tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post7488607356515664466..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: FAR Future, Episode 67: Letters on the Eve of WarLarry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-15071694597996795152009-01-06T21:26:00.000-05:002009-01-06T21:26:00.000-05:00Interesting, Nudge… I'd always heard New Engla...Interesting, Nudge… I'd always heard New England soil was thin & rocky. Perhaps all the rock-clearing over the centuries has improved that?Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-40392676669329978342009-01-06T19:21:00.000-05:002009-01-06T19:21:00.000-05:00Guys, this is why I tell friends specifically /not...Guys, this is why I tell friends specifically /not/ to bail out of the northeast (particularly New England) unless something truly bad happens here .. like carpet nuking. You would not believe the volume of free / flowing / standing / falling water if I told you. This area is essentially a temperate rainforest. The soil is pretty decent too, at least where it hasn't been scraped away or paved over.<BR/><BR/>It was quite surreal this past year or two to hear stories of drought in the Atlanta area, disputes between Georgia & Tennessee over a river/lake, or the Great Lakes losing volume .. when every day I drove past swamps & millponds so full that they were almost up to the edges of the roads.<BR/><BR/>That being said .. the volume of “green power” (haha) you could harvest from all this flowing water is nowhere near what people think it is. One can easily see, from the historical records, that the local water power was put to making goods the community could sell for money (finished furniture, lumber, paper, paperboard, rope, suspenders, sailcloth) rather than running generators to power a couple hundred Wii counsoles so the local teenagers could escape boredom.Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-12339175885444353262009-01-06T10:11:00.000-05:002009-01-06T10:11:00.000-05:00Simul-post!Yeah, Yooper, I hope that goes through....Simul-post!<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Yooper, I hope that goes through. Lord knows the UP could use a boost.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-36240685701752471362009-01-06T10:10:00.000-05:002009-01-06T10:10:00.000-05:00Hm, interesting points there, guys. It kind of fit...Hm, interesting points there, guys. It kind of fits with Kunstler's "moron crescent" concept. Regional cultures, each with their own ideas of how things should work, were much more distinct before TV sort of leveled things out. There's still a fair amount of politics-by-region (one state two states red states blue states); there are common interests but also regional interests. As long as the more toxic elements (e.g. institutional/de facto racism) are flushed out of the various cultures, it's probably all to the good.<BR/><BR/>The Great Lakes states have already banded together to prevent Arid-zona and other western states from poaching their water, and rightly so… I do expect a regional boom period in the midwest, whether the rest of the country is declining or not, simply because there's plenty of water. Will ore freighters will get smaller and sail-powered again? It's certainly possible.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-5905447073394384442009-01-06T10:09:00.000-05:002009-01-06T10:09:00.000-05:00Heh! heh! Hope that does happen, and Obama is good...Heh! heh! Hope that does happen, and Obama is good for his word, that infrastructure will get a "facelift". This could be the difference of me making money in the $10-$20 per hour range now (and for the past 8 years/Bush Adminstration) and say $60 to $100 per hour range. If the Locks project finally gets the approval for the go ahead. I'll likely retire there. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy, right Far? heh! heh!yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-85440539101879415202009-01-06T09:55:00.000-05:002009-01-06T09:55:00.000-05:00Hey Far! Yup, you're "regional fracturalism" is ve...Hey Far! Yup, you're "regional fracturalism" is very interesting and much more believeable than say http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html<BR/><BR/>Can't agree more with Nudge's thoughts of "regional factionalism" too, and you bet, we've been down that road yesterday, today and will very likely continue to have, regional peoples with common ideals or goals...<BR/><BR/>Hmmm, I do believe there may be somekind of "Great Lakes" coalition now... This could involve those states around the Great Lakes and St. Lawerence seaway.<BR/><BR/>I'll just bet, that with the new Obama (Northern) adminstration, this region may now be favored, we'll see. I do believe it's just now that the dynamics of govermental influence is changing, in a rather dramatic way.yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-78455297225496412282009-01-06T05:09:00.000-05:002009-01-06T05:09:00.000-05:00Regional factionalism: we've been there before.FAR...Regional factionalism: we've been there before.<BR/><BR/>FAR, keep up the good work :)Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-49550870768817862292009-01-05T15:15:00.000-05:002009-01-05T15:15:00.000-05:00Yooper, Tulsa has enough energy-related industry t...Yooper, Tulsa has enough energy-related industry to make it interesting and even important in a lot of ways. (Wait'll you see what's coming next!)<BR/><BR/>Interesting idea, drawing up a map of the various divisions in <I>FAR Future</I>. If I get a chance, I'll do it.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-81567193600010227382009-01-05T09:16:00.000-05:002009-01-05T09:16:00.000-05:00"Penitent", eh? Had to look that one up: "Feeling ..."Penitent", eh? Had to look that one up: "Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins." Not that I'm a heathen or anything..Gee Far, you're a good guy, hope those Rotters leave ya alone...<BR/><BR/>I was a bit surprised that you have a city like Tusla even on the map in 2022. I'd very much suspect that this city might be one of the first to fall. Like Baghdad? I'll just bet, in more ways than one! No wonder everybody is worried about Kim!<BR/><BR/>Gee Far, ever consider drawing a map showing your divisions in the country at a pacticular time? That would be interesting! Can you imagine that an article such as http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html even made the WSJ? <BR/><BR/>Times are changing...<BR/><BR/>Thanks, yooperyooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.com