25 May 2012 Crystal Question
An interesting question was sent without an e-mail address to reply.
The crystal mentioned below is calcium carbonate or "calcite", chemical formula CaCO3. This common mineral is found in many substances, from cement to limestone.
An interesting question was sent without an e-mail address to reply.
The crystal mentioned below is calcium carbonate or "calcite", chemical formula CaCO3. This common mineral is found in many substances, from cement to limestone.
23 May 2012 Committee Transportation Conference
Zoom hum glide swoooooosh!
Q: Can you describe transportation?
A: Electric cars will be popular but also atomic energy will be involved in propulsion. The technology to release power from an atom will become known again on a small scale, without the dangers from fusion & fission currently recognized, also dangers not recognized.
Q: How will this be done?
A: Electricity will be used to start the process; once begun, it will self sustain, generating its own electricity to continue the split of atoms. Current use requires that massive numbers of atoms be smashed; this causes an explosion or a controlled process that can run away. The new process will isolate just the few atoms needed by using the proper electrical field and then separate just the needed ones. No risk of runaway or explosion will be present. This energy will then heat and propel a small, closed loop steam turbine that will power the vehicle. Water is widely available. Only a bottleful will be needed to travel 1,000 km.
Q: What emissions or waste will there be?
A: None.
Q: What about atomic radiation?
A: Insufficient atom splits will take place to produce enough to have effect and the metal enclosure will block this anyway.
Q: How will the electricity begin?
A: New battery technology will be introduced, based on - as yet unknown - metallurgy. These new batteries will be more compact and hold much more electrical potential than is now believed possible. The flow will be amplified magnetically; currently magnetic fields are used to generate an electrical flow where none is present. This new technique will use a magnetic field to amplify the flow already created by the batteries. The concept is similar to the coil used to create a spark to fire plugs in a combustion engine. The creation of a pulse-like electrical flow will follow this process. The danger inherent in the process is heat; if the electrical flow is amplified for more time necessary to begin the atomic activity, the heat will render the unit inoperable and can damage it. This risk will be avoided by controlling the time necessary; no more than several milliseconds will be needed.
Q: What atomic material will be used?
A: Any material can be used, but the density at ambient temperatures humans require make some more favorable than others. We will see lighter gases such as hydrogen employed. Heavy elements such as uranium scatter large numbers of protons and neutrons and cause a massive chain reaction. By isolating the hydrogen molecule of just two atoms, only the two protons will be released and the "space" inside the former atoms will be collapsed as the electrons are struck off their orbit. The enclosure will capture the protons and electrons and the build-up of an electrical field will be easily and safely discharged.
Q: What is the objective of this process?
A: To heat the steam loop and feed the turbine to drive the wheels of the vehicle.
Q: What size vehicle can use this?
A: Any size; steam turbine operation can propel massive sea vessels as it has done with more "crude" style nuclear fission now; miniature systems suitable for 2 to 4 passenger vehicles will also be feasible and reliable.
Q: Why has this method not been explored until now?
A: The ability to separate small groups of molecules - up to approximately several million or so - requires understanding of the composition of the atomic components. A solidity is assumed similar to the perception of physical objects in the three dimensions. The rotational nature of the energy force, oscillating at several dozen multiples of the speed of light, will be revealed. Along with this explanation will be the technology to utilize the cyclical pulses of this rotational speed. It is said that protons and neutrons vibrate faster, and revolve around one another more quickly, when an object is heated. This indeed happens, and the higher movement is manifestation of the pulsing nature. Once this pulse can be measured, it can be anticipated and then controlled. It is this control which will show how the molecules are separated and then "cracked" open to release the energy within.
Q: Will the vehicles be powerful?
A: More than today, but the application of power will be easy to control, just as is done now through PRVs and PCVs (pressure relief and pressure control valves)
Q: Will the vehicles be complicated?
A: No, simple and reliable. The steam loop will be sealed and only demineralized water will be used; no corrosion will set in and lubricating oils will last for many years.
Q: Will the vehicles have all features as they do today?
A: Yes and more.
Q: Will the vehicles drive the same?
A: Yes and no; roads will have tracks inserted below the surface to guide the vehicles, which will weigh less and be stronger than today. They will weigh about half. The track will guide the vehicle in its lane via magnetism; this will automatically brake a car coming too close to others and will prevent lane changes where these are not safe. The greatest advantage will be on higher speed roads such as freeways, highways, motorways and the like. Motorists will be able to enter a destination and have the vehicle calculate and then follow the route, with no hands required. This will allow conversations and other more productive use of time, reading will become common in vehicles. Motorists will also have the ability to control the vehicle as is done now; the electronic operation will step in and override dangerous, impending circumstances much as stability control systems now do.
Q: How common will vehicles be?
A: Less so than today, much less so. The use of crude oil derived fuels, as has been said here previously, will drop off rather quickly. This will precede and cause structural changes throughout society. The use of vehicles for driving to employment, pleasure, shopping, visiting will reduce substantially. Bikes will make a comeback and we will also see this technology applied to three and two wheeled vehicles, called motorbikes or cycles and "trikes" 3 wheelers with either two in front or in the rear. The trikes will have the lane magnetism system similar to a 4 wheeled vehicle, the 2 wheeled motorbikes will not. These latter ones will be largely recreational as now; as zero emissions are produced, the relative ease of manufacture of the less miniature systems in cars will predominate. It must be emphasized that electrical vehicles will also be available, common and less expensive, due to ease of manufacture. Heavier loads and the "trucks" of tomorrow will employ the atomic steam turbine propulsion, as electrical power will be a challenge to package efficiently and move a heavy unit. The electrical vehicles will be more popular for passengers and light loads, similar to the cars of today.
Q: Can you speak about rain travel?
A: Certainly, these will employ the atomic steam turbines. Electricity for rail power will be possible but less feasible for the larger rail cars; it will be more expensive to build a generation unit for the new electricity than individual power units. It must also be said that rail travel will enjoy a resurgence as air travel falls away, the causes of which have been enumerated here previously.
Q: Is there potential for application to weaponry?
A: No, the method of atom cracking to heat to steam will not provide advantage to weapons but this subject leads away from transportation; there will be little international aggression and little opportunity to employ weapons now commonly deployed. Awareness and a shift in attitude, approach and perspective will do this. The current justification for defense forces - enemy threats - will diminish. Little ability to conduct war will be held by the leaders now capable of doing so; other nations with large, efficient military capability will reduce it as it will be seen to not be necessary.
Q: How will this land vehicle system work?
A: The driver will initiate movement by activating the atomic cycle; the batteries will provide both the spark and the magnetic field. When the circuit is closed the magnetic field will collapse around a coil as the current is fed through; it will be amplified through a crystal and the resulting output will be sufficient to split the hydrogen molecule apart into the two atoms and then strike off the electrons. This will be possible because of the near vacuum into which the hydrogen atoms have been introduced; there will only be several hundred thousand in the atomic chamber. The resulting collapse of the atoms will release the energy and create heat, and this heat will produce steam and pressure. As one molecule splits, it will cause more to split and no longer will electrical current be required. This entire process - from a cold unit to operating pressure - will require but 5 to 10 seconds.
Q: How will the hydrogen be replenished?
A: The unit will draw trace amounts of steam from the condenser inlet, and the water molecules will be split. The oxygen will separate from a low voltage electric circuit taken from the generator run initially by battery power and then by steam pressure. The oxygen has an atomic weight of approximately 16 and hydrogen just over 1. Because the oxygen is 16 times heavier it will sink and the hydrogen will be easily drawn off to be injected into the combustion chamber. The number of protons per atom - just one - means there will not be enough to have a runaway reaction.
Q: Critics will say this will not work because we cannot create an electrical flow sufficiently high to do this.
A: Not yet, no. Soon the use of a commonly available crystal, found everywhere on Earth, will demonstrate that the current can indeed be magnified. Once the heat and steam pressure are powering the turbine, sufficient electricity will be generated to replenish batteries and run all devices. The key to this new technology lies in two aspects; the new metallurgy for batteries and the use of crystals. All of the remaining technology is now understood on Earth, and used to greater or lesser extent in many applications.
23 May 2012 From Rags to Riches– As Time Goes By
From the rags of war, poverty, wealth, development and strife will rise the riches of well being, understanding and hope. From divides will come bridges; from differences, insight. From experience, advancement. From tragedy, the appreciation of true wealth. From what was will rise what is and what will be, for all to see, as we stand on the doorstep of a new age on Earth.
The doorway might be huge and remind us of a monument; the gateway might be small and look out of place. The path could be lighted or the road could be dark; the way not so clear and the turns fast and sharp.
Look far to the horizon, and watch it draw closer. See time become tighter and the horizon suddenly nearby, when just a moment ago it seemed it was so far and fixed, never moving and always far away. Not now you see, for the doorstep onto the platform has been made for all to see. Step forward and smile, feel the Earth below your feet as its base remains to tell us all of what we have and will never need again.
The green of the pasture rolls gently over its hills, the trees arranged in logically random order across its expanse. The blue sky meets the green of the beauty of the Earth. The visitors smile as they speak with us and ask as they will gaze upon this beauty, how could we think to ever change it? We'll think of our mountains, the valleys below and between, and know they would always stand majestic and tall until our friends showed us what other worlds were. We ask and say surely, there are others so grand and so nice, aren't there? To that our friends' smile drops just a little as they look ut us with a touch of sadness and said "no, you are unique."
The beauty of the land and the life all upon it, they say, are special and worthy and too often taken for granted. Worry not, they say, we will have all these things again and more in a new way. We will have new shape to our lives, new lives to now shape and understanding to glue the pieces all together we've too often left scattered about our existence.
The edifice of pride, the tower of wealth, the spire of success and the obelisk of advance, all symbols of a greatness foreseen, will become the markings of a time of fracture. The new time will not crack, will not break and will unite these former symbols in a voluntary unity heretofore not seen, not in the history of the Earth we see fit to deem "known."
The fabric of the past, to be shredded to rags and re-sewn into quilts of cohesion and understanding will wrap the riches of our bounty and provenance. The sun will still set, to sleep overnight, to rise and mark "time" the piece of the now that we know somehow, some way will always be. The sleep for the one is the light for another and the benefit of all as we see where we were, where we go and how they form what we are. As time goes by we will all see the richness of what rises from the rags of our time.
21 May 2012 Hoarding, Stockpiling & Preparations
Any user of e-mail has been reached and likely bombarded with messages about upcoming social chaos and the need to hoard “supplies”. Experience affirms the prudence of reserves however the general concept is a stop gap measure.
Analysis of total time for food production and transport, storage & shelf life and then home storage quickly demonstrates most commonlyfoods commonly ingested require a continuous production process. This obvious aspect is not generally examined for its impact on hoarding, the storage of several multiples the amount a regular consumer typically buys. If even ⅓ of regular consumers of any product chose to buy 5 times the usual amount, this means at the same rate of production and storage, the remaining ⅔ would have to go without for a brief period. The price would immediately rise as retailers replenished stock, distributor prices would follow and panic type purchases would commence among the ⅔ that didn't set off - but react to - the initial run.
Multiply this effect across a series of foodstuffs deemed necessary and it can be appreciated that hoarding simply would not be possible for any period of time; shifts in consumption will be the result. Hoarding assumes a return to previous conditions.
Once we have changes in food production caused a by a series of physical events and conditions, hoarding will not be possible and a re-think of consumption and production will be given serious exercise.
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19 May 2012 Economic Gear Shifts
The break-up of the "eurozone" proceeds as this is written, with the European Union coming along in turn. Trade barriers and tariffs are soon to follow although these will not be as severe as could be expected. Recognition of their perils will keep them reigned in; an amount just sufficient to feed a necessary sense of national pride will be enacted. The process will have little effect overall, as it constitutes but a reaction to the situation's foundations.
Much talk circulates about powerful secret societies that agree strategies to extend control and hold power. Whether any of this is true will soon become irrelevant; control and authority over the greater numbers of people will be impossible to achieve, currently existing such overlay or not.
Freedom to act is key; knowledge and awareness are the ingredients, acceptance of differences is the binder that holds it all together.
This last item is the true challenge humanity will overcome after millennia of rejection. The principal reason differences are highlighted, grouped together and attacked is to provide power to the organizers and the attackers. The objects feed the process by simply existing; either subservience or own defense supply the illusion to the attackers of holding the upper hand. It is this notion of authority and control that's pursued.
The solution is found in understanding of the greater picture, often impossible on Earth. Insight into this process, however, draws nigh; the outcome and its inputs will at last be matched up. It'll be quite a show; watch closely.
Economics and money are the manifestation of what we value and what we expect from our "efforts". Control is derived from wealth; control is considered security and safety. The threats we always hope will remain un-manifested are created by us entirely on Earth. Threats from without are far beyond our control and can be "safely" ignored. Have we generated our own threats – for example, starvation, war and crime – simply to provide justification for defense?
Money as the medium invented to manifest our system becomes the focal point; indeed nearly all government activity provides a point of control because of it. This is all set to change.
Crude oil prices will rise, causing nearly immediate increases in the prices of all other goods and services; transportation is rarely absent in a product or service. Rarer still is the product or service that does not utilize fuel from crude oil in that transportation. Other products use crude oil's derivatives in their manufacture. Given a three to fourfold price increase in the crude oil derived items, there will follow but one outcome as business seeks to maintain as much margin as possible; rises in prices. This will reverberate throughout the world's economies and we will not see the oft predicted inflation that usually accompanies such situations. Economists will generally be caught flat with this, but they are not to be taken to task, as what awaits has never been contemplated.
One significant effect will be lower business profits and lower taxes paid; individuals will be forced to spend more on fuel and will naturally conserve it; as fuel consumption drops, even the higher prices will not overcome the volume drop, and oil producers, transporters, refiners and distributors – the entire process chain – will come under terrible pressure. The business will largely fall away and use of fuel for transportation will diminish quickly.
