"... On Aug 27, 3:21 pm, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> As a kid I learned well the need to keep candles, all the crabby > griping is not lost on me. I hope one day I can pick through it all and > say to my kids of various things, 'Just don't get caught without it!' > and teach them to use it. Not to demean candles, which need a source of fire to become useful as far as light is concerned, I have a small foldable pocket size pair of solar panels which, even in the dimness of twilight, can generate enough electrical energy to light up a sizeable bank of LEDs or charge a small set of batteries. (Ref. Google AstroPower). > Immediate survival aside, if the state of > nature is an extended stay, that's a damn good reason to maintain > community and communications. How quickly would turmoil ensue without > our TV, radio and internet? Without a doubt communication is absolutely necessary to the maintenance of any community. I've this thesis I've been working on for some time which I hope makes it's way into print at some point; that being that the history of human civilization can be written quite accurately in terms of the development of our means of communication. And with the advent of the Internet, I'm convinced we are in the throes of a sea change thrusting us forward in civilization. > Yes, I have very deep seated instinctual troubles with the concept of > hysteria, I call it my 'Neandertal' genes. Aye, myself as well. It's the main reasons I avoid public gatherings, especially when we gather around emotional issues to begin with (i.e., politics and sports for example).
