For the last century we have had the privilege of using electricity to heat our homes, cook our food and run our appliances. Electricity consumption is getting less affordable every year and soon we will all feel the dire effects. It is happening now and it will only get worse. There are few people on this planet nowadays that do not use electricity, and these people will be the only ones who can survive any extended blackout. Most people have witnessed in their lifetime at least one blackout that lasted a few hours. Now imagine that the next blackout lasted a week or even longer. These necessities of life we take for granted may now be our downfall.