When the power system goes down (permanently), I'll miss electric light, the Internet, telephone service, and running water, but shucks, that is just the way the cookie (or society) crumbles.

Note that in 1900 few Americans had running water or any of the other nonessentials that we take for granted.

Now, if we get lucky and blackouts are not going to be permanent, then perhaps I'll be able to keep the one luxury I'll really miss after TSHTF, namely long hot showers. Short warm showers using solar heat are an O.K. substitute, however. Or maybe I'll build a traditional Finnish sauna.