Just as a power outage will harm trade, commerce, the economy, the development of a community, and the well-being of the people living in the community, your world and the people in your world will be hurt and badly dented if you refuse to influence them.
Although some people will look for alternative energy sources, but several people will become grounded, trapped, and unproductive. And the power outage will ultimately harm trade, commerce, the economy, and the development of the community.
The lack of influencers who are supposed to be positive influences in their world and to people can be likened to when there’s a power outage in a community.
When there’s a power outage, people in the community will be in darkness; they’ll become incapacitated to do several important things. become incredibly desperate for alternative energy sources.