The problem is that you need to have skilled workers or to have them train others for the jobs.
For example, with the oil and gas.
Gas is probably expired or if/when it runs out then they would have to somehow make some more starting with the drilling and who has the equipment and know how if all the oil workers are dead?
And oil refineries are few and far between.
Same thing with farmers. Are any of them still alive?
I suppose they could use horses to plow with for farming but you need those old fashioned plows and how do you make or find one? That is, if you even have a horse.
Everyone would have to do gardening or farming on a very small scale and not big fields where tractors and plows are not needed.
And gardening is not as easy as it looks.
For electricity you need coal to run the power plant and if all the power plant workers are dead then you have to know what to do to get it going again.
And when, not if, when you run out of coal, then what?
You are also going to need mechanics to fix things when they break down.
So you need the skilled workers in jobs and the proper equipment to rebuild a civilization and if you don't have both in the same place then forget it.
With all the above in mind it makes sense where they don't have enough workers who can do the jobs with the gear they need as to why civilization is so barren and not being rebuilt on a massive scale.
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emori (3092)
a year ago
People can learn things. The main thing is electricity. Once it restored - everything can start working.
We saw how Fedra in their city has actually electricity working. And that town Tommy was living in. and had Gas and cars working.
Then you gather people and ask what were hey doing before apocalypse. Everything as been invented.
I dont think they portray realistically apocalypse shows. Its one thing when its 2 years into apocalypse and zombies run fast. But if they are slow like Walking Dead or barely exist like in Last Of Us and its been 10-20 years - civilization would be resorting itself. Thats how humans are. Fedra controlled city is actually more realistic. Like they actually has a working society where people are assigned to jobs and electricity is restored.
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WarrenPeace (2267)
a year ago
It is a fictional show where of course electricity is running just like it does in really old abandoned buildings you see in other movies.
I dunno how they would get it running IRL where you need coal to run it.
If it is near a dam, then it can run longer with water power.
You need to find enough people who have those skills and the right gear to get things running and location matters.
I live in a large town where we don't have any oil drills or refineries.
The gas is trucked in to the stations.
So me and any survivors that stayed here would be out of gas eventually so we would be out of luck with that.
I would agree that civilization would be restoring itself but not in the ways you think.
I think it would be very primitive.
People are resourceful but they wouldn't be using gas and electric powered things.
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