We will likely run out of oil by year 2070.
The plan is to use electric vehicles including HGVs. Obviously cars will have to reduce because we cannot make enough power.
Nuclear power is likely to stop due to lack of nuclear materials by year 2100.
There will not be enough energy to power our HGVs.
Without HGVs, we cannot distribute food to the cities or supply the farms with vital fertilizers. We cannot use the factories we used to.
To make electricity we always have to take something out of the environment and we are taking too much.
We will have a technology blackout. Most knowledge is stored on the internet.
There will be a world-wide apocalypse.
Battle Plan
- Reduce power consumption and start to find ways to do things without power.
- Start learning these things now to teach our grandchildren.
- Transfer useful information to a medium we can read but does not deteriorate too quickly, not plastic – due to the bacteria.
- Stop ignoring the problem. The problems of tomorrow are the problems of today.
- Reduce population by restricting new childbirth worldwide.
Sometimes the way back is the way forward.
Some Positives
Some organisations are saying we may have more uranium available from other areas, for example, the deep sea.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-long-will-global-uranium-deposits-last/
The above article is older information and I am still looking over the issues. They suggest a very long period of nuclear power capability.
This may buy us time to respond.
Some Negatives
There is still a problem with tritiated water and the breakdown to heavy water. Heavy water is not being broken down to normal water. Heavy water stops mitoses and therefore means humans and animals alike will have survival problems as this gets into the drinking water supply over a long time period.
Nuclear power is a stop-gap while looking for cleaner ways to make electricity.
Ideas for Computing Technology
Computing could be simplified to use extremely low power, much like e-paper devices and monochrome solutions, as colour is a nicety that we made for our pleasure, not as a need. Maybe a tricolour e-paper on a small micro-powered system with very basic functions with the most minimal power consumption to maintain photos and training materials. But why not dithered monochrome for common functions. Maybe we should look to the needs, not the wants.
There may be a need to reduce data on the systems where such data is not really needed. As such would reduce power consumption and the physical resources to maintain it. I have looked at the outlay of my own systems and at present it is minimal.
The difference between old and new technology is we can provide what we had back then with less power.
Manufacturing
There is a huge overhead of electricity in manufacturing. This is a difficult thing to overcome as there is much need for a number of products. I.e. Food production. But with a smaller population, there is less volume required.
Does fashion drive wants or needs? “Keeping up with the Joneses.”
Art and its Importance
Art and culture are important as they can inspire and create ideas. But not all ideas aspire to needs.