By the time this occurs, the businesses negatively affected by it – whose more typical sales pace dropped because customer money was otherwise spent on fuel – will have shrunk to the point of no return. Entire sectors of business will disappear and others will be cut far back. Only where a business provides ongoing value will it remain.
Lower interest rates, a tool already extensively used, cannot be lowered any more. There would have to be a direct government subsidy, which is essentially printing money. The different treasuries around the world never actually print cash; they simply pay off debt obligations early. No holder of a central government's debt instrument will complain to receive both interest and principal repayment early. More and more of it will be "cashed out" and the investors receiving the cash back will often repurchase newer government debt at higher interest rates, and the cycle will continue, for a little while anyway. The reinvestment of the created funds can be used by national treasuries to directly subsidize costs of certain crucial items, the only effective furtherance remaining after cutting interest rates. The lowering of interbank fund costs and margin requirements could result however this will cause banks to go under, as they will not earn enough spread to cover operating expense. No business teetering on the edge will look for a bank loan at, say, 4%, because the government will "subsidize" them by lending at 1-2%, directly, no bank necessary, thank you.
How long could such practice go on before the government, on the backs of its printing press, becomes the last bank standing? Holders of all this money will be very reluctant to risk any of it by lending against such competition and even less likely to invest where a loss is even possible. Massive amounts of money will exist so the government will attempt to extinguish cash in the usual procedure; the money will simply be erased. Purchase own debt, then forgive the obligation.
This will take place as long as the central government can confidently operate and tax receipts continue; there can be quickening or slowing of tax collections without affecting long term trends until a new, unprecedented distortion is introduced. When tax receipts fall sharply, the process of printing and erasing money will be stripped naked.
In the USA, one component of this will be state indebtedness; as no monetary policy can be pursued by them, the bankruptcy of one state, brought about by the inability to even meet interest on its massive debt and maintain obligations like salaries, pensions and other state benefits, will cause approaches to the federal government for a bailout. This causes a massive constitutional problem, as no one state can be treated differently than another.
Europe will encounter similar issues with eurozone countries, with the exception that each sovereign nation can pull out and attempt reissuance of a national currency. None of such machinations erase debt but rather serve to undermine confidence in the central currency rather rapidly; no more contributions to the central monetary authority will be made. It collapses. The effects reverberate worldwide.
In a collection of states like the USA, this implies secession; when taxpayers, lenders, debtholders and nearly any one person interested in the currency perceive the bankruptcy of central authorities, confidence in the currency will be rapidly corroded.
The economic gear shifter will now suddenly find previously greased pinions running dry and grinding.
The break-up of the "eurozone" proceeds as this is written, with the European Union coming along in turn. Trade barriers and tariffs are soon to follow although these will not be as severe as could be expected. Recognition of their perils will keep them reigned in; an amount just sufficient to feed a necessary sense of national pride will be enacted. The process will have little effect overall, as it constitutes but a reaction to the situation's foundations.
Much talk circulates about powerful secret societies that agree strategies to extend control and hold power. Whether any of this is true will soon become irrelevant; control and authority over the greater numbers of people will be impossible to achieve, currently existing such overlay or not.
Freedom to act is key; knowledge and awareness are the ingredients, acceptance of differences is the binder that holds it all together.
This last item is the true challenge humanity will overcome after millennia of rejection. The principal reason differences are highlighted, grouped together and attacked is to provide power to the organizers and the attackers. The objects feed the process by simply existing; either subservience or own defense supply the illusion to the attackers of holding the upper hand. It is this notion of authority and control that's pursued.
The solution is found in understanding of the greater picture, often impossible on Earth. Insight into this process, however, draws nigh; the outcome and its inputs will at last be matched up. It'll be quite a show; watch closely.
Economics and money are the manifestation of what we value and what we expect from our "efforts". Control is derived from wealth; control is considered security and safety. The threats we always hope will remain un-manifested are created by us entirely on Earth. Threats from without are far beyond our control and can be "safely" ignored. Have we generated our own threats – for example, starvation, war and crime – simply to provide justification for defense?
Money as the medium invented to manifest our system becomes the focal point; indeed nearly all government activity provides a point of control because of it. This is all set to change.
Crude oil prices will rise, causing nearly immediate increases in the prices of all other goods and services; transportation is rarely absent in a product or service. Rarer still is the product or service that does not utilize fuel from crude oil in that transportation. Other products use crude oil's derivatives in their manufacture. Given a three to fourfold price increase in the crude oil derived items, there will follow but one outcome as business seeks to maintain as much margin as possible; rises in prices. This will reverberate throughout the world's economies and we will not see the oft predicted inflation that usually accompanies such situations. Economists will generally be caught flat with this, but they are not to be taken to task, as what awaits has never been contemplated.
One significant effect will be lower business profits and lower taxes paid; individuals will be forced to spend more on fuel and will naturally conserve it; as fuel consumption drops, even the higher prices will not overcome the volume drop, and oil producers, transporters, refiners and distributors – the entire process chain – will come under terrible pressure. The business will largely fall away and use of fuel for transportation will diminish quickly.
By the time this occurs, the businesses negatively affected by it – whose more typical sales pace dropped because customer money was otherwise spent on fuel – will have shrunk to the point of no return. Entire sectors of business will disappear and others will be cut far back. Only where a business provides ongoing value will it remain.
Lower interest rates, a tool already extensively used, cannot be lowered any more. There would have to be a direct government subsidy, which is essentially printing money. The different treasuries around the world never actually print cash; they simply pay off debt obligations early. No holder of a central government's debt instrument will complain to receive both interest and principal repayment early. More and more of it will be "cashed out" and the investors receiving the cash back will often repurchase newer government debt at higher interest rates, and the cycle will continue, for a little while anyway. The reinvestment of the created funds can be used by national treasuries to directly subsidize costs of certain crucial items, the only effective furtherance remaining after cutting interest rates. The lowering of interbank fund costs and margin requirements could result however this will cause banks to go under, as they will not earn enough spread to cover operating expense. No business teetering on the edge will look for a bank loan at, say, 4%, because the government will "subsidize" them by lending at 1-2%, directly, no bank necessary, thank you.
How long could such practice go on before the government, on the backs of its printing press, becomes the last bank standing? Holders of all this money will be very reluctant to risk any of it by lending against such competition and even less likely to invest where a loss is even possible. Massive amounts of money will exist so the government will attempt to extinguish cash in the usual procedure; the money will simply be erased. Purchase own debt, then forgive the obligation.
This will take place as long as the central government can confidently operate and tax receipts continue; there can be quickening or slowing of tax collections without affecting long term trends until a new, unprecedented distortion is introduced. When tax receipts fall sharply, the process of printing and erasing money will be stripped naked.
In the USA, one component of this will be state indebtedness; as no monetary policy can be pursued by them, the bankruptcy of one state, brought about by the inability to even meet interest on its massive debt and maintain obligations like salaries, pensions and other state benefits, will cause approaches to the federal government for a bailout. This causes a massive constitutional problem, as no one state can be treated differently than another.
Europe will encounter similar issues with eurozone countries, with the exception that each sovereign nation can pull out and attempt reissuance of a national currency. None of such machinations erase debt but rather serve to undermine confidence in the central currency rather rapidly; no more contributions to the central monetary authority will be made. It collapses. The effects reverberate worldwide.
In a collection of states like the USA, this implies secession; when taxpayers, lenders, debtholders and nearly any one person interested in the currency perceive the bankruptcy of central authorities, confidence in the currency will be rapidly corroded.
The economic gear shifter will now suddenly find previously greased pinions running dry and grinding.
17 May 2012 The Anti-Gravity Machine
Helium and hydrogen gas, when separated from the atmosphere and enclosed in a balloon, float very well. Warmer air also becomes less dense and rises, and hot air balloons are a popular use of this principle.
Imagine a device that reverses the effect of gravity, which is also magnetism. The device uses electricity and creates an opposite magnetic field to the one drawing upon and attracting the object in question. It has the same effect as the lighter, less dense gas. Warmer air requires larger volumes than does helium which also requires more volume than hydrogen, which is dangerous in an oxygen atmosphere.
If we could create a device to reverse the effects of gravity, no wings would be necessary to lift an aircraft and no balloon of lighter gas either. If we could fool the gravity field of Earth by "lightening" a dense object made of metal such as titanium or magnesium, the "aircraft" would benefit from the solid structure and a reasonable size yet the volume of "air" it would displace – be relative total mass – would be large and it would float in the sky.
Imagine the military applications of this; placement of missiles over enemy locations. Surveillance without fuel; control of all sorts of ground activity.
When our ill intent and destructive ambitions are set aside; we will have this anti-gravity machine.
16 May 2012 Political Leadership Astray
At what point does the authority placed in chosen leadership become the sole province of the leader and not the grantors of authority? When does a government by the people, for the people and of the people cease to be those three things?
It has never been the case; that point has never been passed on Earth – in the history we recognize over several thousand years – because it has never been reached. The idea of a government responsive to the people was always an ideal or a concept. It has never really been put in practice.
Will it ever happen? Yes, in a short period of time it will occur. Why will it happen? Communication. Political leadership, for many reasons, seeks to perpetuate itself in the very basic way many humans seek perpetuation of condition as a way to avoid unpleasant alterations and therefore uncertainty. Carefully controlling information and therefore image is the key technique to master. Once conquered, this ability perpetuates a leadership well. Generally it does so better than force, and with far better outturns once the position of power and privilege are relinquished.
Once communication among humans has been improved permanently, it will no longer be possible for certain, shall we say, courses of action, to be pursued.
Political leaders the world over have been consistent in their statements about what each one's position is and what actions a government body should enact. The tone is undeniably positive yet the results, less so. How many of these governments have squandered good financial positions on a regular basis, all the time criticizing former officials or certain parts of existing government as being truly responsible for less-than-good results? There is ample supply of this the world over.
As economic forces build, fracture and re-build in the coming few years, watch the actions and reactions of leaders. Match them to events and occurrences, the practical results and outcomes.
Conclude for yourself what is happening and if there is an effort to lead attitudes astray. The habit will become ineffective before the habitual practitioners realize that's happened. Your newfound awareness will demonstrate great relief in the knowledge of what is really occurring just as great disappointment will rise in many who conclude how they were not well served by a political leadership astray.
At what point does the authority placed in chosen leadership become the sole province of the leader and not the grantors of authority? When does a government by the people, for the people and of the people cease to be those three things?
It has never been the case; that point has never been passed on Earth – in the history we recognize over several thousand years – because it has never been reached. The idea of a government responsive to the people was always an ideal or a concept. It has never really been put in practice.
Will it ever happen? Yes, in a short period of time it will occur. Why will it happen? Communication. Political leadership, for many reasons, seeks to perpetuate itself in the very basic way many humans seek perpetuation of condition as a way to avoid unpleasant alterations and therefore uncertainty. Carefully controlling information and therefore image is the key technique to master. Once conquered, this ability perpetuates a leadership well. Generally it does so better than force, and with far better outturns once the position of power and privilege are relinquished.
Once communication among humans has been improved permanently, it will no longer be possible for certain, shall we say, courses of action, to be pursued.
Political leaders the world over have been consistent in their statements about what each one's position is and what actions a government body should enact. The tone is undeniably positive yet the results, less so. How many of these governments have squandered good financial positions on a regular basis, all the time criticizing former officials or certain parts of existing government as being truly responsible for less-than-good results? There is ample supply of this the world over.
As economic forces build, fracture and re-build in the coming few years, watch the actions and reactions of leaders. Match them to events and occurrences, the practical results and outcomes.
Conclude for yourself what is happening and if there is an effort to lead attitudes astray. The habit will become ineffective before the habitual practitioners realize that's happened. Your newfound awareness will demonstrate great relief in the knowledge of what is really occurring just as great disappointment will rise in many who conclude how they were not well served by a political leadership astray.
16 May 2012 The Return of Abundance
Earthquakes, volcanic ash, large, devastating storms, rising sea levels and large shifts of population that will result have all been documented elsewhere. A good deal of literate humanity would, at this moment, disbelieve such "ideas" no matter how presented. Once events are unmistakable, the speed in the turnaround of attitudes will power all the world's wind turbines (soon to be idled). Troubling as the events will seem, they herald a return to abundance.
What does abundance mean for any person, group, clan, tribe or community? "Expectations met" is a good interpretation as it applies to the physical. Right at this point we delve into the ever present challenge of what a group should have and what should any one person within the group have, as part of membership.
Look at any one person's "abundance"; what might that mean? Dictionary definitions say "more than sufficient, plentiful." So abundance is the meaning of sufficiency.
Too many people on Earth have difficulty with this definition when it involves food, shelter and clothing. How often should a person eat, where should he or she sleep and under what conditions and what clothes should be worn, how often should those be changed? What about disease, injury and medical treatment? Who should provide it, when and how will the people providing the treatment be trained and then made available?
In many industrialized countries, the answers to these questions are as automatic as the questions rarely contemplated. For the majority of humans, however, this is not the case. Vast portions of populations in many nations and territories struggle with food, shelter and medical treatment. Others simply take it for granted.
These things are "fixin' to change" as is common to say in certain United States dialects. Humanity has never before – in the several thousand years of available history – achieved general abundance for all populations. (Other histories currently considered as fantasy had much abundance; a subject for another day) Great efforts have been made to attempt abundance for all and initiatives continue into the present moment, ever more vigorous the debate over public policy employed to achieve them.
Soon the noble intent expressed by the many will seem them surprised and disappointed when this comes about, as the personal ambitions of leaders chosen to implement them will be stripped naked, for all to see. There will be diminished power in the hands of "leaders" and there will remain little for them to lead.
