Sorry about the information on the trip breaker giving out but that's technology
the more we count on technology the more it will let us down , I was an
electrician for 40 years and worked on power houses and watched accidents being
built into said power houses , enough said about technology ...........What's
the big one problem is these large corp.'s getting all the products under one
corporate roof , the oil co's to be precise , the major oil co's ( make no
different what they're call or what name they go by ) they started 40 years ago
to eliminate the independent oil producers , they've done that and now their
working on the independent station owners and will soon put them out of business
then they will control the entire world oil supply , if you think 3.00 dollar
gasoline is high , wait and see what your grand-children will pay when all the
independent dealers are gone , even if we manage to get the best hybrid car
under production it will take 60 dollars to fill the ten gallon tank and where
has it gotten us ? nowhere .

I have lived 75 years and have watched all the moves the large Corporations
building little by little and when Uncle Ronny took all the controls off in his
administration , thats like taking the gloves off and going bare knuckles with
the big boys , I'm here to tell you --you ain't got a chance in hell in beating
them at their own game ................Bob Fansler Sr. --Oct.2 2005

----- Original Message -----
From: qqf_avengers
To: connectionswithjamesburke@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: [Connections with James Burke] Re: new member question about older
show


Yes, that's definitely the one. It's all about the infamous 1967 NE
blackout. His point is that one tiny little piece of technology (a
trip relay, in this case) can cause a collapse of all our technology
(and therefore our society) because of the extremely complex
technical interdependence that every has these days. It seems more
true today that it was then. And, believe me, our electrical systems
are worse off today than they were in 1967 despite improvements in
technology. It's jumbled like a Christmas tree!

I mean, look at how Katrina has affected the entire country and
economy. It's a domino effect.

Michael

--- In connectionswithjamesburke@yahoogroups.com, "Mike"
<mikeatl1@g...> wrote:
> Thanks.
> To be sure, and take the scenes further, he started with the NE
brown-
> out years ago, that one little piece of malfunctioning equipment
caused
> all the choas, then - what would you do? Flee the city? But
you'd
> only get as far as your gas would take you, you'd have to abandon
your
> car on the highway and start walking to look for shelter and
food. You
> might find a farm, but could you milk cows, grow food, etc.?.?
>
>
> --- In connectionswithjamesburke@yahoogroups.com, qqf_avengers
> <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > It sounds like you are referring to the very first episode of
the
> > original Connections series.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > --- In connectionswithjamesburke@yahoogroups.com, "Mike"
> > <mikeatl1@g...> wrote:
> > > It seems I once saw a program (one episode) where James took
us
> > through
> > > the "what if" scenario if we had to survive/function through
> another
> > > brown/black out. Does anyone know the name of such a program?
> > > It was a big pre-Y2K subject, but appropriate for today too.




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