[meteorite-list] Large Impact Event Survival (HOPE)
From: MexicoDoug_at_aol.com <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:28 2004 Message-ID: <1da.1b0cca53.2d6f6fe0_at_aol.com> --part1_1da.1b0cca53.2d6f6fe0_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dirk,=20 No need to be so negative about humanity. Change is change and crap happens= ,=20 inevitably once in a while. Your observation about "third world countries"=20 was interesting. That is what I would like to address in the following nove= l=20 which would be my prediction. I speculate just the opposite would happen. Most "third world" countries=20 can't even manage to feed themselves now with sustinance agriculture. Hunte= rs=20 gatherers are not much different from the dinosaurs and they don't have warm= =20 places to live or a store to buy gas masks in. Farmers in places like the U= S=20 have large storage of grains, onions, etc., and folks like those from Hollan= d=20 have great technology for glasshouses that could be quickly adapted. Not to= =20 mention all the nuclear fuel "developed" countries have to combate the bigge= st=20 problem ... cold. So in my novel, as usual the "third world" comes out losi= ng,=20 and a good part of the "developed" world comes out well. And maybe all thos= e=20 organic farmer types and Montana survivalists, too. Not many of them. =20 Distribution systems would become imperative and the capitalist profit motiv= e=20 combined with the iron hand of the "tyrants" you seem to think lowly of woul= d kick in=20 like you wouldn't believe or else we'd all face a "Prisoner's Dilemma". The= n=20 no one could make any money anymore. There is no doubt in my mind that I'd=20 rather be in Houston if this happened. The oil companies would do superbly=20= and=20 would have wonderful support. Oh, although Japan is a "developed" country,=20 its population would be washed off the face of the Earth, but there are so m= any=20 Japanese expats that this would not be the end of them, as a matter of fact,= =20 precisely those types of people are the "tyrant" types also that would help=20 put the pieces back together. The saddest thing would be we would loose Cape Kennedy and all of Florida, a= s=20 well as the possible the French site in NE South America. The doomsayer scenarios in my humble opinion, are from people who have it to= o=20 comfortable at the moment and fear change of their lifestyle, and fail to se= e=20 the good nature of like minded people to their own "race" - the type that=20 founded the Latin American countries, US, Canada, drives middle eastern=20 countries, China and Japan for example, or if you like Ancient Greece. No m= oral=20 decision on my part here - just what history seems to repeat, and maybe it w= ould be=20 different in our globalized world - but my guess is not by a long shot. Death comes to all at one time or another. If it were to be by asteroid, I=20 think I would rather look forward to surviving the new world ahead, cooperat= e=20 for survival, and of course, like a Hurricane Party that (sometimes referred= to=20 as dumb) Floridians are accustomed to, I would be absolutely sure to get a=20 good view of such a spectacular event as once-in-a-lifetime doesn't do it=20 justice. My only prayer if it were certain, would be not to be too near gro= und=20 zero. But if I were, at least I would take advantage of the ring side seat=20= with=20 my loved ones. Saludos Doug Dawn M=E9xico En un mensaje con fecha 02/26/2004 8:45:11 AM Mexico Standard Time,=20 drtanuki_at_yahoo.com escribe: > Sorry for the burden of knowing for those that didn`t want to know. I=20 > will take my meditation now. Sincerely, Dirk Ross....Japan --part1_1da.1b0cca53.2d6f6fe0_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY= =3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Dirk, <BR> <BR> No need to be so negative about humanity. Change is change and crap ha= ppens, inevitably once in a while. Your observation about "third world= countries" was interesting. That is what I would like to address in t= he following novel which would be my prediction.<BR> <BR> I speculate just the opposite would happen. Most "third world" countri= es can't even manage to feed themselves now with sustinance agriculture.&nbs= p; Hunters gatherers are not much different from the dinosaurs and they don'= t have warm places to live or a store to buy gas masks in. Farmers in=20= places like the US have large storage of grains, onions, etc., and folks lik= e those from Holland have great technology for glasshouses that could be qui= ckly adapted. Not to mention all the nuclear fuel "developed" countrie= s have to combate the biggest problem ... cold. So in my novel, as usu= al the "third world" comes out losing, and a good part of the "developed" wo= rld comes out well. And maybe all those organic farmer types and Monta= na survivalists, too. Not many of them. Distribution systems wou= ld become imperative and the capitalist profit motive combined with the iron= hand of the "tyrants" you seem to think lowly of would kick in like you wou= ldn't believe or else we'd all face a "Prisoner's Dilemma". Then no on= e could make any money anymore. There is no doubt in my mind that I'd=20= rather be in Houston if this happened. The oil companies would do supe= rbly and would have wonderful support. Oh, although Japan is a "develo= ped" country, its population would be washed off the face of the Earth, but=20= there are so many Japanese expats that this would not be the end of them, as= a matter of fact, precisely those types of people are the "tyrant" types al= so that would help put the pieces back together.<BR> <BR> The saddest thing would be we would loose Cape Kennedy and all of Florida, a= s well as the possible the French site in NE South America.<BR> <BR> The doomsayer scenarios in my humble opinion, are from people who have it to= o comfortable at the moment and fear change of their lifestyle, and fail to=20= see the good nature of like minded people to their own "race" - the type tha= t founded the Latin American countries, US, Canada, drives middle eastern co= untries, China and Japan for example, or if you like Ancient Greece. N= o moral decision on my part here - just what history seems to repeat, and ma= ybe it would be different in our globalized world - but my guess is not by a= long shot.<BR> <BR> Death comes to all at one time or another. If it were to be by asteroi= d, I think I would rather look forward to surviving the new world ahead, coo= perate for survival, and of course, like a Hurricane Party that (sometimes r= eferred to as dumb) Floridians are accustomed to, I would be absolutely sure= to get a good view of such a spectacular event as once-in-a-lifetime doesn'= t do it justice. My only prayer if it were certain, would be not to be= too near ground zero. But if I were, at least I would take advantage=20= of the ring side seat with my loved ones.<BR> <BR> Saludos<BR> Doug Dawn<BR> M=E9xico<BR> <BR> <BR> En un mensaje con fecha 02/26/2004 8:45:11 AM Mexico Standard Time, drtanuki= _at_yahoo.com escribe:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Sorry for the burd= en of knowing for those that didn`t want to know. I will take my medit= ation now. Sincerely, Dirk Ross....Japan</BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_1da.1b0cca53.2d6f6fe0_boundary-- Received on Thu 26 Feb 2004 10:50:56 AM PST |
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