Like the large business that eventually fails as its size makes it impossible to control, so will the large influences of the large nations that greatly influence economics of the world. Economic analysis is not really about money but rather about transfer of activity; what are we willing to do, in return for what. As multinational businesses - financial, industrial, commercial alike – all begin to shrink, break-up, disappear and reduce down to the pieces with remaining value, expectations will be re-set as reality and availability are altered.
Steadily and more quickly than history gives any hint it can happen, humanity will create a return to abundance; what we expect in our daily life, what we appreciate about it and how we can make these things take place will all be approached differently. How to produce healthful food and what to consume will undergo change; what is considered a nice house and how satisfied with it any one person becomes will be an improvement for many but a step in a different direction for others. The perception of such change will be unpleasant for a few, and those few will likely squawk loudly by habit, but the complaining will drop off quickly as it's seen to be futile and mostly, unnecessary.
Confidence in supply will increase; nowadays supply is considered automatic but for enough money. Security and belief in access to a reliable supply for well being is deemed financial. When humanity – especially portions fortunate to have financial abundance as true possibilities, not just the struggle for it – runs over speed bumps of supply, some effects from these impacts becoming permanent, the realization will come quickly that all the money and stockpiles possible do little to ensure even shorter term adequacy and nearly nothing over the long haul.
At that point a refocus of what we need, appreciate and want will take hold. Appreciation and understanding will come to many of us, as we awaken from our current dimension and enter new levels of vision and comprehension. Pursuit and achievement of balanced supply will ensue, all happening voluntarily without being forced on anyone. Mankind will possess abundance.
Earthquakes, volcanic ash, large, devastating storms, rising sea levels and large shifts of population that will result have all been documented elsewhere. A good deal of literate humanity would, at this moment, disbelieve such "ideas" no matter how presented. Once events are unmistakable, the speed in the turnaround of attitudes will power all the world's wind turbines (soon to be idled). Troubling as the events will seem, they herald a return to abundance.
What does abundance mean for any person, group, clan, tribe or community? "Expectations met" is a good interpretation as it applies to the physical. Right at this point we delve into the ever present challenge of what a group should have and what should any one person within the group have, as part of membership.
Look at any one person's "abundance"; what might that mean? Dictionary definitions say "more than sufficient, plentiful." So abundance is the meaning of sufficiency.
Too many people on Earth have difficulty with this definition when it involves food, shelter and clothing. How often should a person eat, where should he or she sleep and under what conditions and what clothes should be worn, how often should those be changed? What about disease, injury and medical treatment? Who should provide it, when and how will the people providing the treatment be trained and then made available?
In many industrialized countries, the answers to these questions are as automatic as the questions rarely contemplated. For the majority of humans, however, this is not the case. Vast portions of populations in many nations and territories struggle with food, shelter and medical treatment. Others simply take it for granted.
These things are "fixin' to change" as is common to say in certain United States dialects. Humanity has never before – in the several thousand years of available history – achieved general abundance for all populations. (Other histories currently considered as fantasy had much abundance; a subject for another day) Great efforts have been made to attempt abundance for all and initiatives continue into the present moment, ever more vigorous the debate over public policy employed to achieve them.
Soon the noble intent expressed by the many will seem them surprised and disappointed when this comes about, as the personal ambitions of leaders chosen to implement them will be stripped naked, for all to see. There will be diminished power in the hands of "leaders" and there will remain little for them to lead.
Like the large business that eventually fails as its size makes it impossible to control, so will the large influences of the large nations that greatly influence economics of the world. Economic analysis is not really about money but rather about transfer of activity; what are we willing to do, in return for what. As multinational businesses - financial, industrial, commercial alike – all begin to shrink, break-up, disappear and reduce down to the pieces with remaining value, expectations will be re-set as reality and availability are altered.
Steadily and more quickly than history gives any hint it can happen, humanity will create a return to abundance; what we expect in our daily life, what we appreciate about it and how we can make these things take place will all be approached differently. How to produce healthful food and what to consume will undergo change; what is considered a nice house and how satisfied with it any one person becomes will be an improvement for many but a step in a different direction for others. The perception of such change will be unpleasant for a few, and those few will likely squawk loudly by habit, but the complaining will drop off quickly as it's seen to be futile and mostly, unnecessary.
Confidence in supply will increase; nowadays supply is considered automatic but for enough money. Security and belief in access to a reliable supply for well being is deemed financial. When humanity – especially portions fortunate to have financial abundance as true possibilities, not just the struggle for it – runs over speed bumps of supply, some effects from these impacts becoming permanent, the realization will come quickly that all the money and stockpiles possible do little to ensure even shorter term adequacy and nearly nothing over the long haul.
At that point a refocus of what we need, appreciate and want will take hold. Appreciation and understanding will come to many of us, as we awaken from our current dimension and enter new levels of vision and comprehension. Pursuit and achievement of balanced supply will ensue, all happening voluntarily without being forced on anyone. Mankind will possess abundance.
16 May 2012 Europe "Breaks Up"
Over the weekend of 12-13 May, news reports began to run about what would happen with Greek debt. On Monday 14 May default was the talk of financial and even general press reports. Tuesday 15 May saw more reports discussing a run on Greek banks, includings withdrawals of €700 million. For Greece’s population of about 11½ million, that nearly €61 per person. Let’s look closer; the vast majority of the population cannot withdraw funds without having a place to put the money. Certainly mattresses are an option however other bank accounts are usually preferred. There are many banks willing to accept the Euro for deposits, and not just in the 17 countries using that currency; there are at least 27 member countries and the 10 non-“eurozone” European Union members will take a deposit from a Greek resident.
€61 per person is not much but if it is only the start, what – and how much – will follow? We must ask what will occur to restore confidence such that funds will ever be re-deposited in Greek banks. If these funds are in private accounts – not controlled by the government – and are representative of the entire economic region, not just Greece, the fear of confiscation inside Greece must be significant. There no doubt lurks concern Greece will reissue its own currency from prior to the adoption of the euro and will force a depositor to accept drachma. Given the large debt obligations in the European currency, these confiscated euros will no doubt be used to either retire debt, be stolen or used otherwise, possibly and even likely all three. The value of the drachma, if that is indeed what the new currency would be called, will fall - likely plummet - far below whatever exchange rate was used to replace the euros.
The Euro currency zone is now starting to break up, and several other European countries are in similar financial straits as Greece was not so long ago. The difference is that bailout measures will no longer be considered. No new country approaching the inability to meet obligations will be able to secure what Greece recently obtained.
The legal interlinks between the 27 European Union nations will now begin to unravel as the 17 among them using this currency - and 23 in all, counting non-EU nations also using it – begin to see regional and world confidence suffer. To preserve purchasing power and integrity of the currency, nations with more reasonably secure finances, such as Germany, will see no choice but to enact financial barriers to protect their newly re-issued national currencies. This will be essential to maintain lower commodity costs for key products such as crude oil. Any nation remaining with the euro will see fuel costs skyrocket in relation to their neighbors who withdrew from the euro. The legal hookups between EU nations that secured the currency will be no more, either in theory or practice.
The breakup of Europe and return to proudly and often times fiercely independent nations will precede such developments elsewhere in the industrialized world.
Over the weekend of 12-13 May, news reports began to run about what would happen with Greek debt. On Monday 14 May default was the talk of financial and even general press reports. Tuesday 15 May saw more reports discussing a run on Greek banks, includings withdrawals of €700 million. For Greece’s population of about 11½ million, that nearly €61 per person. Let’s look closer; the vast majority of the population cannot withdraw funds without having a place to put the money. Certainly mattresses are an option however other bank accounts are usually preferred. There are many banks willing to accept the Euro for deposits, and not just in the 17 countries using that currency; there are at least 27 member countries and the 10 non-“eurozone” European Union members will take a deposit from a Greek resident.
€61 per person is not much but if it is only the start, what – and how much – will follow? We must ask what will occur to restore confidence such that funds will ever be re-deposited in Greek banks. If these funds are in private accounts – not controlled by the government – and are representative of the entire economic region, not just Greece, the fear of confiscation inside Greece must be significant. There no doubt lurks concern Greece will reissue its own currency from prior to the adoption of the euro and will force a depositor to accept drachma. Given the large debt obligations in the European currency, these confiscated euros will no doubt be used to either retire debt, be stolen or used otherwise, possibly and even likely all three. The value of the drachma, if that is indeed what the new currency would be called, will fall - likely plummet - far below whatever exchange rate was used to replace the euros.
The Euro currency zone is now starting to break up, and several other European countries are in similar financial straits as Greece was not so long ago. The difference is that bailout measures will no longer be considered. No new country approaching the inability to meet obligations will be able to secure what Greece recently obtained.
The legal interlinks between the 27 European Union nations will now begin to unravel as the 17 among them using this currency - and 23 in all, counting non-EU nations also using it – begin to see regional and world confidence suffer. To preserve purchasing power and integrity of the currency, nations with more reasonably secure finances, such as Germany, will see no choice but to enact financial barriers to protect their newly re-issued national currencies. This will be essential to maintain lower commodity costs for key products such as crude oil. Any nation remaining with the euro will see fuel costs skyrocket in relation to their neighbors who withdrew from the euro. The legal hookups between EU nations that secured the currency will be no more, either in theory or practice.
The breakup of Europe and return to proudly and often times fiercely independent nations will precede such developments elsewhere in the industrialized world.
15 May 2012 What does “Higher Vibration” Mean?
To any reader of even the least amount of writings about 2012, the term “vibration” is familiar. If the concept of 2012, the Mayan calendar’s end and implications for mankind hold any intrigue for you, then you’ve probably read a good deal more. “Vibrations”, “higher”, “lower” and “dimensions” have been seen often.
Vibration is a symbolic, scientific term. Raising vibration level means lifting awareness and consciousness; these two things are what happen. It’s like saying, “let’s raise the vibrations of the water” and so it’s heated until it boils. Its “vibration” has been raised but what is done with it? Make tea or coffee? Disinfect surgical instruments? Burn skin? Higher vibrations aren’t good, just because. What matters is what’s done with them. More accurately, what they reflect.
Vibration levels exist in ranges or bands commonly referred to as dimensions. When the upper level of a range is reached, the object leaps to the next range or dimension. The gap between them is wide; it is not easily crossed.
How does any one person rise in their range or dimension?
Goodwill, good intentions and good feelings. When confronted, do you run away, confront back or simply wait out the situation? The first two are less positive options; calm patience is what “raises” your vibration, what lifts you higher.
The word vibration refers to a frequency of oscillation just like sound. The frequency is that of the building blocks of atoms, the protons, neutrons and electrons. They too, within their own parameters and confines, also have rotating, oscillating vibrating “parts”; when we go up or down in vibration, it is at the sub-atomic level it happens, inside the atoms. The force and energy of our beings controls this level of our physical existence, as of yet unknown to man and science on Earth today.
As our rising vibrations reflect an increase in our goodwill, good tidings and joy, we gain insight, power, influence, strength and well being. There is a delay between desire for good and its result, but as the one must precede the other, so the other must follow. Just apply patience liberally, and wait.
13 May 2012 The Aftertime - Beyond the Horizon
The title of this entry is translated from a 1997 book in Spanish by a famous psychic and astrologer I had the honor to meet 10 years earlier. I didn’t realize it then, but now recognize the purpose. A quarter century has passed since the meeting, 15 years since the book and the concepts have remained ever strong. I’ve chosen the title for this entry, as it neatly summarizes the purpose of our lives, society, civilization and the imminent, crucially important crossroads of planet Earth.
The previous 4 entries discussed developments. Like all information different from the general and common, reactions are no doubt diverse. Some readers might outright discount them, others will see unique aspects and some might have a unique and different interpretation. This human characteristic will continue, I am happy to say, and with broader understanding and perspective than what humanity has had in several millennia. What will matter to each of us is up to each one of us to decide; in many cases it has been decided by YOU. Reading this website is not random and whatever impressions and understanding any one of us takes away serves our greater comprehension.
Much activity is at odds with the purposes of humanity. This very idea could rub a good deal of people the wrong way; significant time, effort and emotion have been invested in careers, activities and lifestyles. We come to Earth by willful choice and with great desire both aimed at specific purposes. We deliberately plan an agenda, intentionally setting aside awareness of who we truly are to follow it, checking off the boxes as we go. The situations we face are of our design; throughout our time here, how we act in each experience is always our choice. This can be harsh, offensive concept when considering tragedies such as serial murder, innocent imprisonment & executions or terrorism, for both victim and killer. Throughout each event, we face choices to follow or deviate from our plan; we are all watched by our loving guides, guardian angels and protectors, who will always follow OUR greater wishes and return us to the circumstances as necessary, according to what we asked them to do.
If it were possible to see the "bigger picture" and understand all implications and effects, we would simply not be here; there would be little benefit.
Life on Earth has become too much of a struggle for too many people upon it; the sheer size of the human population partially contributes but other collective choices are factors. Prominent world leaders choose the role they come to fill and yet it seems that nuances are lost; either blind hate or support is expressed with little room permitted for intermediate positions. To say "slightly orange at value 6.45 on the 1 to 10 yellow to red scale" rapidly evokes strident criticism from yellows and the reds. Why can't red, yellow and orange all be options? This small example, representative of many current aspects of humanity, will change. At the moment "tolerance" too often turns out to be a replacement of the established concept, not inclusion of it alongside the existing. "Remove and rebuild" seems to be preferred, not "build alongside, accept both." This course of thinking will change.
The catalyst will be physical; for a brief time it will be easy to conclude the end is coming. This most certainly is NOT what will happen, yet the perception of finality, of Earth and humanity on it, will be easy to create, and many will attempt that. Fear is a powerful motivator and a useful, if counterproductive, reaction. When the temptation to see changes this way arrives, look down the road you're on. It is not ending and will take us forward.
