Monday, June 22, 2020
From an extremely different era 9
Just for fun I'm continuing to look for the mysterious mythical Prueter. Searches are often serendipitous. [Later, solved the mystery in a prosaic proofreadery way.]
A 1924 issue of Electrical World seemed to get close but didn't help with Prueters. It did contain two nice examples of Federal SANITY during Harding's era.
Harding wanted the Federal government to insure EQUIPOISE, not EXPERIMENT. He wanted the government to slow down booms and busts instead of accentuating them, and he wanted the government to control frauds and chicanery. As seen by modern Libertarians like Bezos and Soros, Harding was an outright Commie.
Example 1:
NO SUFFICIENT reason exists for much of the foreboding prompted by the west coast drouth, in the opinion of Major H. S. Bennion, assistant chief engineer of the Federal Power Commission, who has returned from a trip through the Pacific states. Rainfall has its peaks and valleys, he points out, just as has the demand for electric power. When a trough happens to dip a little lower than has been the case for fifty years, there is no more reason to think the curve will stay at that point any longer than it did fifty years ago when there was a comparable drouth. Major Bennion understands how the serious difficulties occasioned by the drouth are calculated to depress those who have to meet the situation, but as one who is not so close to the picture, he feels that there is no reason for serious concern.Nature moves in CYCLES and has PREDICTABLE PATTERNS. Nature never does infinite linear or exponential expansions. Modern governmental "scientists", whether dealing with economics or climate or viruses, always assume UNCONTROLLED expansion with NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. Example 2:
Official approval of the final plans of the home lighting contest being conducted by the lighting educational committee has been received from the Post Office Department at Washington, so that nothing stands in the way of a successful campaign. Strict regulations are in force by this department of the government to assure that contests of this nature will be perfectly legitimate.Amazing. The Post Office was guarding against cheating and fraud. Unimaginable in modern times when the government ACCENTUATES and ACCELERATES all cheats and frauds.
Labels: Alternate universe, Carbon Cult, Equipoise
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