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In our part of the world, we adapt to situations like we were born for it so if I wake up one day to realize that water, electricity and gas would not be available for a whole month, I would find a way around it.
This new development may force us to go back to the good old days of cooking our food with firewoods, fetching water from the streams or nearby wells and all that but how do we cope with charging our devices and how will this affect our everyday life?
Once I discover this transformation, I would be very restless but would look for a way to console myself at the end of the day. Out of the above listed amenities, the hardest to lose is water because water is life and a home can hardly be well maintained without water but water may not be able to pump without electricity so that makes electricity come next. Gas is the last in my opinion though.
There would be an alternative to electricity and such alternatives may include solar energy, solar bulb, power banks and ups for our devices but they won't last long and may take time to charge in a case where the weather is not bright enough. Water can be gotten from wells and streams around but they may not be potable for consumption.
To make such water portable for drinking we may have to boil it on a firewood stove from the firewood we most have gathered and store in a safe place for family use. After boiling, we would need to allow the water to cool then store it for drinking. For good supply a month is a long time so we have to repeat the process almost every day to have good and portable water. Same thing goes with our bathing water too, we have to boil it on the firewood stove too.
We may have to reduce the number of times we cook in a day to once or twice because cooking with firewoods stove can be stressful so we can cook once a day and store the food in a warmer or cooler for later consumption
The absence of electricity may force us to reduce the way we use our gadgets, this simply means we may have to reduce our online presence to reduce our phone energy consumption. This may have a negative impact on our daily lives though but trust African to always represent. Instead of hiving like three times a day, It may reduce my visits to the web to only once and with time too.
Lastly, I believe this experience would teach us how to appreciate what we have and manage it well when we are being provided with them.
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