Quote Originally Posted by snoop View Post
Hence going insane. I agree with cmind. If you're a hermit or a very strange individual you might not want to kill yourself, but the likelihood of insanity is still pretty high. Ignoring that, the real reason I find the argument against this to be futile is because most people on this website probably wouldn't fall into the category of those who would actually wind up being alright totally alone. I hate people and I would still want to die if I were completely alone and had no hope of every seeing another living person, realistically.

I know this is a hypothetical situation but I feel like a lot of the people responding aren't thinking about how much things would collapse and degrade without maintenance. There wouldn't be any power, not for a very long period of time without expertise and having to perform enough upkeep of the generators that is impossible for just one human being. You would have to do a lot of work to survive. Essentially, without killing yourself you would have your lifespan reduced significantly for the simple fact that there is no one to care for you. It becomes a matter of survival on a day-to-day basis when present and unrotten supplies run out. It wouldn't be possible to spend your time on frivolous things like writing or reading except at very limited times if you value living. In fact I'm willing to bet after living in the hell of having to try and merely survive and without a hope of ever having others to help out or to comfort you (or you to comfort them) you would soon abandon such practices because they serve no practical purpose, and the pain and effort of simply thriving would be too great.
Portable generators are everywhere (gas could last the first 10 years or so if you get it from a proper storage tank). You would not need to have a power grid, just one generator. A windmill powerplant only needs greased and solar panals are going to last a very long time, Also a water wheel generator would work fine. . Canned food will still be good for about 100 years or more (just looked it up). Dried survival food would also last you life time. You would have unlimited guns and bullets and no laws to regulate hunting (you could even use a land mine to hunt if you wanted.) Fruit trees and many crops will grow and produce for decades if not centuries.

I can care for myself unless I get cancer or something. I imagine I would try to not do really dangerous things, but anti-biotics, skin stapling guns and everything else would be free for the taking. You can also learn almost any skill from a book.

So, survival would be very easy, unless you are not intelligant. Then it may be a problem.