This summer i read "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" (The Black Swan theory here). Its a tragic story about human deficits when it comes to the seldom seen - It seems like we tend to be optimistic about most aspects in life - these days especially when it comes to technology. For the secularized European God has taken a new form - A total believe in progress; Every aspect of life IS going to become better. Anyone who challenges this believe is met, not with a stone, but with a smile and eyes that shows pity for you the backward, who hasn't seen the light. Progress is measured in BNP and new technology. We WILL become richer and we WILL find a technological solution to every problem vi encounter.
I love technology I do! But lately I have been looking harder at the technology we have around us - Is it helping us? Is it really new? How do we use it? What is value, what have a real value? When I began to look into how I could make energy (and I looked in every corner of the beautiful net of an Internet) - and became very very disappointed. It turns out we really hasn't come up with any new working energy PRODUCING technology the last 56 years. The newest kid on the block is the photovoltaic cell 1954. Any other deployed technology is older and I stress the word deployed. Any other new energy producing technology is still in the making - marked "promising". That includes Fusion, Cold fusion, wave power, green algae.. and for the true believer "Zero point energy".
Any other deployed technology since 1954 has all in common - they use energy. Said in other words - we have invented many many new ways to use energy but very few that generate power.
But here comes the the scary part - That doesn't seems to rock our firm believe that a new solution will come to the rescue. Its either "somewhere someone will come up with a solution" or "the oil company's has the recipe for turning water to oil in the safe - you'll see..". This is a fundamentalist religious believe and when discussing with "them" I have to prove that the invisible "God" doesn't exist and thats difficult - needless to say no prof is necessary regarding the ever evading "God".
The faithful believe do not transcend every part of western society - Most people has an insurance thought nothing has happened, believe we must have a defense without a war, have a fire-department without a fire. But technology is going to save us... Maybe it is this one that is going to save us.. or this one, or this??
You don't believe me? ask Helga..
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As there is an echo in this blog, because of the very few comments, i thought i´d better write one.
ReplyDeleteI read an article on helagotland.se about the ferries to gotland, and a politician (MOP, (C) ) said that the prognosis was wrong, because new technology had not been taken into account. http://www.helagotland.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?articleid=5745658
He also says that the ferries are crucial for the islands development. In that case, why don't mitigate the effects of PO by building a more resilient and self supporting society?
Your ideas about more wind power plants, instead of a new power-cable from the mainland, is also interesting.
To me, the environmental aspect (discussed in the article) is a way to unite the environmentalists and PO-people, moving towards the same goal for different reasons.
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Frank Eriksson
Thanks for spotting this very clear religious outcry - A seldom seen pure example of this kind. Yes why don't he talk about a more interdependent Gotland - The unknown God want us to have more and faster - not less and slower. I predict that these outcries will explode in numbers as PO sets in..
ReplyDelete- V2G will get its own post soon
- PO and Global warming will get a post.. now!
Here is a link to a Financial Sense Newshour program that I really enjoyed: http://www.netcastdaily.com/broadcast/fsn2010-0102-6a.mp3
ReplyDeleteFirst out is the religious aspects of the GW-church, I was sceptic at first but he has a point. Then some FPP (Future prediction points), or at least more or less likely military scenarios.
Enjoy! Every one(1!) of you! Hehe
Frank
I did listened to the FSN program - yes true much of the same I stated to - but I want to state that I dont think much about GW or it GW is true or not - PO should be 1st prio.
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