The capabilities of our minds, the power of our thoughts and the strength of goodwill are the forces that dominate both the universe and our souls. These aspects of our existence, temporarily put aside, have fallen out of favor by choice. This is not to say if humanity had continued to embrace the true aspect of our permanent existence in Heaven there would be no changes at this moment; there would have been, certainly. The effect, extent and duration in Earth time would simply be different.
We can still make things more productive; we ALWAYS can. It requires but recognition to do so. As Earth realigns, readjusts and we re-set our purposes, our awareness will grow as many of us cannot imagine. Recall a particularly lucid dream and then awakening to realize you were only asleep; this sensation will steadily come for the great majority of us, who will see our world of three dimensions as a dream, so real while it took place yet also minimal by comparison.
Conflicts, disputes and aggression will abate. The consequences of decisions will be considered simultaneously with the motivations; this approach is generally shunned right now. To foresee and call attention to unforeseen effects in the face of proposed solutions is quickly labeled oppositionist; to attempt an impartial valuation of both aspects to then act with bilateral consideration will return to favor. Expressing an objection will be valued and it will be considered good part of all policy decisions, contrary to what is often now practiced.
Social institutions will evolve; communities will be reinforced and strengthened. Harmony will be normal; violence, anger and conflict will fade. Aggression at all levels will reduce and wither away. Cooperation will be common and appreciation will see a great return to playing a prominent role in our day to day existence.
A vigorous nudge in the proper direction will get the ball rolling yet that push will be seen as a nasty shove. I am going through the latest of a series of nasty shoves and speak of experience. When the force of impact causes you to recoil, remember you are never a victim, you are not being punished, you are not being injured for its own sake. There is a far greater value and purpose in what befalls you from these events. You and I all chose this, asked to be here and we all consider our presence as a great honor. The opportunity is golden. We are all admired in ways no human can express, not on Earth and not with the massive limitations forced by our minimalist human languages.
A new era on Earth awaits and it will be on stage in just a few short of our Earth years; the greater our understanding and breadth of view become, the more perplexed we might become with why we waited so long to do it. Hindsight, that most human of all concepts, is a valuable thing in the appreciation of our life's lessons, all jewels in our crowns of unspeakable and immeasurable value. Worry not about today's rumble or tomorrow's trouble but see them as steps to be climbed, levels to ascend and wealth to be had. Look forward to better and happier world, just beyond the horizon.
The title of this entry is translated from a 1997 book in Spanish by a famous psychic and astrologer I had the honor to meet 10 years earlier. I didn’t realize it then, but now recognize the purpose. A quarter century has passed since the meeting, 15 years since the book and the concepts have remained ever strong. I’ve chosen the title for this entry, as it neatly summarizes the purpose of our lives, society, civilization and the imminent, crucially important crossroads of planet Earth.
The previous 4 entries discussed developments. Like all information different from the general and common, reactions are no doubt diverse. Some readers might outright discount them, others will see unique aspects and some might have a unique and different interpretation. This human characteristic will continue, I am happy to say, and with broader understanding and perspective than what humanity has had in several millennia. What will matter to each of us is up to each one of us to decide; in many cases it has been decided by YOU. Reading this website is not random and whatever impressions and understanding any one of us takes away serves our greater comprehension.
Much activity is at odds with the purposes of humanity. This very idea could rub a good deal of people the wrong way; significant time, effort and emotion have been invested in careers, activities and lifestyles. We come to Earth by willful choice and with great desire both aimed at specific purposes. We deliberately plan an agenda, intentionally setting aside awareness of who we truly are to follow it, checking off the boxes as we go. The situations we face are of our design; throughout our time here, how we act in each experience is always our choice. This can be harsh, offensive concept when considering tragedies such as serial murder, innocent imprisonment & executions or terrorism, for both victim and killer. Throughout each event, we face choices to follow or deviate from our plan; we are all watched by our loving guides, guardian angels and protectors, who will always follow OUR greater wishes and return us to the circumstances as necessary, according to what we asked them to do.
If it were possible to see the "bigger picture" and understand all implications and effects, we would simply not be here; there would be little benefit.
Life on Earth has become too much of a struggle for too many people upon it; the sheer size of the human population partially contributes but other collective choices are factors. Prominent world leaders choose the role they come to fill and yet it seems that nuances are lost; either blind hate or support is expressed with little room permitted for intermediate positions. To say "slightly orange at value 6.45 on the 1 to 10 yellow to red scale" rapidly evokes strident criticism from yellows and the reds. Why can't red, yellow and orange all be options? This small example, representative of many current aspects of humanity, will change. At the moment "tolerance" too often turns out to be a replacement of the established concept, not inclusion of it alongside the existing. "Remove and rebuild" seems to be preferred, not "build alongside, accept both." This course of thinking will change.
The catalyst will be physical; for a brief time it will be easy to conclude the end is coming. This most certainly is NOT what will happen, yet the perception of finality, of Earth and humanity on it, will be easy to create, and many will attempt that. Fear is a powerful motivator and a useful, if counterproductive, reaction. When the temptation to see changes this way arrives, look down the road you're on. It is not ending and will take us forward.
The capabilities of our minds, the power of our thoughts and the strength of goodwill are the forces that dominate both the universe and our souls. These aspects of our existence, temporarily put aside, have fallen out of favor by choice. This is not to say if humanity had continued to embrace the true aspect of our permanent existence in Heaven there would be no changes at this moment; there would have been, certainly. The effect, extent and duration in Earth time would simply be different.
We can still make things more productive; we ALWAYS can. It requires but recognition to do so. As Earth realigns, readjusts and we re-set our purposes, our awareness will grow as many of us cannot imagine. Recall a particularly lucid dream and then awakening to realize you were only asleep; this sensation will steadily come for the great majority of us, who will see our world of three dimensions as a dream, so real while it took place yet also minimal by comparison.
Conflicts, disputes and aggression will abate. The consequences of decisions will be considered simultaneously with the motivations; this approach is generally shunned right now. To foresee and call attention to unforeseen effects in the face of proposed solutions is quickly labeled oppositionist; to attempt an impartial valuation of both aspects to then act with bilateral consideration will return to favor. Expressing an objection will be valued and it will be considered good part of all policy decisions, contrary to what is often now practiced.
Social institutions will evolve; communities will be reinforced and strengthened. Harmony will be normal; violence, anger and conflict will fade. Aggression at all levels will reduce and wither away. Cooperation will be common and appreciation will see a great return to playing a prominent role in our day to day existence.
A vigorous nudge in the proper direction will get the ball rolling yet that push will be seen as a nasty shove. I am going through the latest of a series of nasty shoves and speak of experience. When the force of impact causes you to recoil, remember you are never a victim, you are not being punished, you are not being injured for its own sake. There is a far greater value and purpose in what befalls you from these events. You and I all chose this, asked to be here and we all consider our presence as a great honor. The opportunity is golden. We are all admired in ways no human can express, not on Earth and not with the massive limitations forced by our minimalist human languages.
A new era on Earth awaits and it will be on stage in just a few short of our Earth years; the greater our understanding and breadth of view become, the more perplexed we might become with why we waited so long to do it. Hindsight, that most human of all concepts, is a valuable thing in the appreciation of our life's lessons, all jewels in our crowns of unspeakable and immeasurable value. Worry not about today's rumble or tomorrow's trouble but see them as steps to be climbed, levels to ascend and wealth to be had. Look forward to better and happier world, just beyond the horizon.
12 May 2012 Trade & Barter
Cash De-emphasized
Money as a medium of exchange has long been taken for granted as a permanent feature the world over. It will undergo an unprecedented role change in the next few years, playing a key part in the metamorphosis of humanity on Earth.
Money is a value voucher that exists on belief. Economists call it “fiat money” because of its value based on faith. Until the mid 20th century, many world currencies were based on perceived precious metals, but even this is subject to, and will in fact, change.
Sidebar example; aluminum was considered so valuable in the mid 19th century that the Washington Monument in the capital city of the USA, a 555ft/169m tall white stone obelisk, is crowned by a solid pyramid of it. A small lump was not produced until 1825; by 1845 it was more valuable than gold or platinum. Its value began falling around 10 years later; today gold costs almost 22,000 times as much. Aluminum is used to make cans.
British currency is still referred to as the pound sterling; even US currency briefly saw issuance of silver certificates, stating plainly on the note that it was redeemable to the bearer in that amount of the precious metal. US currency was taken off the “gold” standard in 1971, established as part of the Bretton Woods agreement of 1944 which set exchange rates and the US dollar price of gold.
Since then, governments are no longer bound to maintain reserves of precious metals to support issuance of currency. The most obvious beneficiary & victim was Brazil, which printed massive amounts of money and set off decades of hyper-inflation. Confidence in the value of Brazilian currency, the 5th most populous nation in the world, sunk and stayed submerged for decades.
Today, the total amounts of currency in banks, circulation and billfolds & wallets has exploded; shortages of currency contributed to economic troubles in the early 1930s and many central banks have moved in recent years to avoid this problem. This is a curious juxtaposition, as the majority of people affected by economic downturns are in that situation precisely because they do not have enough of it. Who has all the money, then? The people and their entities who had most of it before economic downturns set in, that’s who. The US dollar, as the reserve currency of the world, has the unique position of being necessary for trade in key commodities such as crude oil. One factor contributing to higher oil prices is that there are simply more dollars in existence, by virtue of the US government’s near runaway printing of it, than just a few years ago. Oil traders, producers and suppliers accordingly want more dollars per barrel, entirely logical. A German buyer of oil must first buy US dollars, so the effect transfers across the world.
As production of oil is cut back and that entire business begins to shrink vigorously, holders of dollars will hoard them; new hiring and investment, at a virtual standstill across many nations since 2008, will shrink. Receipts to taxing authorities will drop faster than obligations and payouts, which in fact will be pressured to increase payouts; this is already happening. The only solution – as borrowing screeches to a halt – will be to print even more money. At some point not-too-far-from-now, confidence in the value of a nation’s currency will slide. The potential positive aspect is that relative values of currency between nations will cease to matter as trade between nations – money flowing in opposite direction to the goods and services – stops. Accordingly the values of reborn Deutschmarks and Spanish pesetas to one another will not matter much.
None of this has been lost on investors, who have bid the price of gold into the clouds. Silver and platinum have followed the trend. Gold has intrinsic value for jewelry and industrial production. When gold is no longer in much demand for jewelry and industrial use has dropped precipitously, so will its purchasing power and value. Many perceived refuges from currency’s erosion in value and the collapse in paper investments like stocks, bonds and other instruments will encounter similar changes as did aluminum 150 years ago. Half the loss in value of any medium of exchange will be that many of the things previously in demand, thus valuable, will no longer be made or wanted. Automobiles, aircraft and many types of industrial equipment will no longer be made, not in current form or amount.
Internally, greatly tarnished central authorities, far smaller versions of their former selves, will no longer be able to issue currency with confidence. Little belief in its ongoing value will be given. Having likely already passed the hyperinflation stage, no longer will such currency be accepted. Absent the ability to issue stable currency, individual trade & barter will rise. Inflation indexing techniques & methods which attempt to restore some trading confidence will appear.
The holders of massive amounts of cash, at this step in economic decline, will have already converted as much as possible into hard goods or invested in futile attempts to retain “value”. Hoarding of cash will lose appeal; temporary, band aid solutions and their nature will become apparent in short order.
Humanity’s rising awareness of our purpose on Earth will frame the pursuit of wealth, savings, acquisition and consumerism in a new way. The exchange of a person’s good labor, service and products will no longer be seen as constantly measured in so many bits, crowns or quid. Currencies will become more like – or replaced by – the vouchers they really are. Trade, like society, will be localized and will rely more heavily on the faith of the parties to transactions than a central authority whose viability has long since been cut back.
Cash De-emphasized
Money as a medium of exchange has long been taken for granted as a permanent feature the world over. It will undergo an unprecedented role change in the next few years, playing a key part in the metamorphosis of humanity on Earth.
Money is a value voucher that exists on belief. Economists call it “fiat money” because of its value based on faith. Until the mid 20th century, many world currencies were based on perceived precious metals, but even this is subject to, and will in fact, change.
Sidebar example; aluminum was considered so valuable in the mid 19th century that the Washington Monument in the capital city of the USA, a 555ft/169m tall white stone obelisk, is crowned by a solid pyramid of it. A small lump was not produced until 1825; by 1845 it was more valuable than gold or platinum. Its value began falling around 10 years later; today gold costs almost 22,000 times as much. Aluminum is used to make cans.
British currency is still referred to as the pound sterling; even US currency briefly saw issuance of silver certificates, stating plainly on the note that it was redeemable to the bearer in that amount of the precious metal. US currency was taken off the “gold” standard in 1971, established as part of the Bretton Woods agreement of 1944 which set exchange rates and the US dollar price of gold.
Since then, governments are no longer bound to maintain reserves of precious metals to support issuance of currency. The most obvious beneficiary & victim was Brazil, which printed massive amounts of money and set off decades of hyper-inflation. Confidence in the value of Brazilian currency, the 5th most populous nation in the world, sunk and stayed submerged for decades.
Today, the total amounts of currency in banks, circulation and billfolds & wallets has exploded; shortages of currency contributed to economic troubles in the early 1930s and many central banks have moved in recent years to avoid this problem. This is a curious juxtaposition, as the majority of people affected by economic downturns are in that situation precisely because they do not have enough of it. Who has all the money, then? The people and their entities who had most of it before economic downturns set in, that’s who. The US dollar, as the reserve currency of the world, has the unique position of being necessary for trade in key commodities such as crude oil. One factor contributing to higher oil prices is that there are simply more dollars in existence, by virtue of the US government’s near runaway printing of it, than just a few years ago. Oil traders, producers and suppliers accordingly want more dollars per barrel, entirely logical. A German buyer of oil must first buy US dollars, so the effect transfers across the world.
