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One Worldwide Power Grid
randomned writes "A little ironic that this article on a world wide power grid was published in the September issue of Wired. With the recent outage on in the northeast, think of what could've happened if the entire world was on one grid." As someone who spent 23 and a half hours without power, I'm thinking this is a brilliant plan!
What's worse: "PDF download requires Adobe Acrobat Reader"...
1) to download a PDF file, one does NOT require Adobe Acrobat Reader
2) to view a PDF file, it is not REQUIRED to have/use Adobe Acrobat Reader
But then again, I'm just nitpicking...
HAND.
Yes as we all well know SOLAR POWER works well in BLACKOUTS.
I'm exporting to your mom. w00t!!
As someone who spent 23 and a half hours without power, I'm thinking this is a brilliant plan!
oh you fucking wuss. 23 hours without power isn't
any big deal. So you had to go a day without pr0n and well, whatever else you do with your computers.... boo fucking hoo.
There is an interesting follow-up thread in the Power Tech Forums's message boards. Check it out.
"So instead of having to learn how to hunt and cook and make shoes and build a home and make clothes, people can specialize in a single skill, perform it more efficiently and achieve more collectively. Money is what you use to facilitate this trade."
And you think this is a *good* thing??
In other words, people are ignorant in everything that is important to life except one thing that will get them by and keeps them dependant upon everyone else.
That my friend, is slavery.
I would MUCH rather see people that are able to take care of their own needs without having to depend on others to survive. The world was a much better place 2,000 - 3,000 years ago than it is today. Look around you. You call what you see *good* ???? What's so much better??
Computers?? TV?? Cars?? Plastic?? Airplanes?? All these things are *good*??
All of these things are detrimental to the health of planet earth and detrimental to mankind. TV is the single most destructive device mankind has ever invented.
So there is a law against you taking yourself off the grid and generating yur own power? If you are in the US, I really really doubt it.
Chuck