In the United States and surely other countries, there is a problem with the balance of the element water that is making the news fairly often. In the states, the northeast is flooding, the south and west is dry, and even Texas is overcome with fire. Does this make sense, or is the obvious connection lost on the public?
If there is an imbalance of resources, then the solution rests on creating an exchange that leads to a balance. Currently the situation has people living a completely reactive life to the changes. Water overflows and destroys parts of regions with an overabundance of the liquid, while other areas could use the excess quantities to counter natural instances of drought and heat. Rather than wishing or praying for rain to save each by moving to the other areas, a more permanent solution would be water exchange.
Imagine a pipeline that connections the rain saturated areas with other regions. Oil and gas are piped to other locations, so pipelines are already something that people are used to seeing. Rather than national aqueducts that would be very visible and lose the water through evaporation, water pipelines would carry excess water siphoned through natural flow and swollen streams and rivers and carry it with gravity to areas of storage or pumping stations. Water can be moved from these locations further south or to the west, though it would be more logical to go with the flow of natural geography in order to eliminate unneeded energy use. Water in these pipelines is untreated and hardly filtered until it reaches a treatment facility or transport station.
When water arrives at its destination, it can be filtered for residential use, or allowed to flow naturally into irrigation lines or stored directly in aquifer recharge stations for future use. Since all of these pipelines are only flowing in cases of high water in source areas, no water will be stolen from normal situations and directed from the regions without consideration for natural balance. However, taking excess from one region and giving it to higher need areas would be immensely helpful. Just imagine this year of 2011. In the heavy floods of the spring with the Mississippi, and summer floods with hurricane Irene and tropical storm Lee, Texas would not be as dry for fires. The troublesome quantities of water could be lessened to an extent in the flood prone areas as well, and there would be less to worry about since flood correction happens naturally.
There is no need to suffer over nature, just a need to be smart enough to use it to the best advantage.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Digressing to Past Times
The knowledge of the elements and the interactions of them are lost on busy ears. In today's world, people are moved by money and the interactions that are beneficial to themselves, while in the era now known as 'lost time' things were different. At that time, the time of Atlantis before it played with understanding to greater heights. the simple manipulation of nature to serve a purpose was common sense.
Water was manipulated in many ways. At the time, the oceans were lower than they were today, whether the inhabitants of Atlantis knew it was due to the iced poles or not, it doesn't matter. As a result of an atmosphere with less moisture rainfall was not like today. For this reason, it was necessary to save water through storage, avoid overuse of the streams, rivers, and lakes, and be thorough with conservation practices. Of course, the best place to keep water was underground in the aquifers. Cisterns and other collectors of water helped to recharge the amount taken at a faster rate than via natural water movement through the soil. Closed canals and aqueducts helped moved excess water from flooded area to storage basins or to more needing areas. Even simple mechanics aided by the motion of water helped to pump water to where it needed to go.
Fire was used sparingly, because lumber and other flammable resources were needed elsewhere. Instead, the natural heat from the radiant earth and volcanic heat were used instead for any number of applications, from cooking to metal working. By making use of areas where fires and extreme heat occurred daily, it fulfilled required uses and was adapted to work with heating application without relying on a fuel source.
Earth was always useful for building, farming, and the extraction of metals and minerals. Dwellings in clustered cities were built with thicker outside and positioned with their inner walls close to other buildings to share heat and shield themselves from the weather. In areas that were open, homes were built in a pyramid structure low to the ground, and layered with topsoil in a mound that exposed only the door and areas for light shafting. This was an early form of natural insulation that kept homes protected from the cold of winter and cool in the heat of summer.
Air was harder to control or manipulate. Instead, building patterns, planting patterns, and certain structures were used to move prevailing winds, break them down, or strengthen their force for useful means. It's difficult to say what exactly it was used for.
Chaos was the study of life, energy, and other unexplained natural forces. It really has little place with early Atlantean society.
Water was manipulated in many ways. At the time, the oceans were lower than they were today, whether the inhabitants of Atlantis knew it was due to the iced poles or not, it doesn't matter. As a result of an atmosphere with less moisture rainfall was not like today. For this reason, it was necessary to save water through storage, avoid overuse of the streams, rivers, and lakes, and be thorough with conservation practices. Of course, the best place to keep water was underground in the aquifers. Cisterns and other collectors of water helped to recharge the amount taken at a faster rate than via natural water movement through the soil. Closed canals and aqueducts helped moved excess water from flooded area to storage basins or to more needing areas. Even simple mechanics aided by the motion of water helped to pump water to where it needed to go.
Fire was used sparingly, because lumber and other flammable resources were needed elsewhere. Instead, the natural heat from the radiant earth and volcanic heat were used instead for any number of applications, from cooking to metal working. By making use of areas where fires and extreme heat occurred daily, it fulfilled required uses and was adapted to work with heating application without relying on a fuel source.
Earth was always useful for building, farming, and the extraction of metals and minerals. Dwellings in clustered cities were built with thicker outside and positioned with their inner walls close to other buildings to share heat and shield themselves from the weather. In areas that were open, homes were built in a pyramid structure low to the ground, and layered with topsoil in a mound that exposed only the door and areas for light shafting. This was an early form of natural insulation that kept homes protected from the cold of winter and cool in the heat of summer.
Air was harder to control or manipulate. Instead, building patterns, planting patterns, and certain structures were used to move prevailing winds, break them down, or strengthen their force for useful means. It's difficult to say what exactly it was used for.
Chaos was the study of life, energy, and other unexplained natural forces. It really has little place with early Atlantean society.
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