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Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - Lew Zealand - 12-23-2009
Nah.
You've just been watching too much Oprah.
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - Mike Johnson - 12-23-2009
18% of Americans think the sun revolves around the earth
41% of Americans think the threat from global climate change is exaggerated
51% of Americans believe God created man in his current form
65% of Americans don't know what DNA is
John Kerry, Orrin Hatch, and the late Ted Kennedy supported a legislation to require medical insurers pay for prayer "treatments."
So no, we're not past that.
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - Lew Zealand - 12-23-2009
Meh.
Ignorant and brainwashed is not a new human condition.
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - mattkime - 12-23-2009
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
I've been pondering this question for years. My opinion? Our civilization's complete and total reliance on electricity makes us EXTREMELY vulnerable.
i bet in the middle ages they said the same thing about fire
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - rgG - 12-23-2009
MacArtist beat me to it.
12/21/2012
My daughter showed me a new Facebook group the other day that is something like: "If the world ends in 2012, I will have wasted my whole life going to school." My daughter is in the class of 2013. :biggrin:
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - Acer - 12-23-2009
Electricity is the easy part. We can use nukes for that. And trust me...when our smart phones are on the line we WILL build all the nuke plants we need, complete with all the breeder pebble reprocessors Yuka Mountains we need. All that tech is already developed. Not cheap, not easy, but it's there. Unlike the hydrogen economy.
The tough part will be replacing oil as a dense portable fuel source for long distance transport. Without a major breakthrough, THAT will change our lives....some. We'll still have our plasma TVs though.
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - Doc - 12-23-2009
Acer wrote:
Electricity is the easy part. We can use nukes for that.
What kind of nukes?
We're running out of uranium. Civilian supplies should be exhausted by 2013.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24414/
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - AAA - 12-23-2009
except for the fire part, still sounds like a house of cards to me.
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - N-OS X-tasy! - 12-23-2009
I have no doubt we will eventually move to nuclear-generated power; we'll do so gladly. But electricity on demand is more than the ability to generate power.
Re: Do you think we'll have another dark age(s)? Or are we past that kind of stuff? - Seacrest - 12-23-2009
Fire bad.