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My electricity and gas prices have soared bigtime recently, as well as many
other things like food, petrol, etc.
I think I said this here a few years ago, but something is not going to
be good soon. Tighten your seatbelts, and enjoy the ride.
If I ever meet any PoVers through the smoke and rubble, don't kill me,
ok? I'm on your side.
Later...
~Steve~
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St. wrote:
> My electricity and gas prices have soared bigtime recently, as well as many
> other things like food, petrol, etc.
>
> I think I said this here a few years ago, but something is not going to
> be good soon. Tighten your seatbelts, and enjoy the ride.
>
> If I ever meet any PoVers through the smoke and rubble, don't kill me,
> ok? I'm on your side.
>
> Later...
*rawr* Brains... *shamble shamble*
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.digitalartsuk.com
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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:47e2bcab$1@news.povray.org...
> My electricity and gas prices have soared bigtime recently, as well as
many
> other things like food, petrol, etc.
Yup. Petrol's up over 1 Rand/litre so far this year, and now the electricity
company wants to raise prices by 60%. This is while they're cutting off
power to areas 2-3 times a week.
Oh well, it could be worse.
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St. wrote:
> My electricity and gas prices have soared bigtime recently, as well as many
> other things like food, petrol, etc.
Our electricity here in the mountains is produced from hydrokinetics, so
no problems there (apart from the occasional grid fault). Gas on the
other hand, just keeps getting more expensive. I'd love to just take a
jaunt into town and get what I need, but alas, doing so costs $5-$8
round trip :/ I sorely need a book from the library....
> I think I said this here a few years ago, but something is not going to
> be good soon. Tighten your seatbelts, and enjoy the ride.
>
> If I ever meet any PoVers through the smoke and rubble, don't kill me,
> ok? I'm on your side.
Kill you, I'd probably hire you to make a wedding ring from mined
platinum or something :)
Sam
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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> My electricity and gas prices have soared bigtime recently, as well as many
> other things like food, petrol, etc.
>
> I think I said this here a few years ago, but something is not going to
> be good soon. Tighten your seatbelts, and enjoy the ride.
>
> If I ever meet any PoVers through the smoke and rubble, don't kill me,
> ok? I'm on your side.
hey, come to Brazil! No wars, just poverty and corrupt rulers. Oh, and
constant price soaring... :)
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St. wrote:
> My electricity and gas prices have soared bigtime recently, as well as many
> other things like food, petrol, etc.
>
> I think I said this here a few years ago, but something is not going to
> be good soon. Tighten your seatbelts, and enjoy the ride.
>
> If I ever meet any PoVers through the smoke and rubble, don't kill me,
> ok? I'm on your side.
>
> Later...
>
>
> ~Steve~
So, prices are going up. Things are more expensive than they used to
be. How is that any different from any other time in history?
Admittedly the cost of energy is going up quite dramatically, but one
could argue that's because we've been living lifestyles that aren't
sustainable. At least not until we get some better alternative energy
sources.
But I'll tell you what. We're working on our emergency supply right
now, and have more than a month's worth of water, and something like two
months' worth of food. If you'd like to stop by after the apocalypse,
we'll be glad to share with you - as long as you don't kill me for my
corned beef :)
--
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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Chambers wrote:
> If you'd like to stop by after the apocalypse,
> we'll be glad to share with you - as long as you don't kill me for my
> corned beef :)
Oh great. Now I have that damned some about SPAM in my head! >_<
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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"Chambers" <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote in message
news:47e38476$1@news.povray.org...
> St. wrote:
>> My electricity and gas prices have soared bigtime recently, as well as
>> many other things like food, petrol, etc.
>>
>> I think I said this here a few years ago, but something is not going
>> to be good soon. Tighten your seatbelts, and enjoy the ride.
>>
>> If I ever meet any PoVers through the smoke and rubble, don't kill
>> me, ok? I'm on your side.
>>
>> Later...
>>
>>
>> ~Steve~
>
> So, prices are going up. Things are more expensive than they used to be.
> How is that any different from any other time in history?
Well, I see it from a different point of view. Not insulting your
intelligence, but you do know that oil is running out? You do know that when
it does and transport comes to a standstill, the world will stop? When this
will happen, I don't know. I also see it from a business sense being in the
trade that I'm in. Our standard gold over here is a 9ct alloy, and 9ct gold
is now at 18ct gold prices, and that ain't good because for the first time
in nearly 25 years, it's threatening my job. I'm not worried about that
though because I think I have enough nouse to get through it. But we'll see.
