^^ Uranium for fusion power?

Gah mistype meant to type fission.

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And my question is, where would it go?

Electricity is a natural form of energy. To say it would go somewhere would be like saying that Earth's gravity might end (OMG - A new thread topic!!!)

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN GRAVITY IS GONE?

Maybe the OP actually meant

hypothetical- what do you think would occur if all of a sudden all production of electricity ceased?

Otherwise, do you think it had a hidden meaning the way it was asked?

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Oh hell I got that figured out!

Man's drive to dominate all environments and to control all environments will lead to the gravitational fields to flip on their axis thereby causing the planet to warble off its current axis and into an altered path where gravity will lessen. Of course all of this will be due to the capitalist countries policies on energy production. All the wind turbines that will be spinning will cause the planet to speed up which will initiate the first warble of the axis. America will be blamed for this, yet China and the poles themselves will contain the most turbines but be exempt from the UN Wind Production Protective Act. This Act charges a tax when wind speeds from turbines exceed a certain limit which they think can cause the planet to spin out of control. Again we will have doomsday scenarios just like today with global warming and America will be blamed for it but in reality what really has caused the warble of the Earth and the lessening of gravity is that the Sun's gravitional pull lessened and caused us to spin outside the normal parameters. Of course scientists will refute the evidence that the sun has any kind of significance on the planets gravity, magnetic fields, and climate just like to day.

But hey, we all know man can create and destroy an entire planets climate with our intergalactic death star technologies we currently possess. Darth Vader envies us! Pfft. Send the Death Star to our planet. We can take it, we will send CO2 into the Death Star main reactor and cause it to warm up which in turn will make the inside of the Death Star a big steam room wherby the inhabitants will have to vacate the premise.

Well I am done. Enought crazy talk for today.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the figures you give for both coal and uranium are grossly inflated, at least in terms of economically recoverable reserves. The price of coal has been climbing steadily and steeply over the past few years for a reason. Most of the easily accessible, high quality and quantity reserves have already been tapped. Lower grades and more difficult to develop sources of coal are being mined, but the economic and net energy return on investment are in decline. The same is true for commercial grade uranium. Even if we were willing to virtually ravage large regions and release billions of tons of pollutants into the air in order to recover coal and uranium deposits, they would not appreciably delay the impacts of post peak oil production.

Our problems is we use too much energy. No one has a sense for moderation. During the day, I rarely ever have my lights on. I open the blinds and let the sun shine in. But many people leave there whole house while they aren't even there. I find this very irresponsible as well as costly. Also, the wind will never stop blowing and the sun will continue shining for the next 5 BILLION years. Everyone needs to calm the hell down and attack this situation logically.

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I do not know, where would it? I have just heard that it could, but I do no know it as a fact.

I am only saying if.

Virtually everyone has experienced a power outage due to a storm, power overload or mechanical failure. Such outages are usually short term, although they may last several days in extreme situations. People usually begin feeling desperate after two days without power. The real challenge is being without electricity for weeks or even months. What would people have to do to adjust? How would it impact transportation, communication, food delivery and storage, jobs, health care, education, etc.?

My wife and I went without electricity or plumbing for several years while living in remote villages in Alaska. In many ways it was probably easier going without electricity in the Alaska bush than it is in modern settings. It was normal then. We burned candles or used kerosene lanterns. We also used gasoline lanterns which give off more light, but they can be dangerous. We usually went to bed early and got up early. More time was spent outside, especially when the sun was shining. Meat and fish was preserved in the summer and fall by drying or was stored in lined pits dug deep into the fozen soil. After freeze up we simply put it outside where animals couldn't reach it. People spent much more time visiting each other in the evenings. It was a slower pace of life, although it was filled with lots of work and activity. At this stage of life I can't say that I miss it, but I never regretted it.