As production of oil is cut back and that entire business begins to shrink vigorously, holders of dollars will hoard them; new hiring and investment, at a virtual standstill across many nations since 2008, will shrink. Receipts to taxing authorities will drop faster than obligations and payouts, which in fact will be pressured to increase payouts; this is already happening. The only solution – as borrowing screeches to a halt – will be to print even more money. At some point not-too-far-from-now, confidence in the value of a nation’s currency will slide. The potential positive aspect is that relative values of currency between nations will cease to matter as trade between nations – money flowing in opposite direction to the goods and services – stops. Accordingly the values of reborn Deutschmarks and Spanish pesetas to one another will not matter much.
None of this has been lost on investors, who have bid the price of gold into the clouds. Silver and platinum have followed the trend. Gold has intrinsic value for jewelry and industrial production. When gold is no longer in much demand for jewelry and industrial use has dropped precipitously, so will its purchasing power and value. Many perceived refuges from currency’s erosion in value and the collapse in paper investments like stocks, bonds and other instruments will encounter similar changes as did aluminum 150 years ago. Half the loss in value of any medium of exchange will be that many of the things previously in demand, thus valuable, will no longer be made or wanted. Automobiles, aircraft and many types of industrial equipment will no longer be made, not in current form or amount.
Internally, greatly tarnished central authorities, far smaller versions of their former selves, will no longer be able to issue currency with confidence. Little belief in its ongoing value will be given. Having likely already passed the hyperinflation stage, no longer will such currency be accepted. Absent the ability to issue stable currency, individual trade & barter will rise. Inflation indexing techniques & methods which attempt to restore some trading confidence will appear.
The holders of massive amounts of cash, at this step in economic decline, will have already converted as much as possible into hard goods or invested in futile attempts to retain “value”. Hoarding of cash will lose appeal; temporary, band aid solutions and their nature will become apparent in short order.
Humanity’s rising awareness of our purpose on Earth will frame the pursuit of wealth, savings, acquisition and consumerism in a new way. The exchange of a person’s good labor, service and products will no longer be seen as constantly measured in so many bits, crowns or quid. Currencies will become more like – or replaced by – the vouchers they really are. Trade, like society, will be localized and will rely more heavily on the faith of the parties to transactions than a central authority whose viability has long since been cut back.
11 May 2012 New Local Governances
I emphasize “governances” and not government to draw attention to the difference; process versus entity. Despite many different types of sovereign central authority in human society, many today share a common trait; separateness. They exist and function as an entity apart from, somewhat unconnected but in name to the people comprising the sovereign state. History is filled with kingdoms, tyrants and benevolent dictatorships yet today, elected governments share more traits with these former creations than is always comfortable to discuss.
The global aspect of life and society on Earth will be removed; intercontinental and much long distance overland travel will cease. It will remain technically feasible if slower but there will be little need or purpose to do it. Russia’s foreign policy with the European Union will not matter because there will no longer be a European Union (it’s beginning to break up now) and even if there were, little if any commercial trade or interaction will take place between, for example, France and Moscow.
As economic forces being felt today strengthen, pressures on the central authority will increase from many citizens who expect some solution, response or even direction. Little will come forth; the demand will overwhelm ability.
Current political trends include an independent, rejectionist element critical of permanent expansion of government. This nearly universal trend has brought Earth’s many, many nations to where 30 to 50% of income confiscated for property tax, income tax, retirement tax, medical tax, sales tax, value added tax, goods & services tax, and so on and so forth, is typical. Many of the government entities collecting these taxes are deep in debt, run constant deficits, ever increasing national indebtedness. The natural political struggle ensues.
The need and benefit of organizing are permanent characteristics of the universe and humanity; this is the process. The structure, organization and practice are the entity. As humanity is literally shaken to its roots, the entities as they exist today will be pushed back, down and away. The mould (Erik’s never far, is he?) will be broken. The government entity, as many of us have always known it, will cease to function in a number of areas. The ability to borrow will come to a halt as the ability to lend comes to a halt as the printing of currency becomes obvious, its ill effects recognized. Faced with the inability to even pay salaries of employees, the functions carried out by government will simply stop.
Constituents will then wonder what they believed they previously had; the USA is a convenient example, as I live t/here. Today more than $15 trillion are owed, nearly $48,000 per person. When the holders of this debt realize wealth is evaporating, its value will plummet. Demand for governments to do something about all manner of challenges will swiftly increase just prior to this debt collapse. The majority of the 50 United States find themselves in self created situations just as described and will face similar pressures. Unable to respond, the role of these organizing entities will shift, shrink and largely wither.
What will follow? Governments will give way to new governance that will encompass many features now put forth by all different political parties and persuasions. The currently powerful will resist erosion of power, influence and control, of course, but little will come of it to benefit incumbent positions. There will also be swift disposal of so much government generated activity that all political persuasions and parties will see a parallel erosion of their positions accompany long sought objectives.
What specific things will change? Those decisions have yet to be made; the community faced with a challenge will forge its own answer and method. Economies of scale so beneficial to larger organizations will, in hindsight, be seen as simultaneously stifling and even coercive as the government entity grew beyond the breaking point only recognized after it was passed.
As physical events force change to society, humanity will gain awareness. The perception of new governance viewed through today’s perspective is not what we will all see; points-of-view will broaden. Much commentary of political trends and preferences today unwittingly assumes a continuance of society and the role of “governments” we have created. Support for, criticism of and indifference to a central organization don’t appear to include the subtlety and nuance of complex issues; this will evolve as central governments shrink and fade from our daily rhythms. The desire for power and influence for their own sake, a significant component of current political ambition and aspirations, will be revealed for what they are, as our insights and understanding grow.
The larger the country today, the greater the chance for it to fracture. The more incapable and, dare I say, unproductive its central government becomes, will drive society turn to local governance. As unemployment rises to half the population and the remaining half, whilst still employed, undergoes radical shifts within that remaining salaried work, governments will face unrelenting pressure to “properly” apply the funds taken in. Both employer and employee alike will look upon taxes sent to such governments as hard work flushed down a black hole and will stop. If 5% of employers today fail to remit employee tax to a central government, employer consequences are serious. When more than half of employers refuse, the problem rapidly transfers to government; the effects will gain critical mass as more contributors to central governments see such remittances as a waste. Resources will not be available to enforce the old scheme.
Local priorities will take far greater precedence.
I emphasize “governances” and not government to draw attention to the difference; process versus entity. Despite many different types of sovereign central authority in human society, many today share a common trait; separateness. They exist and function as an entity apart from, somewhat unconnected but in name to the people comprising the sovereign state. History is filled with kingdoms, tyrants and benevolent dictatorships yet today, elected governments share more traits with these former creations than is always comfortable to discuss.
The global aspect of life and society on Earth will be removed; intercontinental and much long distance overland travel will cease. It will remain technically feasible if slower but there will be little need or purpose to do it. Russia’s foreign policy with the European Union will not matter because there will no longer be a European Union (it’s beginning to break up now) and even if there were, little if any commercial trade or interaction will take place between, for example, France and Moscow.
As economic forces being felt today strengthen, pressures on the central authority will increase from many citizens who expect some solution, response or even direction. Little will come forth; the demand will overwhelm ability.
Current political trends include an independent, rejectionist element critical of permanent expansion of government. This nearly universal trend has brought Earth’s many, many nations to where 30 to 50% of income confiscated for property tax, income tax, retirement tax, medical tax, sales tax, value added tax, goods & services tax, and so on and so forth, is typical. Many of the government entities collecting these taxes are deep in debt, run constant deficits, ever increasing national indebtedness. The natural political struggle ensues.
The need and benefit of organizing are permanent characteristics of the universe and humanity; this is the process. The structure, organization and practice are the entity. As humanity is literally shaken to its roots, the entities as they exist today will be pushed back, down and away. The mould (Erik’s never far, is he?) will be broken. The government entity, as many of us have always known it, will cease to function in a number of areas. The ability to borrow will come to a halt as the ability to lend comes to a halt as the printing of currency becomes obvious, its ill effects recognized. Faced with the inability to even pay salaries of employees, the functions carried out by government will simply stop.
Constituents will then wonder what they believed they previously had; the USA is a convenient example, as I live t/here. Today more than $15 trillion are owed, nearly $48,000 per person. When the holders of this debt realize wealth is evaporating, its value will plummet. Demand for governments to do something about all manner of challenges will swiftly increase just prior to this debt collapse. The majority of the 50 United States find themselves in self created situations just as described and will face similar pressures. Unable to respond, the role of these organizing entities will shift, shrink and largely wither.
What will follow? Governments will give way to new governance that will encompass many features now put forth by all different political parties and persuasions. The currently powerful will resist erosion of power, influence and control, of course, but little will come of it to benefit incumbent positions. There will also be swift disposal of so much government generated activity that all political persuasions and parties will see a parallel erosion of their positions accompany long sought objectives.
What specific things will change? Those decisions have yet to be made; the community faced with a challenge will forge its own answer and method. Economies of scale so beneficial to larger organizations will, in hindsight, be seen as simultaneously stifling and even coercive as the government entity grew beyond the breaking point only recognized after it was passed.
As physical events force change to society, humanity will gain awareness. The perception of new governance viewed through today’s perspective is not what we will all see; points-of-view will broaden. Much commentary of political trends and preferences today unwittingly assumes a continuance of society and the role of “governments” we have created. Support for, criticism of and indifference to a central organization don’t appear to include the subtlety and nuance of complex issues; this will evolve as central governments shrink and fade from our daily rhythms. The desire for power and influence for their own sake, a significant component of current political ambition and aspirations, will be revealed for what they are, as our insights and understanding grow.
The larger the country today, the greater the chance for it to fracture. The more incapable and, dare I say, unproductive its central government becomes, will drive society turn to local governance. As unemployment rises to half the population and the remaining half, whilst still employed, undergoes radical shifts within that remaining salaried work, governments will face unrelenting pressure to “properly” apply the funds taken in. Both employer and employee alike will look upon taxes sent to such governments as hard work flushed down a black hole and will stop. If 5% of employers today fail to remit employee tax to a central government, employer consequences are serious. When more than half of employers refuse, the problem rapidly transfers to government; the effects will gain critical mass as more contributors to central governments see such remittances as a waste. Resources will not be available to enforce the old scheme.
Local priorities will take far greater precedence.
10 May 2012 Electric Vehicles & The New Electricity
Electric vehicles have begun to appear on world markets with, to date, weak sales and unknown commercial success potential. One attractive feature is zero gasoline or diesel fuel and thus no crude oil consumption. The vehicles are expensive however overall cost compared a gasoline car can be similar, the higher purchase price softened by the very low fuel cost. Drawbacks are four; charging takes time, the battery pack replacement is expensive, range is limited and often other fossil fuels, such as coal, must be burned to generate charging electricity. This last aspect negates a good deal of the perceived environmental benefit.
Fuel use will drop off sharply in the not-so-distant future. The causes and effects of that are for another day, safe to say for this discussion, electric vehicles will be popular again as the drawbacks improve and unavailability of liquid hydrocarbon fuel force a change.
Battery packs, both lithium ion and nickel-hydride, wear out, losing the ability to hold a charge. Once out of service, they can deteriorate and emit significant toxic waste. They are expensive, partially because the proper disposal costs are high.
Knowledge of metallurgy not yet known will be presented; this will permit manufacture of battery packs with higher capacity, smaller size and little toxic concern. These new batteries will be used in applications conceptually similar to those using the disposal batteries now widely manufactured. The difference is, these newer devices will receive, store and produce more power than either disposal or rechargeable batteries do currently. Much higher amounts of power.
The new electricity generation method will allow recharge units to be placed at specific intervals well within the range of the new vehicles. The charging voltage will be far higher and standardized, with accident resistant charging stations located on principal routes well within range of the batteries. Motorists will be able to stop and recharge in approximately the time now required to fill a gasoline tank. Best of all, no fuel will be consumed to produce this power.
The vehicles themselves will be generally larger. Air filled tires will go away, replaced by plastic wheels with several dozen "spokes" performing the function air and sidewalls do now. These wheels will offer lower rolling resistance and more cushioning and will only require a periodic replacement of the rubber strip touching the road; no disposal and complete replacement will be necessary as is the case with air filled tires.
Most car and small truck engines are capable of at least 6,000 rpm engine speed but rarely exceed half that. Gearboxes of all sorts switch ratios to keep engine speeds – and therefore fuel consumption – low.
The new vehicles will of course use electric motors, which are very powerful. The range of speed over which electric motors operate is tight, no more than several hundred RPM but they are much lighter than gasoline /diesel engines so two of them can be used and still weigh far less than one piston reciprocating engine. Continuously variable transmissions – CVTs in automaker parlance – have been offered for a few years now on several makes; Ford tried it but set aside production however Audi, Nissan and Suzuki offer them widely. These units have no gears, ratio changes being accomplished with a variable pulley and chain, controlled by computer. The range of torque multiplication can be made very wide. Two electric motors and CVTs, arranged so one supplies power up to 20/32 or 25/40 mph/kph, the other up to motorway speeds will comfortably provide an electric vehicle with the ability to travel as does any gasoline vehicle.
Use of vehicles will never return to current levels; there will be no need for it. On-demand transportation and a society physically built around it – the parts of most western cities developed after WWII are a good example – will no longer require the current proportion of cars to inhabitants.
Small size vehicles will not be popular; today’s vehicle gadgets that add to costs will be all but forgotten. Carmakers of right now will all be radically changed and shrunk; many will fail and disappear. Since the principal cost of a car is labor and factory overhead, not material costs, larger cars have traditionally cost almost the same to make whether small or large. As vehicles like electric cars become basic again, costs will not rise because of widget and gadgetry. SUV size units will predominate.
Two electric motors and CVTs will still only require half the current engine space but cooling and airflow will be far less critical. Battery packs will be placed all throughout these vehicles, in the optimum amount to balance range with weight using the new metallurgy for them.
