What would life be without Electricity?

What would life be without electricity? Would we have all the benefits and commodities we enjoy in our modern society? Would we have vehicles and travel as we do today? would we have cellular phones to communicate with relatives and friends? Would have the internet and shorten the amount of time to do research or would we have all the social media we enjoy today? Would we have televisions to entertain ourselves? Would we be able to play video games? Would we have the massive transportation system we have today? Would have airplanes? Would have satellites orbiting earth and providing us with directions(GPS)? Would we have the military technology to combat enemies all over the world? These are a few of the questions we have to answer as we imagine life without electricity.

Fossil fuels are very important today as they have been the driving force behind the economic growth of most nations. Electricity is vital in our daily lives as it lights up our homes, powers up our computers, powers our television sets, among other things. Electricity stored in batteries power up our automobiles and flashlights shine at night. There are many sources that generate electricity including fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. Fossil fuel power plants burn carbon fuels to generate steam that power large turbines to produce electricity. Many electric utility companies have operated fossil-fuel plants for many years and have been a very profitable investment to businessmen as 65% of the world electric output is generated by the burning of fossil fuels. The discovery of fossil fuels have energize our modern world.

Other sources of electricity include nuclear, solar power, wind power, falling water for hydro generation, garbage, and agricultural waste products.