Oeuvre All American 6651 Posts user info edit post |
except for me... how long would the power stay on? In other words, how much of the power grid is automatic and how much requires human interaction? 11/15/2007 12:43:28 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45908 Posts user info edit post |
fap 11/15/2007 12:44:00 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
i've never thought about this.
plz2answr 11/15/2007 12:44:37 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
go to the store and stock up on batteries
[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 12:45 PM. Reason : cuz no one would see u steam em] 11/15/2007 12:44:57 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
11/15/2007 12:46:29 PM |
slamjamason All American 1833 Posts user info edit post |
About 7 days according to http://www.worldwithoutus.com/did_you_know.html
After 7 days the supply of fuel to the diesel generators that circulate water to cool nuclear cores runs out.
Don't know about other power plants - probably the same type of situation though where some component shuts down after a week which sends stuff all to crap. 11/15/2007 12:52:15 PM |
Oeuvre All American 6651 Posts user info edit post |
well there would be plenty of gas to use... but those electric pumps 11/15/2007 12:54:19 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
i wish there was a class that would teach you how to survive if you were the only person left on earth. 11/15/2007 12:57:08 PM |
slamjamason All American 1833 Posts user info edit post |
The nuclear meltdown wouldn't be pretty either. Best to find a good area to locate to asap. 11/15/2007 12:58:03 PM |
slamjamason All American 1833 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i wish there was a class that would teach you how to survive if you were the only person left on earth." |
GrumpyGOP can write an article.11/15/2007 12:59:31 PM |
Oeuvre All American 6651 Posts user info edit post |
life would be pretty sweet if the power grid continued to work (and my gf was still around). I'd probably go pimp out a N. Raleigh mansion for a while before driving to New York to bust into a penthouse luxury condo. 11/15/2007 1:01:27 PM |
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The Homega Man
[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 1:08 PM. Reason : Now, this baby is called "The Withstandinator"] 11/15/2007 1:07:28 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41737 Posts user info edit post |
When would the TWW server kick offline?
I would have to firefusk some things before that. 11/15/2007 1:07:58 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
ha, I WOULD WIN THE "LAST" THREAD ONCE AND FOR ALL! 11/15/2007 1:09:03 PM |
Oeuvre All American 6651 Posts user info edit post |
cool slideshow
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-31-wild-new-orleans_N.htm
about how nature has reclaimed the lower 9th ward in New Orleans
[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 1:11 PM. Reason : .] 11/15/2007 1:09:48 PM |
beergolftile All American 9030 Posts user info edit post |
^^
dnl would still be online and post from the grave 11/15/2007 1:23:59 PM |
SymeGuy69 All American 11036 Posts user info edit post |
?
11/15/2007 1:26:22 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103352 Posts user info edit post |
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Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35771 Posts user info edit post |
has anyone ever read that book? sounds muy interesante 11/15/2007 1:35:35 PM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The nuclear meltdown wouldn't be pretty either. Best to find a good area to locate to asap." |
well there wouldnt be one
the control system is pretty much automatic
hell, it can scram itself if it needs to11/15/2007 1:58:15 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "well there would be plenty of gas to use... but those electric pumps" |
You could siphon gas out of any car that you find.
Or you could just learn to hotwire and pick up a new car whenever yours ran out.11/15/2007 2:08:00 PM |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
I'd do some crazy shit
like take a piss in the oval office. 11/15/2007 2:09:24 PM |
beergolftile All American 9030 Posts user info edit post |
if everyone suddenly disappeared, there would be plenty of cars with keys still in them.
of course most of them would wreck very quickly 11/15/2007 2:09:29 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
^ Or would idle until they ran out of gas. 11/15/2007 2:13:21 PM |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
i think being the last person on earth would get really fucking boring
really quick 11/15/2007 2:14:17 PM |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
now if all the other dudes in the world evaporated
it'd be a different story 11/15/2007 2:14:52 PM |
Oeuvre All American 6651 Posts user info edit post |
just break into someone's home. They always have a spare key to the car in one of the kitchen drawers 11/15/2007 2:14:57 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41737 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "now if all the other dudes in the world evaporated
it'd be a different story" |
That would be a tough career.11/15/2007 2:25:06 PM |
slamjamason All American 1833 Posts user info edit post |
So if you think everyone on earth has dissapeared except you - do you spend your life adapting and living with nature or searching to try and find someone else who still exists? Or do you just jump off of a cliff? 11/15/2007 2:27:10 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
I would go to the grocery store, gather all of the pudding, and stick my ass in it. 11/15/2007 2:40:12 PM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35771 Posts user info edit post |
i would go through famous women's panty drawers. 11/15/2007 2:42:14 PM |
beergolftile All American 9030 Posts user info edit post |
id play augusta (quick, while the grass was still good and mowed), a couple other great courses, then go steal a kickass boat and cruise for awhile.