>
> Admittedly the cost of energy is going up quite dramatically, but one
> could argue that's because we've been living lifestyles that aren't
> sustainable. At least not until we get some better alternative energy
> sources.
The world as we know it now has some of the best scientific and
engineering brains ever, so they should have had the answer by now, but they
haven't. Yes, there are green cars and green idea's being developed, but for
the life of me, I can't see car owners trading in, can you? Imagine this:
When your government *tells* you that you *have* to trade in your car, (or,
if you didn't want one of their measly matchboxes on wheels, and they offer
you 250 bucks for your 18,000 buck car as compensation because you *have*
to), how will you feel about that? I can see a time that this will happen in
some way because they will not only need the metal in your car, they will
also need the OIL from your car. Why? To support the war machine. You can
bet all your hard-earned wonga that fighter planes, tanks, and ships will
need that oil. Why the war machine? Because I see that things are going to
get very nasty in the near future, and I think the signs are there right
now. The thing is, I think this world actually needs WWIII to clear up the
grand old mess it's got itself into. Oh yes, it's a mess alright. A serious
mess. It's a mess that needs sorting out. Over-population, greed,
corruption, are all things that have been around for ages, but we still
don't learn do we. The bickering that's going to happen between certain
countries is what will probably start it off, and once it starts, there will
be no 'good' ending to it.
Of course, the other scenario is why bother with that hassle at all? Just
destroy all countries in one foul swoop and Bob's yer Uncle, the world is
your oyster.
There are probably quite a few Rasta's smiling right now.
>
> But I'll tell you what. We're working on our emergency supply right now,
> and have more than a month's worth of water, and something like two
> months' worth of food. If you'd like to stop by after the apocalypse,
> we'll be glad to share with you - as long as you don't kill me for my
> corned beef :)
I wouldn't kill you, but if I had to, I would. That's what it's going to be
like one day. But, where you are, if it happens, I'll certainly consider the
invitation. Just make sure those corned beef sandwiches have pickle too,
that's all. :)
~Steve~
>
> --
> ...Ben Chambers
> www.pacificwebguy.com
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By the way, I think I have the greenest solution to produce a car, but it's
too late really.
Laugh if you like, I don't mind, but the solution is clockwork cars.
Oh, I see that it's been discussed here:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060828110406AApPSJA&show=7
Some good points there, but really, they're missing the point.
No factory that produces the car would have the user winding it up
themselves - impossible.
No, in fact, you wouldn't need to wind it up at all, which also means
that there would be no 'winding' stations. (And no petrol stations too of
course).
The factory produces a clockwork 'engine' with two pre-wound springs in
the car. You go buy it, and drive it off the forecourt. As you drive it,
only one spring drives the car, and when that spring winds down enough not
to work effectively, the other one kicks in to continue the journey. Here's
the good bit: As the second spring is driving you forward, it re-winds the
first spring, so this would work in such a way that they would forever be
swapping over and eliminating any hands on winding up.
Now, I initially thought that these two springs would be side-by-side,
but thinking about it more, that would probably cause some significant
steering imbalance. So, you would have a car version that is both front and
rear wheel drive. You would have two spring units at the front, (one on each
front wheel), that both work simultaneously, and the same for the rear
wheels. The same method applies as above, but the front two swap with the
back two and so forth. This would eliminate steering imbalance
Yes, the units would still need lubricating, but the car wouldn't need
petrol, and it wouldn't burn oil.
~Steve~
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St. a écrit :
> Laugh if you like, I don't mind, but the solution is clockwork cars.
>
> The factory produces a clockwork 'engine' with two pre-wound springs in
> the car. You go buy it, and drive it off the forecourt. As you drive it,
> only one spring drives the car, and when that spring winds down enough not
> to work effectively, the other one kicks in to continue the journey. Here's
> the good bit: As the second spring is driving you forward, it re-winds the
> first spring, so this would work in such a way that they would forever be
> swapping over and eliminating any hands on winding up.
>
But this cannot work... When spring 1 is wound down completely, you have
only the energy of one fully wound up spring left. If you use it to
totally wind up spring 1 again, then you cannot use it to move the car.
So sooner or later, you'll have to wind the car up again, to re-inject
energy that has been lost while moving. The fact that there is one or
two or n springs does not change anything...
So we're back to waiting for the Apocalypse again :-)
--
Vincent
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