tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post4305314981356228101..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: FAR Future, Episode 75: Interlude (Pattern Shift)Larry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-81141235027178898222009-03-08T22:40:00.000-04:002009-03-08T22:40:00.000-04:00Wooly, that's not a bad idea. It'll happen some ti...Wooly, that's not a bad idea. It'll happen some time, right? I thought maybe you were thinking of The Big One in California.<BR/><BR/>Next episode is ready to go at 7am tomorrow!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-44758755039409309892009-03-08T10:39:00.000-04:002009-03-08T10:39:00.000-04:00Ah Greenlands ice cap...That thing is still around...Ah Greenlands ice cap...That thing is still around in 2035?<BR/><BR/>My guess (wrong though it was) was volcanic eruption at Yellowstone.Woolysheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081381687156224381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-82586358876285565682009-03-06T20:33:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:33:00.000-05:00Raven, welcome to the free-range insane asylum!Lea...Raven, welcome to the free-range insane asylum!<BR/><BR/>Leave it to a traditional Bad Omen to get this news right…Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-19592934531217121732009-03-04T12:09:00.000-05:002009-03-04T12:09:00.000-05:00Northeast from the USA...that's probably the Green...Northeast from the USA...that's probably the Greenland icecap falling into the sea.Odin's Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138497698247404499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-33961659411754223502009-03-03T21:44:00.000-05:002009-03-03T21:44:00.000-05:00Hi Boran… it's ugly, all right.Hi Boran… it's ugly, all right.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-25547573008828854282009-03-03T20:54:00.000-05:002009-03-03T20:54:00.000-05:00Sounds like a prelude to...something. And not som...Sounds like a prelude to...something. And not something good. I can't wait to see where you are going with this Far.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-17985317054374960132009-03-02T23:45:00.000-05:002009-03-02T23:45:00.000-05:00You know what they say, Yooper… all good things mu...You know what they say, Yooper… all good things must come to an end. "Good" in this case is in the eye of the reader, of course, but the end isn't right away (at a post a week, it might be in August). I might stretch it out a bit with an appendix of sorts, expanding on some of the references that end up getting condensed to a few sentences.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-22199339153836546062009-03-02T23:32:00.000-05:002009-03-02T23:32:00.000-05:00exactly what you're pertaining to by suugesting a ...<I>exactly what you're pertaining to by suugesting a new ethos being born in the West</I><BR/><BR/>Hi Yooper, Future FARf here. My younger self was engaging in a bit of hyperbole there. The "new ethos" — population control, living within the land's carrying capacity, all the memes opposite to the throwaway society — is hardly new; it's been around in part since the 1960s. But in the last 10 years or so, it reached a critical mass of sorts and became the "normal" way of looking at our role in the world.<BR/><BR/>European historians mark 2028 as the demarcation point, when the Pope declared that humanity had fulfilled the commandment to "be fruitful and multiply," lifted the official restrictions on birth control (until the world population falls below 2 billion), and declared that "all should be mindful of what they leave behind them." But they were simply getting in front of an existing parade. It helped a lot south of the border though!<BR/><BR/>We're getting along as best as we can. It may not be enough, but we're finally getting our act together and giving it a good try. No axis wobble (yet), and Russia is extracting as much of that methane as they can to sell in their own market and throughout Europe. Again, I don't know if it'll be enough, but everyone knows what's at stake.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-5823394367993454672009-03-02T14:02:00.000-05:002009-03-02T14:02:00.000-05:00This has been an excellent scenario, I hope it nev...This has been an excellent scenario, I hope it never ends! One must pretty much have all their ducks in a row to write a believeable scenario... However, of those that can manage that, leaves little doubt about how truly informed the writer is. Putting it all together, is extremely hard and rare.<BR/><BR/>I know it may be annoying to some, but the study of historical patterns might be of some value in making an attempt to projecting the future, whatever that may be. "But patterns leave room for free will and chaos." Well said, Far.<BR/><BR/>"...the species must either clean its nest or suffocate in its own waste." Again, I can't agree more.<BR/><BR/>There are many who believe that this civilization is "doomed" (hate, that word). Due to global warming (which has happened before) will in part, melt the ice caps of one or both Poles. As that happens methane gas will be released from the perma frost. Also as oceans warm, this too will release this gas, that many believe will do in this civilization, as well as many of earths other inhabitants. Some even go so far to suggest that the earth axis may change at some point during this process...<BR/><BR/>Far, I'd be interested in exactly what you're pertaining to by suugesting a new ethos being born in the West?<BR/><BR/>As for populations that are highly dense in area such as India, China and some "metropolises", I believe some really horrific nightmares may be realized. Generally speaking, these can become choatic and the collapse of them quite rapid. As for other areas maybe not quickly or as uniformaly...<BR/><BR/>Yup, you have me on the edge of my seat, Far! What could be that distant thunder coming from the Northeast?yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-41115417523938541122009-03-02T11:46:00.000-05:002009-03-02T11:46:00.000-05:00Northeast, Wooly…Northeast, Wooly…Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-3521857207193592422009-03-02T11:31:00.000-05:002009-03-02T11:31:00.000-05:00Oh..... is the roar coming from the northwestern d...Oh..... is the roar coming from the northwestern direction? I won't make any further guesses here.Woolysheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081381687156224381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-59609764608581934992009-03-02T08:08:00.000-05:002009-03-02T08:08:00.000-05:00Thanks, Mrs. M. It's on the way…Thanks, Mrs. M. It's on the way…Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-45050796399314634942009-03-02T07:40:00.000-05:002009-03-02T07:40:00.000-05:00Nice shift in the story line FAR! That last line i...Nice shift in the story line FAR! That last line is leaving me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happens next!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com