All the people who have an umbilical cord to the TV, computer and games. All the people who seem to be totally lacking any iota of common sense. All the people who are so heavily dependent on the electrical and oil infrastructure. All the people who are so ignorant of ways and means to anything.
Scary, isn't it?
Sue
That paragraph encompasses at least 95% of Americans. That is very scary.
Our population of 300 million could not be sustained if we lost the power grid and energy resources to fuel transportation, food and medicine production, water supplies and sanitation.
I was watching
"Jericho" recently, a show which I think was ambitious and before its time (it ran on CBS from 2006-2008 and is available on DVD). While the entertainment series falls short in some factual respects and production value, it hit upon in thought-provoking ways many fundamental issues of survival in a just-in-time society that's suddenly upended by war just as it heads into winter: notably in regard to
food supply,
medicine,
power grid,
fuel supply,
communications.
In addition to the initial nuclear calamity, a few episodes into Jericho's first season there was a subsequent EMP attack that finished off the power grid, newer cars, cell phones, computers, etc.
Amazon is still selling Jericho, it's worth a watch for anyone interested in the subject.
The History Channel is a curious mish-mash. Seems they're running a lot of religious history and prognostication shows lately.