Week without power

Sorry, I haven't had much power this week. The lights came on a few times, but I guess the infrastructure couldn't handle 100 degree temperatures. Very odd, since I know it has been hotter at times in the past. And since we get our power from boiling water, you would think it would be easier to boil that water when it is hotter outside. Unless of course they have the air conditioner running inside the boiler room.

With five days of darkness, it gave me a lot of time to think of new blog posts! And to realize how far away we really are from being a pan-galactic civilization. Or even a pan-Earth one. If we can not get power, water, and food to anyone on the planet, we really are not too far along on the scale of civilization.

To advance, we need better power technology, because with limitless power (and the means of moving it around a bit) there would be no end to what we could accomplish! "With great power comes great stuff", I believe is how the quote goes. And I am all for stuff!

So, let's all chip in to make this happen! The only way to do this is to use as much power as you can. Increased demand will require increased research on how to fulfill that demand. That is how business and the free market work: there is a need to be filled, someone will come up with a way to fill it. If we cut back usage of anything, then there will be no incentive for someone to work to fill a decreasing need, and we will stumble back into the Dark Ages. Only by pushing the limits forward will we advance as a civilization. So, go out and buy a new AC and set it 65 degrees or lower, and know that you are helping humanity by doing so. Buy the biggest car you can afford - it is the only way.

Consume as much as you can and the future generations will thank you for your foresight!

-Edward