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or AIDS or global cooling ( which now has been replaced by global warming).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