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Caitriona
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Hello,
I hope this kind of plea is allowed here, if not, please just let me know. I'm new here :-)
I have this story idea that seems to be taking up permanent residence in my head and it will be set around 200 years in the future...and here comes the catch: I need that future to be without electricity. I'm not a physicist and my research so far only led me to doomsday-preppers who believe a global blackout might happen at some point but most certainly wouldn't be permanent. Well, I need it to be permanent.
I'm not set on a specific scenario or any kind of scenario really, because that is not going to be the point of the story. I'm open to all suggestions as long as they are credible and easily understood by a wide audience. I know, I'm asking for a lot. Also the blackout has already happened at least 150 years ago from when my story is set, so I don't really need to go into the details of several stages and technicalities (if there are any), because what happened will be told by one of the characters who is not going to be a scientist.
What I need is a believable explanation that won't tempt people to throw books across the room with an audible "What the ****?!"
And no, I did not like the "Nanites"-explanation for the blackout on the TV show Revolution, I would prefer something not man-made, because then it would be reversible.
I would also like to do some brainstorming what parts of every day life would be affected in the long run.
Looking forward to your replies! :-)
I hope this kind of plea is allowed here, if not, please just let me know. I'm new here :-)
I have this story idea that seems to be taking up permanent residence in my head and it will be set around 200 years in the future...and here comes the catch: I need that future to be without electricity. I'm not a physicist and my research so far only led me to doomsday-preppers who believe a global blackout might happen at some point but most certainly wouldn't be permanent. Well, I need it to be permanent.
I'm not set on a specific scenario or any kind of scenario really, because that is not going to be the point of the story. I'm open to all suggestions as long as they are credible and easily understood by a wide audience. I know, I'm asking for a lot. Also the blackout has already happened at least 150 years ago from when my story is set, so I don't really need to go into the details of several stages and technicalities (if there are any), because what happened will be told by one of the characters who is not going to be a scientist.
What I need is a believable explanation that won't tempt people to throw books across the room with an audible "What the ****?!"
And no, I did not like the "Nanites"-explanation for the blackout on the TV show Revolution, I would prefer something not man-made, because then it would be reversible.
I would also like to do some brainstorming what parts of every day life would be affected in the long run.
Looking forward to your replies! :-)