Thursday, December 22, 2011
The only hope
Always fun to watch Gaian factions at war with each other.
From Oregon Public Radio:
Since nobody with any political or moral authority can oppose the apocalyptic Gaian gangsters, we have to wait for them to fight each other to a standstill, or wait for them to use up all available money. (Fortunately, they're getting close to that point!)
Like the pitiful remnants of the Roman Empire in 900 AD. Feudal warlords battling for no particular reason, totally corrupt vestigial government with no motivation to protect the ordinary people.
Frankly, our only hope is a second invasion by the Moors or Ottomans. At this point in history, just as in 900 AD, those groups are doing a better job of preserving culture and science than the ragtag Europeans, a better job of serving ordinary people.
From Oregon Public Radio:
Oregon, Washington state and the federal government all have fledgling plans to coordinate competing ocean uses.
But wave energy developers say Oregon's initial draft leaves them in a watery ghetto. Oregon is the first to produce detailed ocean maps.
Oregon Sea Grant fellow Todd Hallenbeck demonstrates on his laptop by highlighting prime fishing grounds. "There's a large area of the territorial sea that's important to fishing with the darker red colors representing some of the most important areas for each of the ports," Hallenbeck points out. ...
Hallenbeck responds, "There are not a ton of areas that seem to not have something of importance in them already. So the challenge here is finding the few areas that exist that have the least amount of conflict."
That's the nub for actual project developers. Justin Klure of Pacific Energy Ventures feels boxed out by the initial set of lines drawn on the ocean planning map.
Since nobody with any political or moral authority can oppose the apocalyptic Gaian gangsters, we have to wait for them to fight each other to a standstill, or wait for them to use up all available money. (Fortunately, they're getting close to that point!)
Like the pitiful remnants of the Roman Empire in 900 AD. Feudal warlords battling for no particular reason, totally corrupt vestigial government with no motivation to protect the ordinary people.
Frankly, our only hope is a second invasion by the Moors or Ottomans. At this point in history, just as in 900 AD, those groups are doing a better job of preserving culture and science than the ragtag Europeans, a better job of serving ordinary people.
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