tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post571481970101279909..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: FAR Future, Episode 100: The Final VisionLarry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-27514072458469748062010-06-22T19:25:20.387-04:002010-06-22T19:25:20.387-04:00Hey FAR!! It's been a long time since I have b...Hey FAR!! It's been a long time since I have been here. Hoping all is well on Planet Georgia! I have just finally, slowly, started coming back to the world after a rather life-shattering-changing-evolving kind of year or so that I have had.<br /><br />I had to catch up on reading FAR Future and got to this episode. Some of the things you have been saying got me to thinking (WOW my brain really does work-sort of-after it's hibernation in moth balls.) Humanity dying out because of our trash got me thinking of global warming. But that track started earlier today when I was watching the news regarding the BP Spill and how they are "burning" off the oil and seeing those nasty plumes of black smoke. They say these are measures to help get rid of some of the oil to lessen the effects on our shorelines. Hmmmm, now what about the effects on our air? That got me to thinking about Climate Change. Almost like my mind went into hyper-drive today. It seems the consensus of scientific opinion is that Earth's climate is being affected by human activities. Hmmm, go figure!<br /><br />Anyways, just adding in my 2 cents worth after all this time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-3931885711073660862009-08-15T02:17:56.241-04:002009-08-15T02:17:56.241-04:00True that… this time, the geographic bound is the ...True that… this time, the geographic bound is the entire world — and unlike the Rapa Nui or Greenland folk, we have more information (including the above two counter-examples) and the ability to transport information and physical goods much faster than the ancients.<br /><br />I think, in the end, we won't bother going to war over the last of the oil. People started saying "screw it" when it hit $4/gal last year; when it's $44/gal there won't be much enthusiasm for getting more of it.<br /><br />I've outlined three scenarios, depicted in the "FAR Manor 2058" series (links in the top right) — I want to return to the second "Crash and Burn" scenario, the one featuring Old Guy, but the muse will send me there when she's good & ready.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-40189753913578650362009-08-14T19:46:19.493-04:002009-08-14T19:46:19.493-04:00Far, I would really think that downsizing is the o...Far, I would really think that downsizing is the only choice left to us. The alternative is – well, not to exist. If it comes down to it, I would prefer that we have some living descendants (even if they never jet to the left coast, trade stocks, drive cars, or get expensive college educations) rather than us be exterminated or gone extinct.<br /><br />Unfortunately our natural tendency seems to be to pull an Easter Island or a Norse Greenland, at least when we're geographically bounded.Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-72749029078782128592009-08-14T07:50:15.903-04:002009-08-14T07:50:15.903-04:00Hi Nudge!
Glad you liked it. The whole point, of ...Hi Nudge!<br /><br />Glad you liked it. The whole point, of course, is that we have the <i>ability</i> to achieve that safe return. Perhaps we'll do it, like in <i>FAR Future</i>, because it's really the only (or easiest) choice we have.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-54109442428943224762009-08-14T05:03:45.135-04:002009-08-14T05:03:45.135-04:00Mmm .. love the metaphor of seeing the different f...Mmm .. love the metaphor of seeing the different futures. Could not agree more about the ultimate end of the story of what we would do if we had unlimited amounts of energy at our disposal. As it is, it's probably a blessing for the earth (and for us too) that the FF adventure will soon be coming to an end.<br /><br />Fossil fuels were just the excess sugar that caused us to outgrow the limits of our petri dish, which we had hitherto safely inhabited since time immemorial. Hopefully we can safely return to lower & more stable populations.<br /><br />Great stuff :)Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-47777349940648647122009-08-12T20:39:47.265-04:002009-08-12T20:39:47.265-04:00Thanks, Boran!Thanks, Boran!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-75197497933749177002009-08-11T22:32:18.365-04:002009-08-11T22:32:18.365-04:00Enjoying one's time is very good advice. Well...Enjoying one's time is very good advice. Well done.<br /><br />I'm very interested in reading the next installment, Far.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.com