[–] HoloTheWiseWolf 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think you underestimate the amount of heat the sun gives us.
[–] HoloTheWiseWolf 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Promptly freeze to death as the planet hurtles towards the nearest gravitationally relevant object.
[–] lettersofmarque ago
Diesel, ammo, canned food, sun lamps, seedlings, underground more or less in that order. Wouldn't matter though as the atmosphere would drop to the frozen ground as ice crystals soon enough anyway.
[–] RedSocks157 ago
Go underground, because the heat from the Earth's core is the only major source that we are going to have.
Without the sun there will be no solar power, which means that fossil fuels will take on a renewed importance. On the bright side, the environment will be dying anyway so we can burn as much as we want for power and heat.
Food would quickly become an issue without sunlight to grow the plants, so massive underground farms with growing lamps will be needed in order to produce enough...produce. Animals will be difficult too, because livestock require plants to eat. Moving this whole operation underground will be time-consuming and difficult. I predict that most deaths will come from starvation as food runs out and this operation is not completed.
Water shouldn't be an issue. There are large reserves underground, and once the planet starts to get cold the now and ice can be used.
Air quality underground will probably be bad. I'm imagining something like Metro 2033 overall here.
[–] Im_NOT_an_alien ago
I conveniently locate a Vortonius Klarg Epta Phase 4 scout ship that I just happened to chance across conveniently and using a very intuitive set of controls that surely anyone could figure out how to use and relocate back to the planet Epta which conveniently has a new youthful sun to replace its dying one. Strange coincidence that.
[–] JustAGooner ago
We wont survive very long without the sun. The bombardement of galactic cosmic rays would really screw things up. The surface would be uninhabitable and the atmosphere would vaporize soon. We would have to live underground, but not entirely sure how long we can survive. Perhaps a colony on Mars is not a bad analogy.
[–] buggernuts ago
I buy the company Ray Ban and start making night vision googles. Oh, and I melt all of the existing sunglasses down and make insulation... lots and lots of insulation.