Maintenance will be far less frequent or expensive, fewer people will have electric vehicles and the vehicles themselves will be quite long lasting and reliable. Design, fashion and status associated with cars nowadays will fade.
Trucks and heavy transport, the volume of which will fall dramatically, will switch to natural gas, liquefied and compressed. These will also become popular for jet aircraft and dirigibles. Natural gas is abundant in many parts of the world and burns very cleanly.
These developments will come gradually at first and then quickly as piston engine vehicles are no more. If a car can be kept for now, do so. If a replacement is needed, get a used one.
10 May 2012 What’ll Happen as Earth’s Magnetosphere is Changed
The sun gives us clocks; it gives us warmth. It gives sunburns. It gives us plants, grass, trees, fruits and vegetables. It gives us warmth, it gives us electricity. It gives us revolutions without war, as we circle it in 3rd place. Soon it will give us all upheaval.
The sun produces a constant flow of charged particles called solar wind, and from time to time has solar flares or even stronger coronal mass ejections. These space storms of charged particles reach the Earth in about a day or two; they're far slower than light, which reaches us in about 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
The Earth is surrounded by a magnetic atmosphere or magnetosphere, that deflects solar wind around the Earth. Flares and mass ejections distort the magnetosphere, pressing it closer to the surface. During these events, some particles – negatively charged electrons and positive protons – penetrate father, even to the surface. The most recognized effect is on electricity grids and devices. Discovery of solar wind followed the development of electricity generation. In early September of 1859 there were widespread effects noted on Earth from a solar flare observed the day before.
Northern and southern lights, the aurora and australis borealis, are the visible effect of solar wind penetrating the "ends" of the magnetosphere, where the magnetic flow lines return to Earth and allow intrusion of charged particles into the upper atmosphere.
Upcoming solar storms will cause electricity blackouts across the world; transmission lines "catch" the charged particles and conduct them. Essentially, power is generated. Transformer damage can result however modern safety devices will cause "trips" as automatic "off" switches open up and block flow before damage occurs. The force of these upcoming solar storms will cause power grids worldwide to go down. Such will be the extent of shutdowns that many days and in some cases 1 to 2 weeks will be necessary to re-set and re-start the grids.
Elevated activity from the sun will be constant. As we adjust electric devices, components and apparatus to allow power to be transmitted reliably, other effects will begin to be felt by humanity; many human bodily functions and processes will experience effects. Normal human body activity will remain; nobody will feel much physically different. The effects will be at the cellular level.
A large effect will be reduced human and animal fertility; conception will become difficult and human birth rates will plummet. Population worldwide will shrink as both reduced fertility and sudden, large scale mortality take effect. Distress and despair will set in for many people unable to adjust to new environments and surroundings; such pressure will depress bodily immune functions to where diseases will contribute significantly to the population drop.
Northern and Southern lights will be seen at latitudes closer to the equator than now thought possible, and in common and combinations of colors now believed rare.
The sun gives us clocks; it gives us warmth. It gives sunburns. It gives us plants, grass, trees, fruits and vegetables. It gives us warmth, it gives us electricity. It gives us revolutions without war, as we circle it in 3rd place. Soon it will give us all upheaval.
The sun produces a constant flow of charged particles called solar wind, and from time to time has solar flares or even stronger coronal mass ejections. These space storms of charged particles reach the Earth in about a day or two; they're far slower than light, which reaches us in about 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
The Earth is surrounded by a magnetic atmosphere or magnetosphere, that deflects solar wind around the Earth. Flares and mass ejections distort the magnetosphere, pressing it closer to the surface. During these events, some particles – negatively charged electrons and positive protons – penetrate father, even to the surface. The most recognized effect is on electricity grids and devices. Discovery of solar wind followed the development of electricity generation. In early September of 1859 there were widespread effects noted on Earth from a solar flare observed the day before.
Northern and southern lights, the aurora and australis borealis, are the visible effect of solar wind penetrating the "ends" of the magnetosphere, where the magnetic flow lines return to Earth and allow intrusion of charged particles into the upper atmosphere.
Upcoming solar storms will cause electricity blackouts across the world; transmission lines "catch" the charged particles and conduct them. Essentially, power is generated. Transformer damage can result however modern safety devices will cause "trips" as automatic "off" switches open up and block flow before damage occurs. The force of these upcoming solar storms will cause power grids worldwide to go down. Such will be the extent of shutdowns that many days and in some cases 1 to 2 weeks will be necessary to re-set and re-start the grids.
Elevated activity from the sun will be constant. As we adjust electric devices, components and apparatus to allow power to be transmitted reliably, other effects will begin to be felt by humanity; many human bodily functions and processes will experience effects. Normal human body activity will remain; nobody will feel much physically different. The effects will be at the cellular level.
A large effect will be reduced human and animal fertility; conception will become difficult and human birth rates will plummet. Population worldwide will shrink as both reduced fertility and sudden, large scale mortality take effect. Distress and despair will set in for many people unable to adjust to new environments and surroundings; such pressure will depress bodily immune functions to where diseases will contribute significantly to the population drop.
Northern and Southern lights will be seen at latitudes closer to the equator than now thought possible, and in common and combinations of colors now believed rare.
08 May 2012 Social Chaos
Sadly, the motivation to embrace circumstances in the not-so-distant future will require forced intervention; large percentages of us will not take well to the disruption of our life patterns. Humans like to watch our ship’s hull spring a leak and lament about how only the “others” aboard will get wet. As effects begin to “dampen” everyone, resistance and protest will ensue.
It is superficially gratifying to seek guilty parties and allocate blame; the process serves several functions: it allows the blamer to step outside the self-designed circle of negligence, reinforcing a noble self-image of confident competence: pride in one’s point-of-view is a powerful emotion. Assigning blame also provides a sensation of control; feeling as if one is "in command" is always better than feeling out of it, reality notwithstanding. Reinforcement of an illusion of control can also be seen as giving motivation to officials “in power” to “do something” about a situation.
When faced with disturbance to well being, the affected are not given to navel-gazing analysis; emotional reactions usually win out. Reflexive responses often include physical protests against the perceived powerful forces "in charge".
Some time will pass before the chaos is understood to be unproductive and circumstances are accepted. The opportunity to lash out will fade as protests are taken for what they are; an attempt to delay reality. Just as a new convict might collapse in despair when sentenced to a long prison term, the urge to participate in a slow burn of protest against the central authority, which has now failed to provide, is the programmed response many will manifest to challenges soon to befall humanity.
The positive aspect is how many vigorous protesters will soon turn their energy towards their own betterment and that of their community, as the futility of complaints becomes obvious.
Sadly, the motivation to embrace circumstances in the not-so-distant future will require forced intervention; large percentages of us will not take well to the disruption of our life patterns. Humans like to watch our ship’s hull spring a leak and lament about how only the “others” aboard will get wet. As effects begin to “dampen” everyone, resistance and protest will ensue.
It is superficially gratifying to seek guilty parties and allocate blame; the process serves several functions: it allows the blamer to step outside the self-designed circle of negligence, reinforcing a noble self-image of confident competence: pride in one’s point-of-view is a powerful emotion. Assigning blame also provides a sensation of control; feeling as if one is "in command" is always better than feeling out of it, reality notwithstanding. Reinforcement of an illusion of control can also be seen as giving motivation to officials “in power” to “do something” about a situation.
When faced with disturbance to well being, the affected are not given to navel-gazing analysis; emotional reactions usually win out. Reflexive responses often include physical protests against the perceived powerful forces "in charge".
Some time will pass before the chaos is understood to be unproductive and circumstances are accepted. The opportunity to lash out will fade as protests are taken for what they are; an attempt to delay reality. Just as a new convict might collapse in despair when sentenced to a long prison term, the urge to participate in a slow burn of protest against the central authority, which has now failed to provide, is the programmed response many will manifest to challenges soon to befall humanity.
The positive aspect is how many vigorous protesters will soon turn their energy towards their own betterment and that of their community, as the futility of complaints becomes obvious.
07 May 2012 Ice Melt and Sea Levels
Several prominent eruptions with significant ash discharge have taken place over the past few years; the Iceland volcano Grimsvotn in 2011 is one example. Sicily’s Mount Etna, Chile’s Mount Puyehue are others and right now, Mexico’s second tallest mountain, the 5,600m stratovolcano “Popocatepetl” has been spewing volcanic ash since late April. Increasing volumes of volcanic ash will be ejected around the world as these events become more frequent. Some ash falls to earth but some remains aloft, often a large portion of it. It often takes years for the ash to disperse and fall from the atmosphere. There is no rain at the altitudes to which much volcanic ash rises.
The general belief is that cooler surface temperatures result from an ash cloud. This is true where only one mass ejection has occurred, the ash cloud rising and spreading over the adjacent area. The surface of the Earth is heated by sunlight, of course, but the vast majority of the planet’s heating comes from within. Even the coldest climates have similar temperature soil at certain depths, and the internal planetary heat is the reason. Crude oil reaches the surface at near boiling temperatures no matter where the wellbore is drilled. The core of our planet is molten iron. This heat propagates to the surface and radiates from there.
Significant fine atmospheric ash will heat rather than cool the Earth; heat will be trapped underneath the ash blanket far above the surface. Bear in mind that volcanic ash is powdered rock & stone; we all know how it absorbs heat and remains warm for a long time, as do most dense solids. Once the floating powdered stone has absorbed its capacity of heat energy, it will reflect back as much as it transfers onward and up. The buffer zone created will now send some of the arriving heat energy back towards the source. There is no solid matter in the atmosphere to cause this now; the effects are without precedent in our knowledge of civilization.
Large amounts of ash will be produced and spread to cover the entire planet. The atmosphere will steadily and gradually become warmer. This does not mean tropical climates will grow so warm as to displace all people and eradicate animal or plant life. The heat will rise, spread and then descend much the way smoke does inside a large building. Warmer tropical areas will remain that way; farther and farther towards the poles, the warmer air will spread and then steadily descend. Soon temperatures will be much less different than nowadays, over large portions of the Earth's surface.
Significant polar ice will melt, as will nearly all glacial ice at high altitudes. Seas will rise and many coastal cities will be affected. This higher water will be one factor making ship transport difficult, as some seaports, container terminals and other berthing installations will be submerged and rendered useless.
Significant portions of land and cities at the sea’s edge around the world will be lost. This will happen steadily; there will be ample opportunity to depart.
Knock-On Effects
In addition to atmospheric warming, the ash blanket will also reduce surface sunlight. This will not affect humans that expose themselves outdoors a sufficient amount, and given the changes to society and employment, much more outdoor time will be passed for many people now spending large portions of each day indoors.
The greater effect will be to plant life; many species of trees are sensitive to ongoing deficiencies of sunlight. Day-to-day and week-to-week variations have acceptable to nil effect on photosynthesis. Ongoing, steady reductions however, will cause most plants - particularly trees - to drop leaves and go dormant. Some plants will not grow and others will fare well, especially tubers such as carrots and potatoes.
The effect on food production for direct human consumption - and to feed animals eaten for protein - will be significant. Ingenuity and adjustment will be necessary; proper balance will require adaptation difficult for some people. The more accustomed to factory created sustenance a person is, the less content s/he will be. Regular consumers of water will not mind that sweet, carbonated drinks disappear; others will perceive it initially as a hardship. Dairy products will change as the grasses consumed by milk cows are reduced, modified or replaced with other foods. Grain and grass fed beef will diminish as those animals will not be slaughtered at nearly the same pace; feral hogs and boar will be hunted almost to extinction. Fowl such as chicken will also be prized for eggs as much as flesh, and replacement grains will be provided for reduced corn production.
River and lake fish will become very popular; ocean fishing will decline. Candy, sweets and nearly all foods not representing basic available proteins and complex carbohydrates will see drastic drops in consumption. These reductions will be the result of both economic pressures and source ingredient availability. Sugar cane production will quickly be replaced by more nutritious, higher yielding crops.
Food production will be much more local; difficulties with transportation, involving ultra high fuel and thus product costs, will drive this issue. As unemployment spikes, involvement in food production and distribution will be more widespread for many people.
Several prominent eruptions with significant ash discharge have taken place over the past few years; the Iceland volcano Grimsvotn in 2011 is one example. Sicily’s Mount Etna, Chile’s Mount Puyehue are others and right now, Mexico’s second tallest mountain, the 5,600m stratovolcano “Popocatepetl” has been spewing volcanic ash since late April. Increasing volumes of volcanic ash will be ejected around the world as these events become more frequent. Some ash falls to earth but some remains aloft, often a large portion of it. It often takes years for the ash to disperse and fall from the atmosphere. There is no rain at the altitudes to which much volcanic ash rises.
The general belief is that cooler surface temperatures result from an ash cloud. This is true where only one mass ejection has occurred, the ash cloud rising and spreading over the adjacent area. The surface of the Earth is heated by sunlight, of course, but the vast majority of the planet’s heating comes from within. Even the coldest climates have similar temperature soil at certain depths, and the internal planetary heat is the reason. Crude oil reaches the surface at near boiling temperatures no matter where the wellbore is drilled. The core of our planet is molten iron. This heat propagates to the surface and radiates from there.
Significant fine atmospheric ash will heat rather than cool the Earth; heat will be trapped underneath the ash blanket far above the surface. Bear in mind that volcanic ash is powdered rock & stone; we all know how it absorbs heat and remains warm for a long time, as do most dense solids. Once the floating powdered stone has absorbed its capacity of heat energy, it will reflect back as much as it transfers onward and up. The buffer zone created will now send some of the arriving heat energy back towards the source. There is no solid matter in the atmosphere to cause this now; the effects are without precedent in our knowledge of civilization.
