.

ShadownINja said:

Everything could be do with springs and so on. Just think how the watch industry has come along.

The watch industry is what it is thanks to CNC mills. It reached its zenith using traditional methods in 19th century England before American style mechanised industrial techniques brought mass production which improved to the point that division of labour just couldn't compete.

Additionally, I think democracy would likely not exist as it does at present, and there likely wouldn't be a middle class.

Edited by glazbagun on Thursday 15th April 10:49

[HundredthIdiot]

glazbagun said:

Expensive. I'd say the biggest loss would be lack of electric light reducing the amount of labour available over any given day, followed by the loss of labour-saving computers.

I think computers stopped saving labour (in net) some time ago.

[bob1179]

elster said:

I would need to find a new job.

Ditto, the company I work for builds power stations...