Graynomad:
You guys get real life-threatening cold that compounds things. We never really get so cold that a good jacket can't handle it, one reason I like living up north.
Rob
I'm disappointed in myself. It took my mind a whole 5 minutes to figure out how you could get warmer by going north.
Graynomad:
You guys get real life-threatening cold that compounds things. We never really get so cold that a good jacket can't handle it, one reason I like living up north.
Rob
I'm disappointed in myself. It took my mind a whole 5 minutes to figure out how you could get warmer by going north.
Yea, and their toilet water when flushed spin backwards so we have to give them a lot of some leeway in their comments.
At least cold is cold and hot is hot so we can bank on that I guess.
Some day they totally privatize emergency services here. Then the people who are paid up get help until the profit margin drops and the service declares bankruptcy, leaving the government/taxpayers to pick up the tab as usual. Those who aren't paid up will be known as 'Cranicks' and be mocked by talk radio conservatives.
But that won't be happening soon.
Grey Nomad, what do you think of methane digesters? Any organic waste like kitchen scraps or vegetation off the roadside can in time make fuel, and the 'waste' liquid is good fertilizer. Unlike an aquaponics setup you can probably drive around with a decent size digester on your truck.
I don't really know anything about them. Many (some?) of our rubbish tips here have methane reclamation. I'm all for stuff that will make us more independent, I was going to beta test a grey water recycling system a few years ago, but they couldn't get it small enough.
As for Armageddon, I already have the Mad Max vehicle and 6 months supply of home brew ingredients, bring it on.
Why isn't the national guard and the Army all over these places like a rash with generators, fuel tankers, mess facilities with free hot meals, field hospitals, whatever is needed.
It is a question of what you think the role of the government should be.
There is a case to be made that people will remain stupid if stupidity is rewarded.
Many times, the best help you can give people is not to help them.
It's natural (and right I think) for people to want to better themselves and their situation. It turns into greed when said people have more than they can ever use and yet want even more.
Anyone read the Mexican fisherman story? It's a classic.
Graynomad:
It's natural (and right I think) for people to want to better themselves and their situation. It turns into greed when said people have more than they can ever use and yet want even more.
Anyone read the Mexican fisherman story? It's a classic.
Rob
Very NSFW comedian, Lewis Black, on Greed:
"Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow."
Ah yes but don't confuse wealth creation with greed.
We do need people with the drive to create large companies that in turn produce goods and livelihoods for the vast majority that don't have the vision or the drive and just want a job.
But the wealth created should be distributed more equitably. Yes as the prime mover you should get paid a lot more than the janitor, but at present you have people spending more on a hotel room for the night than others earn in a year. Not that there's anything new in this, it's been the case ever since there was "stuff" to buy.
There are a few that don't follow the greed path, billionaires that still drive their old Chevy and give a large part of their wealth to various causes.
I just watched a documentary on some bloke (I think he is the richest person in China), he still eats with the staff in the lunch room and gives most of his money away.
He has created a huge amount of wealth, given a good livelihood to 1000s of people (presumably or they wouldn't eat with him, either that or they are scared of being fired :)) and not an ounce of greed in sight (as far as one can tell from a documentary anyway).
So I would argue that greed, while as natural to humans as breathing, is wrong and not necessary.
Wanting to better yourself is good, but as I said before once you have more than you need it becomes greed. This is largely semantics though as some people "need" more than others, for example I "need" an Arduino Due while others need health care or a good meal.