Technological structure and ways of life after nominal nuclear apocalypse

[0wing]

Or after all the oil and other rare minerals and metals become scarce. This "Or" is why this thread is in general discussion.

Coal and turf are still plentiful compated to oil, so we still can use them. First, there's no place for 7+ Billion people so in such future our count will fall to early 20th century, ~1 billion, period.

So, which technologies we'll be able to restore? Also with people, early 20th century is where to aim unless we invent atmospheric electricity generator with coefficient of performance equal to 666%.
For example...

1. Telegraph and Spark Transmittors instead of mobile phones.
2. Gas flow computer, abacus and logarithmic ruler instead of PCs and Iphones.
3. CYOA books, board games, D&D 5e instead of Age of Decadence, Fallout: New Vegas and The Witcher 3 (computers are dead weight without elecricity)
4. Edison's lightbulb with carbon-based filament instead of wolfram lightbulbs.
5. Steam-powered locomotive instead of... USA still have trains?
6. Talking paper instead of music centers
7. Zeppelins!
8. Steam powered automobiles in limited use.
9. Methane-based power generators. As we say, "Not learning Math-An? Will be recycled to Methane!"

Not a whole lot will be survived, but it's not dark ages.

 

[Alkuam]

Why limited use for steam cars?

 

[0wing]

Why limited use for steam cars?

Production powers will also degrade. Factories of the past are basically handicraftsmans' gathering.

 

[Alkuam]

Just thought it was odd that you'd put that for steam cars and not for steam trains. BTW if you're interested in steam cars, Jay Leno has some rather nice examples of them.

Spoiler

 

[0wing]

Just thought it was odd that you'd put that for steam cars and not for steam trains. BTW if you're interested in steam cars, Jay Leno has some rather nice examples of them.

I did, p.5 "locomotives".

The car looks like a cargo cult of 1920s design, need to correct the aerodynamics. Not sure if early XX century aesthetics will follow.

 

[Alkuam]

I know you put locomotives in number five, but you only specified limited for automobiles, that's what I was getting at.

 

[0wing]

I know you put locomotives in number five, but you only specified limited for automobiles, that's what I was getting at.

Freebie resource scarcity. Automobiles in a world of almost freebie energy, seem unlimited minerals from colonies and liberal unrestrained aimed at perpetual growth capitalistic economy are any succesful person's personal vehicle while in reality of nominal tommorow of resource scarcity is a luxury, a personal order from a cooperative that produces cars one per order, like today's Bently. We'll probably see more growing role public transport, horses and New York drowning in dung.