Since we have a Government Economic Plan that adds a trillion dollars to the National Debt every year... We may come to a time when we can't find lenders willing to buy Treasury Notes. Bankruptcy of the USA would cause a Global Economic Collapse and the only people that would survive are those who work as subsistence farmers. Imagine a barter economy where money is worth nothing... No buying gas for trucks to haul groceries to the store... Starvation of Billions of people...
However, we won't be driving cars and that will be good for air pollution. We won't be burning coal for power plants... or natural gas either... ONE Billion surviving Humans heating their homes with wood is sustainable. Candles for light at night...
A computer virus could bring down our civilization. Imagine a world where the internet does not exist. Gas stations couldn't take payment using debit cards. Grocery stores wouldn't automatically order replacement food. Banks couldn't keep track of their money... except for local banking... We had banking before computers but our current system would go thru a radical change...
However, ONE billion people surviving is enough. The real trouble would be if leaders panic and launch nuclear missiles. THAT would wipe out all life except for single celled organisms that can tolerate extreme cold. They would go into hibernation until the Nuclear Winter was over...
However, we won't be driving cars and that will be good for air pollution. We won't be burning coal for power plants... or natural gas either... ONE Billion surviving Humans heating their homes with wood is sustainable. Candles for light at night...
A computer virus could bring down our civilization. Imagine a world where the internet does not exist. Gas stations couldn't take payment using debit cards. Grocery stores wouldn't automatically order replacement food. Banks couldn't keep track of their money... except for local banking... We had banking before computers but our current system would go thru a radical change...
However, ONE billion people surviving is enough. The real trouble would be if leaders panic and launch nuclear missiles. THAT would wipe out all life except for single celled organisms that can tolerate extreme cold. They would go into hibernation until the Nuclear Winter was over...