Steemit Engagement Challenge / S19/W2 - Life without electricity

I am here to express my views in The Hindwhale community in the second week of the "Steemit Engagement Challenge Season19 Week2 - "SEC-S19 / W2 | " Life without electricity" " and I invite @weisser-rabe @josepha @mesola and @chant to take part in this contest.

  
I would like to acknowledge all my friends who invited me @waqarahmadshah and @senehasa to show my gratitude.

I will answer all three questions asked:

How would your daily life and work life be without electricity from now onwards?
What kind of equipment would be required to live a hassle-free life?
Would you be able to cope with life without electricity?

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Reading your question, I felt, "NO" but then I wondered if electricity had been there since the earth came into existence. If it were not there, who knows what would be our lives like or what happened? But then I remembered when I was born, there was no electricity in my area because my father was an agriculture engineer posted to an agriculture college in a rural area as a vice principal.

I lived my first seven years in that area in a government house with all the facilities, including orderlies doing all the lighting with the help of kerosine lamps kept on tall stools and a man pulling a big fan manually sitting outside with the help of rope and gears. I remember a funny incident one of the men responsible for filling the kerosene in the lamps used to drink it get drunk every evening.

I saw my first light bulb at the age of seven. But even if all were not there—the sun, moon, stars, forests, mountains, rivers, oceans, and human civilization—everything would have remained the same. Man would not be dependent on machines. I guess he would have become stronger and healthier by working hard, and there would be no gyms for bodybuilding.

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Probably the hard work would have kept our belly fat at bay. I remember we used bikes along with army-auctioned Willy Jeeps and bullock carts. My grandfather was an engineer in the canal department, and he used a horse for official transportation along the canals.

But trust me, we would not be suffering from global warming. There would be no climate change but peace all around. Just imagine life outside of homes, hearing the sound of birds, and no noise pollution.

Maybe the life of a man would be physically comfortable, simple, and easy, but with limited resources. I guess people in my generation with limited power sources only in urban areas and no gadgets lived a decent life.

On the other hand, for the present generation, living without electricity would not be easy, as you don't realize how many items in your home need electricity, including food, water, transportation, air conditioning, entertainment, and communication.

We need electricity to power the gadgets we use every day. We have become dependent on it to carry out our everyday tasks, and we have built our lives around it. We are so dependent on electricity that it would be a shock to many if they did not have a regular supply.

However, some people prefer not to depend on electrical energy and opt for an off-the-grid lifestyle, using alternative energy sources for their different lifestyles. I know a couple of such experimental projects going on in different parts of our country.

They live and survive without electricity. So having no electricity will make no difference. They sleep early and wake up early to follow their own lifestyle.

I will give you a picture if there is no electricity. What will you miss? There will be no power to use your refrigerator; there will be no telephones. You will depend on traditional water supplies from wells, rivers, and ponds. Without electricity, there's no internet and Wi-Fi, but also no ATM, no lifts, no movies, no TV, and no petrol pumps.

The two most important things we need in our lives are food and water, and without electricity, both of these will not disappear from our lives. Air conditioning in our homes works with electricity, and water systems are dependent on pumps again with electricity, so even if the water in your home is accessible, you will need to purify it by boiling and filtering it before you drink it.

All of us are dependent on electricity. But what are the other options? What can we do without electricity? Living without electricity in the modern age can be an adjustment, but there is still a lot you can do to make up for it, and there are many alternative energy sources like solar and wind power. However, without electricity, these will not work either.

So what are the options we are left with? Those already living off the grid, rely on wood-burning stoves and natural raw materials for building their houses as well as for cooking. However, they will spend all their time stocking up on dry wood that you spend on gadgets. That means going back to the jungle, but I am already planning to make a hut in the Himalayas and live a happy life, but the only thing I will miss is Steemit. But trust me, if there was no electricity, our lives would be much better.

Having no TV and mobile sounds uncomfortable, but it would be better for us, wouldn't it? We would have spent time with our family, talking to them, and playing games outside, which we miss today because of the gadgets available to us.

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Today we have gained some but also lost a lot, like the love of family and their company, as well as our eyes, our intellect, and our mental health. I feel that without electricity, I will invent ways to make my life healthier and happier.

I agree with a few points though, if there was no electricity, science would not be able to develop, and the people in the world would not be able to use all the modern facilities available to them, including treatment, transportation, and communication. But think of it, people would live an eco-friendly life, and there would be a much cleaner atmosphere.