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.
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.