Resist Watchtower Pessimism!

by metatron 2 Replies latest jw friends

  • metatron
    metatron

    The Watchtower persists because it is able to addict people to the fantasy that "I won't die before Armageddon comes". Never mind that

    heart trouble, diabetes, bad job, empty bank account or rusting car - it's closer than ever and the world ( here it comes!) is getting

    "worse and worse" ( they should copyright that phrase).

    Since this is a habit of thought - and NOT BASED on any hard facts - the reasons for doom and gloom change as one year follows the next.

    Thus, the world is doomed because of "anarchy and Socialism" ( circa 1914) or Fascists (around 1930 - 1945) or Communists or missiles

    or AIDS or global cooling ( which now has been replaced by global warming).

    So what are the latest hits on the fear monger Billboard chart? Bird flu? ( remember Swine Flu? it went exactly nowhere)

    How about Peak Oil and energy concerns? There are all sorts of breakthroughs emerging in this field. Here's one I just found

    out about. See:

    www.butanol.com

    Apparently, they may be able to grow fuel equivalent to gasoline cheaply using waste materials. I've already posted the enormous

    possibility of ceramic ultracapacitors, however, even the new lithium ion batteries may make quite a splash. Japanese car companies

    are seriously planning new electric cars with a 300 km range. In the US, alternative fuels are now greater than 3% of total use

    and growing. Brazil dropped ethanol subsidies and is now independent of imported oil for fueling its cars. NASA recently published results

    of a system headed for production that converts waste rice stalks into alcohol. More car companies are introducing hybrids.

    A "billiard ball" nuclear reactor was invented that can't meltdown , no matter how drunk or unconscious the operators are. Commercial

    giant GE is now firmly behind wind turbine production for electricity. US car companies are already producing "E85" vehicles that

    can switch to running on 85% ethanol right now, without modification. Austria is having such success with renewable wood pellets

    for heating , they are recommending their development all throughout the European Union.

    The fact is, that the world muddles thru its problems - and with the internet in place, I firmly believe that the world is now more adaptable

    than ever.

    metatron

  • Double Edge
    Double Edge

    Interesting post. I've also read that the oil shale deposits in the U.S. are tremendous. The oil potential is greater than all of the reserves throught the middle east. At $3.00 a gallon, it is now feasible to explore and use the deposits. In 10 years can we all say "Buh Bye" to the Arabs?

  • M.J.
    M.J.

    Wondering where we're at with fusion. That's the real ticket.

    As for fuel cell research: http://www.hydrogen.asn.au/hydrogen-supply-infrastructure.htm

    The low-pressure storage of hydrogen in metal hydride like substances is also highly probable within several years, with nanotechnology science and engineering driving these breakthroughs. In Feb.2004 the Koreans produced an organic structure lighter than lithium, that holds hydrogen at low pressure. The Japanese in August 2003 discovered a material with three (3) times more hydrogen storage capacity than any other material known.

    Is it therefore reasonable to presume that a full breakthrough and application for hydrogen storage will happen before year 2012?Based on the current and demonstrated global “will of discovery” present for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, a reasonable person would find it fairly hard to deny that in all probability, a full breakthrough on hydrogen storage will happen before year 2012.

    Hydrogen supply can also be achieved by hydrogen being attached in chemical compounds. Millennium Cell and Protonex of the US have joined forces to develop further sodium borohydride production at a far cheaper rate. For Millennium Cell have already the technology via catalysts to easily release pure hydrogen from sodium borohydride (aq.). The next few years will determine whether this process has the full potential to be mass-produced cheaply. Sodium borohydride being based on humble borax cannot be ruled out at this stage as it has major potential as being the future supplier of hydrogen.

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