from Verse One Hundred Twenty-FourOn water, you use a boat; on the beach, you use sand shoes. Over mud, you use skids; in the mountains, you use showshoes. You make hills on high ground and ponds on low ground. These are not personal contrivances.~ Wen-tzu: Understanding the Mysteries ~
A term I grew up hearing concerned "the lay of the land". A person simply should not go charging into a project or situation without sizing things up. People who don't heed this sage advice tend to be the ones who come up with so-called solutions that don't match the circumstances and don't utilize resources -- both people and material -- in an effective and efficient manner.
To offer an example, look at the way modern society has chosen to fuel itself. By and large, we use oil, gas and nuclear power. While the first two indeed are natural resources, both take a tremendous amount of time, energy and effort to secure. Nuclear power is NOT a natural resource and all of its byproducts are toxic.
The four most plentiful resources available to us are the most underused -- water, sun, hydrogen and wind. While water is used in many areas of the world, it doesn't provide enough (in its current form) kilowatt hours to power modern society. The other three resources have barely been tapped. As we move closer and closer to the day when we run out of oil, I hope the governments in the world are able clearly to see "the lay of the land" so that we will NOW start investing in needed research and funds to make it possible for these resources to be utilized to fuel future society.
This post is part of a series. For an introduction, go here.
To offer an example, look at the way modern society has chosen to fuel itself. By and large, we use oil, gas and nuclear power. While the first two indeed are natural resources, both take a tremendous amount of time, energy and effort to secure. Nuclear power is NOT a natural resource and all of its byproducts are toxic.
The four most plentiful resources available to us are the most underused -- water, sun, hydrogen and wind. While water is used in many areas of the world, it doesn't provide enough (in its current form) kilowatt hours to power modern society. The other three resources have barely been tapped. As we move closer and closer to the day when we run out of oil, I hope the governments in the world are able clearly to see "the lay of the land" so that we will NOW start investing in needed research and funds to make it possible for these resources to be utilized to fuel future society.
This post is part of a series. For an introduction, go here.
I'll say a big "hell yeah!" to that!
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