Imagine a world without electricity for a week!! That would be a real disaster as we are so much used to the comforts of today's world. I really like the idea of 'Earth Hour'. Not sure how many countries are aware of it.
BTW, great post. If there are no mobile phones(esp smart phones) and internet, will the people we more engaging with each other ? will they interact with real human beings? will they wake up everyday looking at their partners/kids/pets/themselves in mirror ? I believe that life would be much simpler, less complicated.
Yes it would be worse without electricity. But there are so many ways of generating electricity that it can be done on a micro scale. But the internet is something that is only viable if on the macro scale.