just to outline this fictitious would you rather, you rich enough to retire cryogenic preservation is perfect. you could live out the rest of your life in retirement and see the world evolve “like god intended”, or you can adopt cryogenic lifestyle where you freeze yourself for however long you want and stay thawed for however long you want but your still a human with natural human lifespan so you will eventually die.
of course contingencies are allowed if you think something cataclysmic will happened you can be dethawed abruptly and considering future medicines to extend your lifespan is allowed
i see so you’d live in best of times as much as possible instead of skipping to the great reset. i dont think we can get set back that far simple because of GMO of plants and global trade. also refined metals would still exist. a car engine can rust or break but the engine can be melted into farm equipment. so we are safe from bronze age. id say we would be a cross between iron age with modern tech
Are you sure about that?
Because the thing that most people never consider with “post apocalypse” scenarios is “lubrication”.
Everything needs it, and for the most part it’s petroleum based lubricants. Chains, gears, wind turbines, cogs, wheels, doodads and whazzits…
The machines that create power require regular lubrication and maintenance to prevent them from breaking down. Power, is needed to mine, refine and ship the petroleum…
You see where I’m going with this…
yeah I see that. lube would get a big need, but my car runs out of gas several times before I need an oil change and retail stores do carry oil. ironically canola oil and vegetable oil can be used as motor oil. when you run out of oil then things start to grind to a stop.
but machinery would become too costly to maintain and people would stop using it. if a valve broke on a engine I doubt people in the post apocalypses would repair it. unless it was part of a town where people would have both the need and expertise to fix it. there would be easier to maintain alternative of machines that wouldn’t require lube, filters, replacing of metal parts.
after a century an internal combustion engine would become unusable scrape