Past civilizations didn't have cars and planes, which are highly complex technologies we wouldn't be able to maintain after a collapse, and we depend on them for everything. If we lost those and had to go back to using horses and sailboats, the size of our continent and the presence of mountains would become significant obstacles, even if the Interstates remained for centuries. Going from New York to Los Angeles would take months, like it did in the 1800s.
The Greeks lost one of the most advanced pieces of technology in their civilization.
The Romans stopped using their version of concrete because it was more expensive and labor intensive. Again, a specialty technology.
What you're suggesting is forgetting how to build a carriage. Even in a full scale civilizational collapse; some stuff is so useful they are immediately adopted by the new civilization. Like firearms, roads, saddles, etc.
And we're nothing close to a full scale civilizational collapse. Not even remotely.
What you're suggesting is forgetting how to build a carriage.
Engines are advanced technology that requires other advanced technology to make. We may still have carriages after a collapse, but they'll have horses in front of them.
Past civilizations didn't have cars and planes, which are highly complex technologies we wouldn't be able to maintain after a collapse, and we depend on them for everything. If we lost those and had to go back to using horses and sailboats, the size of our continent and the presence of mountains would become significant obstacles, even if the Interstates remained for centuries. Going from New York to Los Angeles would take months, like it did in the 1800s.
I think there is no possibility of losing those things.
The Greeks lost the Antikythera Mechanism, and the Romans forgot how to make concrete. What prevents us from losing the automobile?
The Greeks lost one of the most advanced pieces of technology in their civilization.
The Romans stopped using their version of concrete because it was more expensive and labor intensive. Again, a specialty technology.
What you're suggesting is forgetting how to build a carriage. Even in a full scale civilizational collapse; some stuff is so useful they are immediately adopted by the new civilization. Like firearms, roads, saddles, etc.
And we're nothing close to a full scale civilizational collapse. Not even remotely.
Engines are advanced technology that requires other advanced technology to make. We may still have carriages after a collapse, but they'll have horses in front of them.