User: Furious Purpose

Re:Hasn't solar always been the dream

On: Scientific American's Solar Grand Plan

Actually, water has been a problem for civilizations throughout history (including the Anisazi mentioned earlier in this thread, whose civilization failed largely because of unforeseen consequences related to their irrigation methods). Water problems have led to the collapse of civilizations that lasted for hundreds of years, though modern technology does alleviate the problem somewhat. Collapse discusses many of these issues in detail.

Re:I felt a great disturbance...

On: US Sees Blockbuster Games Release Week

in the internet, as if millions of broadband connections cried out in terror, and were suddenly saturated with bittorrent traffic. Fixed that for you.