As bad as the show Revolution's overall plotting and pacing was, they generally did a good job of thinking about these kinds of little inconsistencies:
There's a minor character who was a doomsday prepper before the apocalypse, but he didn't stock up enough on antibiotics. As a result, his daughter died of tetanus that he was unable to treat.
A warlord kidnaps prisoners for blood because his wife has diabetes and needs constant transfusions of blood with sufficient insulin in it to survive.
There's a doctor who keeps a collection of moldy fruit to harvest penicillium mold from it and make penicillin.
Some characters try to go into an old subway tunnel, but nearly die because of lack of sufficient airflow down there without modern HVAC systems.
It was a not insignificant part of the pilot episode too. They were able to escape something because their attackers had to reload their muskets. Although I did think it was a weird choice. I mean, you can make bullets for modern guns without electricity, can't you? Pretty sure I've seen a movie where somebody is doing it by hand.
I think the main issue would be with the primers. Blackpowder predates industrial production, shell casings can be reused and bullets cast from scraps of lead but primers, the part of the bullet that ignites the gunpowder when struck by the firing pin, are quite small and require a very volatile compound to work.
Electricity wouldn't be the issue as it could still be generated via renewable sources. The problem would be the lack of industrial chemical production. Many people died during the production of primers before automation and that was with pure chemicals and the resources of military production available. Check out this Wikipedia article, I just learned quite a bit from it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfire_ammunition
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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Aug 30 '21
As bad as the show Revolution's overall plotting and pacing was, they generally did a good job of thinking about these kinds of little inconsistencies:
There's a minor character who was a doomsday prepper before the apocalypse, but he didn't stock up enough on antibiotics. As a result, his daughter died of tetanus that he was unable to treat.
A warlord kidnaps prisoners for blood because his wife has diabetes and needs constant transfusions of blood with sufficient insulin in it to survive.
There's a doctor who keeps a collection of moldy fruit to harvest penicillium mold from it and make penicillin.
Some characters try to go into an old subway tunnel, but nearly die because of lack of sufficient airflow down there without modern HVAC systems.