by DesuMaiden » Tue 13 Dec 2016, 16:15:31
It depends on where you live. Some parts of the world would fare much better in a post-peak oil/TEOTWAKI situation than others. You got to remember that the whole sewage and water treatment and water distribution system is also dependent on electricity, which in most cases is directly or indirectly created by fossil fuels. The parts of the world that can generate electricity with mininium or no fossil fuels will fare the best because they can still be able to generate the necessary electricity to power their water distribution system. But overall, the population will have to re-ruralize (as in return to the rural areas) rather than urbanize because without fossil fuel based food production/distribution and fossil-fueled based water distribution systems, most cities will need to dramatically shrink in the size of their population. And a larger percentage of the population would need to live in rural areas so that they can be involved in food production related jobs rather than non-food production related jobs in the city.
Although to be quite honest, I somewhat doubt human civilization in any recognizable form is possible in a post-peak oil/TEOTWAKI world. Maybe some scattered tribes of people may continue to live-on in the ruins of industrial civilization, but I think rebuilding civilization is counterproductive to our long-term survival goals because as many people know, civilizations tend not to be sustainable. A new paradigm is necessary for the human race that goes beyond civilization like Daniel Ishamel has mentioned.
History repeats itself. Just everytime with different characters and players.