Id have to go north a lot to stock up on ice cause when the power goes out, there won't be any cold beer (ftl)
Id probably be ok with it for the first year or so, then id get super bored
oh, id probably get a small farm going so i could eat meat too. id figure out some way to feed/breed the cows and hogs
without consistent power, life would kinda suck 11/15/2007 2:46:17 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
You might be alright if you were on a power grid that included a wind farm or solar power. 11/15/2007 2:47:51 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45166 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "After 7 days the supply of fuel to the diesel generators that circulate water to cool nuclear cores runs out. After 7 days the supply of fuel to the diesel generators that circulate water to cool nuclear cores runs out. " |
wat?
you mean to think, and indeed say, that a nuclear power plant doesn't power its own coolant pumps? i mean, there is probably diesel back up but.... yeah man, think about just how much sense that makes.... wow.11/15/2007 2:48:11 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
11/15/2007 2:49:15 PM |
MunkeyMuck All American 4427 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "now if all the other dudes in the world evaporated
it'd be a different story
" |
?11/15/2007 2:52:14 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
if we learned anything from Jurrasic Park, it's that even if all the males in the world were to disappear, life would find a way to repopulate. 11/15/2007 2:53:23 PM |
beergolftile All American 9030 Posts user info edit post |
bitches would grow cocks? 11/15/2007 3:04:15 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41737 Posts user info edit post |
^^ -3 FOR THAT POST 11/15/2007 3:05:12 PM |
Cherokee All American 8264 Posts user info edit post |
it'd be cool to rely on batteries
think about it, you'd have the entire world's supply of everything
just would suck tryin to get overseas, though i suppose you could do it through alaska 11/15/2007 3:20:18 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
^^OH YEA, well -4 for you 11/15/2007 3:21:07 PM |
eltownse All American 1851 Posts user info edit post |
Pretty good book from what I hear. The author kills us off in the first two pages.
And yes he does answer the question about how long the power would stay on. It would not be long because the world's nuclear reactors despite their safety features would overheat and explode.
Interesting fact that the New York subways would flood because no one would be around to operate the pumps that pump out over a million gallons of water per day.
11/15/2007 3:21:32 PM |
Nerdchick All American 37009 Posts user info edit post |
I'd eat all the ice cream I could in the 7 days of power 11/15/2007 3:31:02 PM |
ncsutw New Recruit 34 Posts user info edit post |
Most gas in tanks and storage would be unusable after about a year. Most paved surfaces would be mountable only by 4wd after 2 years, unpassable by anything after 4. Most nuke plants would auto-scram, but older ones and those in china/russia would meltdown. Most humans left alive after a planet-wide catastrophe would quickly find ways to kill themselves (e.g. bust into a drug store and take what they thought was penicillan). FEMA has several binders of plans on just such an event. If I'm the last dude on earth, I'm heading to the NC DEM office... 11/15/2007 5:05:11 PM |
slamjamason All American 1833 Posts user info edit post |
My knowledge of nuclear energy is not smarter than a 5th grader - but even after a scram wouldn't the decay heat be a problem? 11/15/2007 5:39:23 PM |
humandrive All American 18286 Posts user info edit post |
The diesels at the nuke plants aren't to put power on the grid, they are to keep the core from coming out the bottom in the event that the plant loses offsite power 11/15/2007 5:42:19 PM |
Oeuvre All American 6651 Posts user info edit post |
the night folks need to think about this. 11/15/2007 7:45:25 PM |
wilso All American 14657 Posts user info edit post |
amazing 11/15/2007 8:06:54 PM |
gellpak Veteran 177 Posts user info edit post |
I'm gonna have to start learning some post-apocalyptic skillz.
Is there an anarchist's cookbook style thing for this topic? 11/15/2007 8:20:24 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45908 Posts user info edit post |
set'em up 11/15/2007 8:21:36 PM |