Large amounts of ash will be produced and spread to cover the entire planet. The atmosphere will steadily and gradually become warmer. This does not mean tropical climates will grow so warm as to displace all people and eradicate animal or plant life. The heat will rise, spread and then descend much the way smoke does inside a large building. Warmer tropical areas will remain that way; farther and farther towards the poles, the warmer air will spread and then steadily descend. Soon temperatures will be much less different than nowadays, over large portions of the Earth's surface.
Significant polar ice will melt, as will nearly all glacial ice at high altitudes. Seas will rise and many coastal cities will be affected. This higher water will be one factor making ship transport difficult, as some seaports, container terminals and other berthing installations will be submerged and rendered useless.
Significant portions of land and cities at the sea’s edge around the world will be lost. This will happen steadily; there will be ample opportunity to depart.
Knock-On Effects
In addition to atmospheric warming, the ash blanket will also reduce surface sunlight. This will not affect humans that expose themselves outdoors a sufficient amount, and given the changes to society and employment, much more outdoor time will be passed for many people now spending large portions of each day indoors.
The greater effect will be to plant life; many species of trees are sensitive to ongoing deficiencies of sunlight. Day-to-day and week-to-week variations have acceptable to nil effect on photosynthesis. Ongoing, steady reductions however, will cause most plants - particularly trees - to drop leaves and go dormant. Some plants will not grow and others will fare well, especially tubers such as carrots and potatoes.
The effect on food production for direct human consumption - and to feed animals eaten for protein - will be significant. Ingenuity and adjustment will be necessary; proper balance will require adaptation difficult for some people. The more accustomed to factory created sustenance a person is, the less content s/he will be. Regular consumers of water will not mind that sweet, carbonated drinks disappear; others will perceive it initially as a hardship. Dairy products will change as the grasses consumed by milk cows are reduced, modified or replaced with other foods. Grain and grass fed beef will diminish as those animals will not be slaughtered at nearly the same pace; feral hogs and boar will be hunted almost to extinction. Fowl such as chicken will also be prized for eggs as much as flesh, and replacement grains will be provided for reduced corn production.
River and lake fish will become very popular; ocean fishing will decline. Candy, sweets and nearly all foods not representing basic available proteins and complex carbohydrates will see drastic drops in consumption. These reductions will be the result of both economic pressures and source ingredient availability. Sugar cane production will quickly be replaced by more nutritious, higher yielding crops.
Food production will be much more local; difficulties with transportation, involving ultra high fuel and thus product costs, will drive this issue. As unemployment spikes, involvement in food production and distribution will be more widespread for many people.
06 May 2012 ~ Application of the New Electricity ~~
George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison could not have imagined their competing approaches would be renewed some 130 years later but this time little commercial competition will interfere with the development of direct current as the source and alternating current for use.
Alternating current electricity results from the large size of generators producing ever larger power output; as consumption grows, larger units are more efficient. We do not (yet) have the technology to produce the volumes of power now used as direct and not alternating current. Inverters are used to change direct to alternating for devices like computers on back-up batteries. Rectifiers do the reverse, turning alternating into direct. The new form of producing electricity will need not be concerned with efficiency; we’ll be able to produce as much as required without fuel. The amount of power produced by a large hydroelectric project will be able to be generated for a fraction of the equipment and construction cost now necessary to build an impoundment (dam) with its intakes, spillways, discharge ports and hydroturbine generator units. All of this movement and flow will not be necessary and the process will be even “cleaner”.
Power will be produced as direct current but will be distributed by existing infrastructure; the inverters will be necessary only at the point of use. There will be a huge business opportunity for both device inverters and home units. Hint, hint.
The direct current characteristic of electricity generation will bring about advances in the understanding of its uses beyond power. Electricity used to reproduce music is an example of future medical application; the nature of electricity’s source in the human body will come to be understood and thus treatment with electricity to cure diseases and ailments, including cancers, will flourish. The beautiful, nuanced sounds produced by the finest of sound reproduction systems give some insight; the sound waves reaching a listener’s ears and eventually brain require an electrical signal between amplifier and loudspeaker. The application of a similarly nuanced, complex electrical signal directly to the affected tissue of a human body will produce as similar a positive effect as beautiful as music does to the listener. The sense of joy, peace, excitement and happiness good music provides is just what will take place with affected tissue, as the "new" electricity is applied.
The ability to use electricity this way exists now but the benefit is not medically known or understood, not just yet. Because the nuanced nature of electricity will be understood as its generation methodology spreads – we currently see electricity generation as large scale – examination of the benefits will be undertaken in ways not pursued to date. Think of electrical shock treatment as forcing a person to swim in isopropyl, rubbing alcohol to disinfect a leg scrape. This medical approach to electricity as a cure will be revamped in ways not yet – but soon to be – better understood.
Heat, cooling, refrigeration and freezing will all use this new power; heating especially will benefit.
George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison could not have imagined their competing approaches would be renewed some 130 years later but this time little commercial competition will interfere with the development of direct current as the source and alternating current for use.
Alternating current electricity results from the large size of generators producing ever larger power output; as consumption grows, larger units are more efficient. We do not (yet) have the technology to produce the volumes of power now used as direct and not alternating current. Inverters are used to change direct to alternating for devices like computers on back-up batteries. Rectifiers do the reverse, turning alternating into direct. The new form of producing electricity will need not be concerned with efficiency; we’ll be able to produce as much as required without fuel. The amount of power produced by a large hydroelectric project will be able to be generated for a fraction of the equipment and construction cost now necessary to build an impoundment (dam) with its intakes, spillways, discharge ports and hydroturbine generator units. All of this movement and flow will not be necessary and the process will be even “cleaner”.
Power will be produced as direct current but will be distributed by existing infrastructure; the inverters will be necessary only at the point of use. There will be a huge business opportunity for both device inverters and home units. Hint, hint.
The direct current characteristic of electricity generation will bring about advances in the understanding of its uses beyond power. Electricity used to reproduce music is an example of future medical application; the nature of electricity’s source in the human body will come to be understood and thus treatment with electricity to cure diseases and ailments, including cancers, will flourish. The beautiful, nuanced sounds produced by the finest of sound reproduction systems give some insight; the sound waves reaching a listener’s ears and eventually brain require an electrical signal between amplifier and loudspeaker. The application of a similarly nuanced, complex electrical signal directly to the affected tissue of a human body will produce as similar a positive effect as beautiful as music does to the listener. The sense of joy, peace, excitement and happiness good music provides is just what will take place with affected tissue, as the "new" electricity is applied.
The ability to use electricity this way exists now but the benefit is not medically known or understood, not just yet. Because the nuanced nature of electricity will be understood as its generation methodology spreads – we currently see electricity generation as large scale – examination of the benefits will be undertaken in ways not pursued to date. Think of electrical shock treatment as forcing a person to swim in isopropyl, rubbing alcohol to disinfect a leg scrape. This medical approach to electricity as a cure will be revamped in ways not yet – but soon to be – better understood.
Heat, cooling, refrigeration and freezing will all use this new power; heating especially will benefit.
06 May 2012 The Economies of The United States, China and Europe
Economic systems of these the three largest financial regions will see the greatest effects.
The United States owe massive amounts of money to China. Faced with dwindling receipts, the debt will be kept current by creating money. When growth stops and the United States economy shrinks, the ability to purchase goods and services will naturally diminish for each dollar. As debts are paid with more printed money, lending will stop. China will have less and less ability to purchase with US dollars but this situation will become moot as the ability to ship goods offshore will be halted. China, addicted to supplying the world, will undergo radical economic transformation. Most manufacturing will stop, as most of it involves export goods.
As China halts exports, refuses to buy US debt and becomes economically isolated once again, the United States will stop servicing its own debt. As the debt to China is ignored, the value of US Treasury securities will plummet in general. All attempts to print money will further erode confidence.
Europe’s debt, already unmanageable for several nations, will have a similar effect across the European Union. Nations with greatest perceived ability to withstand the financial onslaught will abandon the “eurozone”, revert to prior currencies and stand-alone monetary policy. The European Union will break up and cease to exist. These steps will do little more than delay the onset of permanent economic change.
Unlike its central government, the states of the USA cannot print currency or make monetary policy. As the central government’s ability to grapple with the financial downturn proves insufficient, pressure will come to bear on bankrupt states. Faced with mounting debt and declining revenue, many will default on state bonds. Not only will this kill the lending and borrowing but will also cause the states far from this position to reconsider their role. The 40+% of spending that is borrowed by the USA’s federal government is not spread evenly; some states get little or none of it and not even the equivalent of taxes levied by the central government comes back in services and benefits. Other states get a far higher % than their population bears to the national total.
Faced with a share of the national debt from which it received no benefit, such states will bitterly resent continued tax payments perceived to be destined for a bottomless black hole. There will be pressure for some to secede and this will occur, likely where abundant natural resources allow temporary economic isolation. The condition will pass quickly as other states lacking certain urgent production will barter, if necessary, with the newly independent territory. Central government reaction will be predictable but any pressure placed on a remaining state attempting to barter this way will be seen as hostile.
Against the backdrop of financial shifts, this will be less devastating than it might first appear. National pride will be injured, to be sure, however little practical damage will be done. The seceding state(s) will see a benefit from such a move.
Trade barriers will be temporarily erected between former European Union nations but these will crumble. As most trade between Europe, the USA and China will cease, little effect will be felt in the one region from what befalls another. International currency trading will all but halt, as relative values of one to the other will become risky and difficult to establish. As trade will drop off, the need for currency trading will fade anyway.
As trade drops between nations and becomes a memory, so will the vast majority of workers in the trade & logistics business. International finance will be curtailed as a result.
Economic systems of these the three largest financial regions will see the greatest effects.
The United States owe massive amounts of money to China. Faced with dwindling receipts, the debt will be kept current by creating money. When growth stops and the United States economy shrinks, the ability to purchase goods and services will naturally diminish for each dollar. As debts are paid with more printed money, lending will stop. China will have less and less ability to purchase with US dollars but this situation will become moot as the ability to ship goods offshore will be halted. China, addicted to supplying the world, will undergo radical economic transformation. Most manufacturing will stop, as most of it involves export goods.
As China halts exports, refuses to buy US debt and becomes economically isolated once again, the United States will stop servicing its own debt. As the debt to China is ignored, the value of US Treasury securities will plummet in general. All attempts to print money will further erode confidence.
Europe’s debt, already unmanageable for several nations, will have a similar effect across the European Union. Nations with greatest perceived ability to withstand the financial onslaught will abandon the “eurozone”, revert to prior currencies and stand-alone monetary policy. The European Union will break up and cease to exist. These steps will do little more than delay the onset of permanent economic change.
Unlike its central government, the states of the USA cannot print currency or make monetary policy. As the central government’s ability to grapple with the financial downturn proves insufficient, pressure will come to bear on bankrupt states. Faced with mounting debt and declining revenue, many will default on state bonds. Not only will this kill the lending and borrowing but will also cause the states far from this position to reconsider their role. The 40+% of spending that is borrowed by the USA’s federal government is not spread evenly; some states get little or none of it and not even the equivalent of taxes levied by the central government comes back in services and benefits. Other states get a far higher % than their population bears to the national total.
Faced with a share of the national debt from which it received no benefit, such states will bitterly resent continued tax payments perceived to be destined for a bottomless black hole. There will be pressure for some to secede and this will occur, likely where abundant natural resources allow temporary economic isolation. The condition will pass quickly as other states lacking certain urgent production will barter, if necessary, with the newly independent territory. Central government reaction will be predictable but any pressure placed on a remaining state attempting to barter this way will be seen as hostile.
Against the backdrop of financial shifts, this will be less devastating than it might first appear. National pride will be injured, to be sure, however little practical damage will be done. The seceding state(s) will see a benefit from such a move.
Trade barriers will be temporarily erected between former European Union nations but these will crumble. As most trade between Europe, the USA and China will cease, little effect will be felt in the one region from what befalls another. International currency trading will all but halt, as relative values of one to the other will become risky and difficult to establish. As trade will drop off, the need for currency trading will fade anyway.
As trade drops between nations and becomes a memory, so will the vast majority of workers in the trade & logistics business. International finance will be curtailed as a result.
05 May 2012 Humanity after Physical Earth Changes
After the seas have risen, the skies have cleared; the ground stands still and the people have moved, what will be of human civilization? Climates will have changed and many people will have been forced to move from where they live now. The new surroundings will be stressful for many, and a welcome change for others. Patterns of life will be altered on Earth forever. Consider your presence on Earth as voluntary; your place here and now you chose deliberately. You came to participate and experience these events; more than your personal development was planned. You also came to be a part of and witness events, reactions and to PARTICIPATE.
How will humanity evolve?
Once it has become obvious to all on Earth that things have really changed and will not be going back to what we knew, progress will commence.
Today's progressives, associated with ideas like green energy, fairness in employment, equality between genders and equality of treatment independent of persuasion will be very happy to see these concepts flourish. Also to be seen are the former chosen methods to achieve them revealed as misguided.
Today's conservatives, who believe in concepts of smaller government, lower tax, reward for merit, racial and gender blindness will be very happy to see these concepts flourish. Also to be seen are the falsehoods of elected leaders who trumpet these notions in pursuit of position, privilege and power.
The elements of public policy and approach will become irrelevant as centralized authorities will be seen for what they are; a short term fix for a permanent trend. The idea that an ever larger plan and ever increasing implementation will bring greater benefit to all will be seen as noble naiveté.
Humanity will evaluate its goals and condition with the resources and circumstances available. The radically changed nature will, of and by itself, force a re-think of assumptions. The great news in all of this will be a newfound awareness, a rediscovery of the essence of our existence which has long been forgotten, discounted or outright rejected even in the face of compelling evidence.
We will think differently and outcomes will be so vastly unlike what is assumed today that we will, in not so many years, look back upon life of the 20th and small part of the 21st centuries and wonder how it all worked.
