QotD: That's the Worst
What's the worst thing that could happen to you today? Bonus question: How would that thing potentially benefit you?
Thing: My entire race could be wiped out by an unprecedented solar flare, meteor strike or cataclysmic geological action like a volcano the size of Australia blowing smoke into the trophosphere.
Benefit: I wouldn't have to separate the recycling into separate bags any more.
Comments
As for recyling.......don't you have separate bins? We do. Much easier.....
Ladnfill is Ok when you have the land to put it in. Problem is, we are running out of space................ well, usable, economic, non-invasive, non-destructive land anyway..............
Problem is we don't have room for separate bins.
The other problem is they don't collect the recycling half the time anyway for no reason I have been able to discern.
Surely it's so easy to turn card and paper into more card and paper and plastic into more plastic and steel into more steel etc, that just bunging it into the ground is a bit rubbish?
Oooh, or, even better, create a mole machine that takes the rubbish down to the mantel and burns upon, so the lava eats all the rubbish. That would be cool.
Firstly, nanites........the only thing in technology that properly scares me....... I guess you are going to want me to elaborate........well, I can't be bothered and the reason its scary is for all the reasons that Sci-Fi books and and and and.....science "fortune tellers" have been saynig for years.....this shit CAN happen..........
Secondly, James, did you DO Geography to even a basic level at school? You have just created an instant volvano and with all that pressure, I reckon with a straight, unblocked hole, you have caused a pretty damn big and catastrophic one! Eeek!
Landfill won't always work for two reasons.......no, make that three..........
Firstly, not enough room. I know, I know, there is loads of open space, but this leads on to.......
Its environmentally pretty bad and with the whole hoo haa going on with the environment at the moment, I can't see them sanctioning much more of it....
Thirdly, its dangerous because of gas build up, toxicity to the surroundings and dangerous to actually maintain.........
We don't have a suitable alternative right now, admittedly, but it will become a pretty unpopular solution in years to come.....
God knows where all rubbish is going to go!
The Mole machines would fairly obviously plug up the hole behind it in a manner so stable that it resisted lava, that should be fairly easy.
Next, what does "bad to the environment" really mean? Nothing, it's just Green propaganda. Bury it in a hole in the centre of the planet and let the lava eat it. Or send it into space.
As for nanites, don't wory because you'll have nano-defence, read The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.
Ok, so, you have a machine that fills in the hole as it goes down...............SOOOOO...........
How do you get the rubbish down there? You may as well have not bothered! Unless you have a disposable machine that takes the rubbish down with it and stays down there.
Also, as an aside to this, if you disturb the ground that far down as you dig deeper, surely the very fact that you are sticking a great big hole in it (even if you are filling it up as you go along) would make everything all very, very weak and therefor cause not only the volcano, but probably a rather large earthquake? Think about it when you dig a hole with a spade in your garden. The dirt NEVER goes back into the whole flat or solidly like it was before you dug it out. The same would happen with this machine!
I agree there is a lot of green propaganda and I am very much on your side with a lot of arguments with this, as you know. But you have to concede that we are pretty much wrecking the planet and there will be nothing left of it soon if we don't start taking action on the smaller things (NOT the whole global warming debate, as I think you know how I feel about that.....). Recycling IS a good thing for a start, definitely cos that it something that can have an impact on you quickly, locally and for yourself. Using less water is good. Turning things off when not in use can be thrown in with the whole global warming debate, I know, but at least it has the benefit of saving you money too.......
I am not averse to actually saving the planet. I think its a good idea. I just get annoyed with misguided arguments that are uneducated and "knee jerk" in their intent.
But hey, back the frivolity of our own little fantasy world.........
And I have read The Diamond Age. In fact, I think I still have it somewhere. Its very good, but it IS a book...........and it IS the musings of someones imagination. Can you honestly say that none of this will ever go wrong? Not convinced...........
That was exactly my point, except that it should get dissolved by the lava, along with...
"plug up the hole behind it in a manner so stable that it resisted lava"
And as for using less water, it's been flooding for the last two years!