During the 2008 Hunan Ice Disaster, I lived without electricity for a month. At that time, the Internet was not developed, and without electricity, for us living in the city, there was no electricity at night, so we had to light candles, and we couldn’t watch TV. It doesn't seem too bad to be able to read a book to pass the time.
However, after the disaster became serious, the water pipe was frozen, and the problem was that there was no water. So our family had to walk back to the grandparents’ house in the countryside. We walked for most of the day. Because the road was full of ice, it was not safe to take a car. After returning to the countryside, I have a well, so I don't have to worry about food and drink. The children go skiing on the slopes, and they are very happy.
So when someone recommended this drama to me, I was very confused about the background setting, what if there is no electricity, if there is water and food, it is enough, and people can survive without it. Later, once he explained to me Only then did I understand what a complete power outage meant.
What is a complete power outage? Many friends who have only watched the first few episodes may not know that it is not even a spark, and even the static electricity and lightning that can be generated in nature have disappeared, and the battery can not be stored. Electricity, everything about electricity disappeared, completely disappeared in an instant, as for why, go find it in the play, I won't spoil it here.
The following are some of the problems facing human existence.
The first is water. The tap water in the city is purified by water plants. Once the factory runs out of electricity, all machinery will stop working, and there will be no more drop of water in the water pipes. Not to mention how many impurities are in the water in the rivers and lakes, the untreated sewage can turn an area of water into poisonous water. In the play, the fat man's wife got dysentery because of drinking the water in the lake. During the ice disaster, why was there only a power outage but no water supply at the beginning? That is because the factory has its own generator. Just like many shops at that time, putting a petroleum generator in front of the door can support the operation of the shop. And in this show the generator doesn't work either. The only water that can be drunk is the water in the well, and the water level is relatively high, so people can draw it up, because the water pump is not working.
The second is grain. I also had doubts at the beginning. What is the matter of growing grain without electricity? Isn’t the grain grown in the ground after manual labor? It is true that some food can be grown, but the yield is not high. The high-yielding seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides cultivated by modern technology are not available, and there is no transportation. After people consume the food they have, they can only support a small number of people. . At the beginning, the heroine's father had a small farm with corn and vegetables, so he could support her even after fifteen years of power failure. But with so many people in the world, how much arable land can there be per capita? How many people can one mu of land be able to feed? The second industrial revolution means that before the invention of electricity, the world's total population was only one billion billion, which shows that the productivity at that time could only support so many people. Compared with the current population, You know how many people will starve to death.
The third is transportation. Many people ask why cars and planes can’t move. I don’t understand their principles very well. I used to think that as long as there is oil, it is enough, but someone told me that the engine needs electricity, and there is no ignition device. It doesn't work either. Every time the piston moves, it needs to be ignited. If there is no electricity, do you have to manually ignite it? Steam engines can be used, but didn't the gangs that were formed later in the play even use steam trains? But that train is an old antique from the museum. How many people can make a steam engine now?
The fourth is medical treatment. I don’t know how many precision instruments used in the research and development of drugs and vaccines need electricity to drive, but I also know that many cannot be produced without electricity.
Solving these survival problems is troublesome enough, but people are not so rational. They solve problems when they encounter problems. The first thing they think about is how to compete for the remaining assets. Therefore, there is violence, burning, killing and looting. Western governments are not that powerful. Westerners also value freedom. I might have thought the United States was good, but in its current form, an epidemic can crush them, not to mention a power outage. The fall of the government and the emergence of local armed forces led to such a story.
But no matter how big the disaster is, I believe that the Chinese can still survive, because we are united to the outside world, and we can sacrifice our personal interests to do the right thing. This new crown pneumonia virus has given me a lot of love for China. great confidence.
View more about Revolution reviews
