Re: Inventions That Change Our Lives.
Originally Posted by
Swannie148
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Now now OGF without progress we are back as cave dwellers. I believe we are now trying to make amends for polluting our planet over the past 150 years. Those holes in the ground these days are for greener energy sources to power our next gen vehicles and power stations. There is hope yet for the human race and our planet.
I'll be the first one to praise the inventors Swannie, in fact I squirrel away in my workshop and invent and build stuff but unfortunately it has all been invented before...
No matter, It's the journey I enjoy more than the destination!...
However, you have to agree that progress and new materials are not infinite, and at some point it will slow down and stop when we have exhausted the planet of every useful material. A while back I was reading about a shortage of copper; can you imagine a world without copper...There is also a shortage of 'sand' sand would you believe! Apparently it has to be a special kind of sand to make concrete and cement, not just any sand will do! And just look at some of the things we require as humans since say the fifties.....What used to be gadgets and gizmos are now necessities.
Mobile Phones, TV (Sky, Satellite, freeview, Netflix etc), the Internet (computers, laptops, games, DVD players) dishwashers, microwaves, gas/electric boilers for heating, cars, new kitchens/bathrooms (showers, En Suites) Medication, New clothes every other week, paint, wallpaper and other decorating materials (B&Q and others have built businesses out of our passion for DIY) and ten thousand different types of food from every corner of the planet!.....
We are on a slippery slope Swannie, we can either stick, or carry on to oblivion (or cave dwelling)....