Intelligent design (Introduction)

by Abel , Saturday, November 05, 2011, 22:23 (4745 days ago) @ Abel

(continued from previous post)

This leader might also perceive the incidents at Fukishima, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island as a warning that more safety protocols are needed. And he would see the 700 nuclear plants upon this world as a threat, when something as simple as an extended power outage can cause a plant to melt down as it did at Fukishima. Combining his knowledge of this problem with his knowledge of solar cycles, might lead to the conclusion that one solar maximum, or worse, two separate cycles peaking together (as they do) might knock out our power supply for years due to solar flare activity. It would be bad enough that people couldn't watch tv, work on their computer or run their refrigerator for years, but without power our refineries would run out of fuel. How much diesel do we have stored? Do we have enough to run our farm machines and trucks needed to get food to market? How will people get to work? But with 700 nuclear plants on their way to a meltdown, I don't think we'll have to worry about such things for long.

So this leader would require these plants to at the very least have enough fuel on site to provide for a controlled shut down of the plant. And enough to power to provide for the cooling pumps forever. In addition, replacement transformers and other equipment should be maintained onsite to replace equipment that cannot be adequately shielded from these electromagnetic pulses or isolated with high-speed switches. The long-term power requirements for these circulation pumps should be supplied by a fuel cell which runs on natural gas (hopefully that can still be supplied), windmills and solar cells and/or a smaller nuclear generator (like that in a sub). When this event occurs (not if) do you think this world's "great" leaders and thinkers will have provided for humanities ongoing survival? I don't.

Hopefully this "legendary" ruler can use his wisdom and charisma to sell his people on the hard choices that they must make together so that they can save themselves from the suffering that will be caused by overpopulation. Already some countries are short of water and some of food. This world feeds itself by harnessing the power of oil. When it runs out, people will starve by the billions. So eventually, humanity must electrify, not only its' cars, but its' agriculture too.

These are all tragedies that can be prevented.

These are just a few of the contemporary high points of humanity's ongoing stupidity. As I said, I could write a book, perhaps even a library on human stupidity. But if you read carefully enough, you'll find lots of others have already done just that.

Finally I'd like to apologize for my writing skills. I do try, but I have not been blessed with the opportunities to educate myself in art of writing like you have dhw. If you read as much as I do, you might realize that even highly educated scientists have problems with the written word, and thus not a single Pulizer among them. But I do have hopes for you.