@werewolf1336

1 year ago

Losing the internet due to a major solar storm would be minor and the least of humantie's worries because If the internet went down completely it wouldn't go down alone. The electrical grid would have preceded it into the grave (it just hasn't been hardened enough to protect it). Without a working electrical grid the consequences will be catastrophic.

Human society probably wouldn't completely collapse (though it would come very close due to our almost total dependence on technology). It would instead transition over time into something that moved much much slower. Probably something similar to mid to late 1800's level technology. IMO the transition would be the most chaotic and dangerous for about 10 to 20 years after the event which is my estimate of how long the transition would take. Most human deaths would take place in major cities due to starvation and a lack of ability to survive in a no longer technological environment as well as in smaller towns defending themselves from the influx of the techno crowd fleeing to the rural areas where the agricultural production centers are. There will be many other sources of human death too numerous to discuss here. IMO the death toll would be highest in population centers most dependent on technology. I estimate that by the time the post apocalypse transition is complete that the world's human population will have shrunk to between 1 billion to 2 billion (max). The transition survivors will be the smartest, strongest, bravest, most good, most creative, most cooperative and (most unfortunately) most evil among us.

In the short run the reset that will take place will be a most terrible time. In the long run? It may very well turn out to be just what mankind needs to keep it from destroying itself.

Let's all hope that the doom sayers about a major mass solar ejection ocuring doesn't happen anytime soon.

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