Crime will plummet; prisons will shrink. Competition, aggression and confrontation will pull back to be replaced by discussion, mediation and collaboration. Opposing positions today resist providing a statement of goals to then concede some points to secure others. The approach now taken is to throw everything at the adversary, and hope as much as possible sticks.
Pride in one’s ideas will be replaced with consideration of another's concept. The willingness to deposit one's hopes in a leader that will make them come true will fall away; no longer will so many people see the way forward as vigorous support of a leader or group. Reliance upon one's own community will rise to become important.
Nation states will see influence diminish; many will break up but no ill effects will follow. The opposite will prove true, given the focus on one’s community. Does it matter to Chinese citizen what a British MP believes about farm production in Surrey? Does a Texan care what the New Zealand apple crop was this past year? Do indigenous communities in Colombian high mountains care about fuel prices?
Information flows will be just as vigorous as today and will become more popular; reading and libraries will become common pastimes for a great majority of citizens. Social networking will diminish as interesting detail about one’s friends and associates will be found directly from them, for the most part. Quick, detailed analysis will diminish; voluminous video clips of almost everything that propagate throughout the world will lose popularity.
Families will regain importance lost. Birth rates will plummet as fertility is compromised however family units, including elders, cousins and the immediate nucleus, will coalesce once again. Sensationalist entertainment will lose favor.
The ability to wage war will be greatly reduced. Transportation to a distant land with large amounts of equipment will become difficult as transportation is compromised. Larger, currently strong military nations will no longer require armed forces as large as exist today however the current push to reduce them, nowadays so popular and widespread, will be understood as a noble error. The generalized notion that restricting implements improves behavior will be comprehended as lazy, shortsighted and even hostile. No weapon of war launches itself and the clamor for their elimination will be seen as tacit permission to warmongers to just seek different tools. Victimhood will recognize defense as prevention.
Climate and atmospheric changes not dangerous to humans will temporarily compromise crops and many forms of plant life. The return to a cultivation cycle similar to that before the "Dim Period" will not see a return to food consumption patterns of old. Animal proteins will fall quite abruptly; reliance on the milks, eggs and derivatives will increase. Simple fowl and fish consumption will see an upturn, as will vegetable proteins. Many factory processed foods common today, such as snack foods, sodas and pre-packaged meals will simply disappear, as will many breads, pastas and other processed carbohydrates.
Skepticism of approach will shrink. Clever distrust in defense of one’s good position will no longer be valued. Honesty in dealings will reappear along with acceptance of differences, and the ability to disagree, will return. Concepts of tolerance, diversity and inclusiveness fashionable in many societies today will be seen for what they are; initiatives to replace one set of ideas and influence with a new set that subjugates previous ideas as the new ideas believed they were trampled by the old. The same cycle perpetuated by a new chieftain leading the oppression troops, this time in a different direction, with the power play preserved for the newly-in-control.
No longer will we be quick to label things, as the leader beneficiaries of labeling and separation now enjoy. No power and influence will be had by doing so; cooperation will come more naturally. Difference of opinion will be questioned and answers considered.
Bear in mind, there will be resistance to these changes, and perceived losers will bitterly resist as they have been trained to do. Loss of influence will cut deep into superficial and relatively worthless personal emotions; the loser will not easily and quickly accept. Reflexive responses will ring empty and hollow as most potential supporters will be focused elsewhere and little interest will be generated. Most humans will watch the scenario unfold and come to understand, clearly, what the old game was really about.
With employment irrevocably altered and remunerated activity seen as what the person does - NOT who a person is - a return to our character, ideas, hopes and weaknesses will occur. Pursuit of goals, objectives, profits and expansion will be seen as the greased, water-filled balloons they are. The substance of our lives and the things we value beyond today’s concepts will rise and be understood again. Fleeting concerns perceived as having permanent effects will be fleeting once again.
We will see each others' souls and we'll know what we are in a way humanity does not recognize now.
After the seas have risen, the skies have cleared; the ground stands still and the people have moved, what will be of human civilization? Climates will have changed and many people will have been forced to move from where they live now. The new surroundings will be stressful for many, and a welcome change for others. Patterns of life will be altered on Earth forever. Consider your presence on Earth as voluntary; your place here and now you chose deliberately. You came to participate and experience these events; more than your personal development was planned. You also came to be a part of and witness events, reactions and to PARTICIPATE.
How will humanity evolve?
Once it has become obvious to all on Earth that things have really changed and will not be going back to what we knew, progress will commence.
Today's progressives, associated with ideas like green energy, fairness in employment, equality between genders and equality of treatment independent of persuasion will be very happy to see these concepts flourish. Also to be seen are the former chosen methods to achieve them revealed as misguided.
Today's conservatives, who believe in concepts of smaller government, lower tax, reward for merit, racial and gender blindness will be very happy to see these concepts flourish. Also to be seen are the falsehoods of elected leaders who trumpet these notions in pursuit of position, privilege and power.
The elements of public policy and approach will become irrelevant as centralized authorities will be seen for what they are; a short term fix for a permanent trend. The idea that an ever larger plan and ever increasing implementation will bring greater benefit to all will be seen as noble naiveté.
Humanity will evaluate its goals and condition with the resources and circumstances available. The radically changed nature will, of and by itself, force a re-think of assumptions. The great news in all of this will be a newfound awareness, a rediscovery of the essence of our existence which has long been forgotten, discounted or outright rejected even in the face of compelling evidence.
We will think differently and outcomes will be so vastly unlike what is assumed today that we will, in not so many years, look back upon life of the 20th and small part of the 21st centuries and wonder how it all worked.
Crime will plummet; prisons will shrink. Competition, aggression and confrontation will pull back to be replaced by discussion, mediation and collaboration. Opposing positions today resist providing a statement of goals to then concede some points to secure others. The approach now taken is to throw everything at the adversary, and hope as much as possible sticks.
Pride in one’s ideas will be replaced with consideration of another's concept. The willingness to deposit one's hopes in a leader that will make them come true will fall away; no longer will so many people see the way forward as vigorous support of a leader or group. Reliance upon one's own community will rise to become important.
Nation states will see influence diminish; many will break up but no ill effects will follow. The opposite will prove true, given the focus on one’s community. Does it matter to Chinese citizen what a British MP believes about farm production in Surrey? Does a Texan care what the New Zealand apple crop was this past year? Do indigenous communities in Colombian high mountains care about fuel prices?
Information flows will be just as vigorous as today and will become more popular; reading and libraries will become common pastimes for a great majority of citizens. Social networking will diminish as interesting detail about one’s friends and associates will be found directly from them, for the most part. Quick, detailed analysis will diminish; voluminous video clips of almost everything that propagate throughout the world will lose popularity.
Families will regain importance lost. Birth rates will plummet as fertility is compromised however family units, including elders, cousins and the immediate nucleus, will coalesce once again. Sensationalist entertainment will lose favor.
The ability to wage war will be greatly reduced. Transportation to a distant land with large amounts of equipment will become difficult as transportation is compromised. Larger, currently strong military nations will no longer require armed forces as large as exist today however the current push to reduce them, nowadays so popular and widespread, will be understood as a noble error. The generalized notion that restricting implements improves behavior will be comprehended as lazy, shortsighted and even hostile. No weapon of war launches itself and the clamor for their elimination will be seen as tacit permission to warmongers to just seek different tools. Victimhood will recognize defense as prevention.
Climate and atmospheric changes not dangerous to humans will temporarily compromise crops and many forms of plant life. The return to a cultivation cycle similar to that before the "Dim Period" will not see a return to food consumption patterns of old. Animal proteins will fall quite abruptly; reliance on the milks, eggs and derivatives will increase. Simple fowl and fish consumption will see an upturn, as will vegetable proteins. Many factory processed foods common today, such as snack foods, sodas and pre-packaged meals will simply disappear, as will many breads, pastas and other processed carbohydrates.
Skepticism of approach will shrink. Clever distrust in defense of one’s good position will no longer be valued. Honesty in dealings will reappear along with acceptance of differences, and the ability to disagree, will return. Concepts of tolerance, diversity and inclusiveness fashionable in many societies today will be seen for what they are; initiatives to replace one set of ideas and influence with a new set that subjugates previous ideas as the new ideas believed they were trampled by the old. The same cycle perpetuated by a new chieftain leading the oppression troops, this time in a different direction, with the power play preserved for the newly-in-control.
No longer will we be quick to label things, as the leader beneficiaries of labeling and separation now enjoy. No power and influence will be had by doing so; cooperation will come more naturally. Difference of opinion will be questioned and answers considered.
Bear in mind, there will be resistance to these changes, and perceived losers will bitterly resist as they have been trained to do. Loss of influence will cut deep into superficial and relatively worthless personal emotions; the loser will not easily and quickly accept. Reflexive responses will ring empty and hollow as most potential supporters will be focused elsewhere and little interest will be generated. Most humans will watch the scenario unfold and come to understand, clearly, what the old game was really about.
With employment irrevocably altered and remunerated activity seen as what the person does - NOT who a person is - a return to our character, ideas, hopes and weaknesses will occur. Pursuit of goals, objectives, profits and expansion will be seen as the greased, water-filled balloons they are. The substance of our lives and the things we value beyond today’s concepts will rise and be understood again. Fleeting concerns perceived as having permanent effects will be fleeting once again.
We will see each others' souls and we'll know what we are in a way humanity does not recognize now.
The Existence of Other Civilizations
Physical Life elsewhere in The Milky Way and across The Universe
04 May 2012
We’ve nicknamed our galaxy “The Milky Way” because of the 200 to 400 billion stars. The vast numbers create a nebulous fog of individual stars that cannot be distinguished. The closer ones can, of course, been seen clearly.
The estimate of Milky Way planets is as many as the stars. 10 billion of them – 2½ to 5% - are estimated to be within the “habitable” zone, not too far or close to their star and able to thus support “life” as we assume that might be.
The speed of light we believe to be the limit of travel velocity means 100,000 to 120,000 years are needed to cross the estimated size of our galaxy. This either means we’ll never know what’s beyond the travel time of a decade or two or travel begun from decade or two away from us will not reach Earth.
That being so, let’s make a few assumptions based on proportions and rates of incidence known to occur in all types of samples. Half of the 10 billion planets in habitable zones have living organisms of some type. Let’s assume that half of the different types of living organisms as Earth are found on each. We have two types, plant and animal and many levels within. For intelligent beings we’re limited to the animal part; on Earth we have from microbes to mankind.
This would mean 5 billion with organisms: 2.5 billion with animal organisms. Half the 26 orders of mammals on Earth,13 orders. Let’s also say half the planets, so we’re down to 1¼ billion with mammals; 1,250,000,000 /13 = 96,153,846 in the highest order.
Let’s also assume there is but one intelligent species per 10 of such planets, 9,615,384.
Let’s assume only 10% of these also have a developed, intelligent civilization; 961,538.
Let’s assume only 10% have reached our level of development; we’re now down to 96,154. Let’s also assume only 10% of those have significantly exceeded our scientific knowledge and ability; we’re down to 9,615.
Let’s take 9,615 bicycle riders; how many will have professional ability to race, 1%? How about flu sufferers, how many pass away from it, 1%? Punctured tires over useful life among 9,615 cars?
It’s easy to see how there can be hundreds of civilizations superior to ours; virtually any large group of anything will demonstrate rates of incidence of almost any measurable characteristic higher than these simplistic assumptions.
Is it logical to believe there is no superior - maybe some of it vastly superior - alien intelligence in physical bodies anywhere else in The Milky Way?
Look to forward to Earth ships becoming UFOs somewhere else. The Starship Federation was onto something when they sent the Enterprise "to boldy go where no man has gone before".
We’ve nicknamed our galaxy “The Milky Way” because of the 200 to 400 billion stars. The vast numbers create a nebulous fog of individual stars that cannot be distinguished. The closer ones can, of course, been seen clearly.
The estimate of Milky Way planets is as many as the stars. 10 billion of them – 2½ to 5% - are estimated to be within the “habitable” zone, not too far or close to their star and able to thus support “life” as we assume that might be.
The speed of light we believe to be the limit of travel velocity means 100,000 to 120,000 years are needed to cross the estimated size of our galaxy. This either means we’ll never know what’s beyond the travel time of a decade or two or travel begun from decade or two away from us will not reach Earth.
That being so, let’s make a few assumptions based on proportions and rates of incidence known to occur in all types of samples. Half of the 10 billion planets in habitable zones have living organisms of some type. Let’s assume that half of the different types of living organisms as Earth are found on each. We have two types, plant and animal and many levels within. For intelligent beings we’re limited to the animal part; on Earth we have from microbes to mankind.
This would mean 5 billion with organisms: 2.5 billion with animal organisms. Half the 26 orders of mammals on Earth,13 orders. Let’s also say half the planets, so we’re down to 1¼ billion with mammals; 1,250,000,000 /13 = 96,153,846 in the highest order.
Let’s also assume there is but one intelligent species per 10 of such planets, 9,615,384.
Let’s assume only 10% of these also have a developed, intelligent civilization; 961,538.
Let’s assume only 10% have reached our level of development; we’re now down to 96,154. Let’s also assume only 10% of those have significantly exceeded our scientific knowledge and ability; we’re down to 9,615.
Let’s take 9,615 bicycle riders; how many will have professional ability to race, 1%? How about flu sufferers, how many pass away from it, 1%? Punctured tires over useful life among 9,615 cars?
It’s easy to see how there can be hundreds of civilizations superior to ours; virtually any large group of anything will demonstrate rates of incidence of almost any measurable characteristic higher than these simplistic assumptions.
Is it logical to believe there is no superior - maybe some of it vastly superior - alien intelligence in physical bodies anywhere else in The Milky Way?
Look to forward to Earth ships becoming UFOs somewhere else. The Starship Federation was onto something when they sent the Enterprise "to boldy go where no man has gone before".
