It may seem strange to consider, but life on Earth could cease to exist if the sun ceased to rise every morning. In this thought experiment, we’ll take a look at what would happen if the sun never rose again.
Scenario 1: The Military
The military would be in complete disarray without the sun to guide them. Without a way to tell time, they would have no way to coordinate attacks or know when to be on alert. This would leave us vulnerable to our enemies and could lead to devastating consequences. The first scenario is that the military would be severely impacted. They use sunlight to guide their missiles, and without it, they would be useless. Not to mention, all of their other technology relies on solar power. With no sun, there would be no way for them to communicate or fight. The US Air Force bases rely heavily on solar panels to power their facilities. But if the sun never rises again, those installations would not function at all. Scenario 2: Plants: If the sun doesn’t rise, plants wouldn’t be able to photosynthesize–the process by which plants convert light into energy for themselves. Since this process produces oxygen as a byproduct, eventually we’ll run out of breathable air if nothing changes with climate change trends.
Scenario 2: The First 36 Hours
The first thing that would happen is that it would get very cold. Without the sun’s heat, the Earth would quickly cool down. This would cause a lot of problems for animals and plants. Without sunlight, plants would not be able to grow. Animals would not be able to see and they would start to freeze. It would only take 3 hours before most animal life on Earth would die. If there were any survivors, they wouldn’t have food because all the crops died when the temperature dropped too low. It might take 2-3 years before new crops could grow in places where there was enough sunlight to produce them. If there are any people left alive, they will need to find shelter from the cold or risk freezing. They may need to move their cities underground if there are still buildings left standing.
Scenario 3: The First Year
In the first year without sunlight, plants would begin to die off due to a lack of photosynthesis. This would lead to mass starvation as herbivores would have no food to eat, and carnivores would have no food to hunt. The only animals that would survive are those that can live off of stored energy or eat other animals. With no sunlight, temperatures would start to drop and eventually reach freezing levels. This would cause problems for both humans and animals as they struggle to stay warm. All countries would be affected by this drastic change in climate, with some being more affected than others. Some areas may see heavy snowfall while others might not see any precipitation at all.
Scenario 4: Agricultural Impact
The majority of the world’s food comes from plants that use sunlight to create their own food through photosynthesis. If there was no sunlight, these plants would not be able to grow, and eventually, they would die. This would lead to a global food shortage, as we would no longer have crops to harvest. In addition to affecting our food supply, a lack of sunlight would also impact the animals that eat plants. Animals like cows would not be able to graze in fields without sunshine because the grasses wouldn’t grow. More than 80% of all types of life on Earth depend on solar energy for some part of their life cycle, so if it were removed from the equation, everything from aquatic ecosystems to forests could collapse as well. While other forms of light exist, such as bioluminescence or chemiluminescence, many organisms require UV radiation from the sun in order to thrive. Biodiversity would suffer tremendously under this scenario and evolution could come to a standstill.
Scenario 5: The Second Year
The first year without the sun was bad enough, but now things are really starting to fall apart. Crops are dying, animals are getting sick, and people are getting desperate. The government is doing what it can to ration food and supplies, but there’s only so much that can be done. People are starting to riot and loot just to survive. Things are getting ugly. There’s a constant state of unrest throughout the country as more and more people are taking up arms against those who have managed to find resources. There have been reports of cannibalism in some areas as starvation becomes an issue for many. Those who don’t want to take up arms are at risk of being killed or captured by roving gangs looking for food or valuables. Children are no longer attending school because the teachers either ran out of textbooks or stopped coming altogether. Entire families sit around their houses all day and night, waiting for something-anything-to happen that might bring back the sunlight. But nothing does. The second year ends with death tolls skyrocketing and no end in sight to this nightmare situation
Scenario 6: Larger Scale Issues
In scenario 6, things would start to get really bad. Not only would we have no light, but also no warmth. The sun helps provide both of these things, and without it, we would be in trouble. People would start to freeze to death and crops would die. There would be widespread panic and chaos as people tried to figure out what to do. eventually, people would start to migrate towards the equator where it is warmest. This would lead to conflict as people fought over resources. Civilizations would crumble under this pressure. Eventually, life would just cease to exist on Earth due to all of the ice that had built up at the poles. Life couldn’t survive there anymore because it was too cold. Even if a few plants or animals were able to live in those harsh conditions, they would not be able to sustain themselves long enough for anything else to come into existence again. Life as we know it on Earth would come to an end if the sun never rose again.
Conclusion – A Long Term Solution
It would be a really big problem if the sun never rose. However, there are some solutions that could help us adapt to this new reality. For example, we could install artificial lights in our homes and workplaces. We could also change the way we grow food, relying on indoor farms that use artificial light. In the long term, however, we would need to find a new source of energy to replace the sun. One idea is to harness the power of nuclear fusion, which creates an unlimited supply of power from deuterium – a hydrogen isotope found abundantly in seawater. Other options include building huge space-based solar panels or drawing heat from deep inside Earth’s core for geothermal power.
