scarcity=innovate

Today, I’m running on the theory that Introversion is a corrollary to autism, and that my autism is kickin’ it hard. Dunno, but with all the redefining of the world going on, I can play with words just as much as the next guy and get a pass,,, Right? LOL

ANyyWhhhooosss,,,, Some of ya might be surprised at the inordinate amount of time I spend scouring over maps. Maps of rivers, roads, geological formations from simple to continental sized. Maps are usually followed by Utoob searches and other online resources (Cuz no ONE place has all the truth, you have to glean the nuggets out of the bullshit.)

And those maps start ‘stories’ in my head, peopled by characters, some of whom are regulars in my head (T and G) or newer, not quite fleshed out versions (Teena) or like the one thats here to visit today, no name, can’t even see a face, but I sure have a grasp of his abilities: and the bastach is bangin’ away on an anvil in me head as I attempt to type this out.

Now, some of my pouring over maps is induced by Mark E early this year and late past year. I keep looking at the rivers of the Tennesee Valley: Cumberland, Tennesee, couplaothers, and how all of them are intertwined and walking all over the damned place, one minute south, next north, or so full of ox-bows that you could walk a straight line faster than float down it.

But it amazes me how far INLAND you can get before you run out of water. (that autist thing kickin’ it guys, bear with me) I could put in here at the house, and with only one portage (updated, TWO portages, forgot about Cumberland Falls.) needed, could go all the way to Mobile AL, NawLins LA, or reverse course at some point and hit SinSin-nasty, and Pittsburgh, among others. Even take a ‘left turn’ and go all the way to and past Minneapolis,,, Or take it to Jolliet, hang a right, and hit the Great Lakes at Chi-congo,,,, From there, Canada, all the way to where the F ever, up the St Lawrence and to the Atlantic.

None of this is new to me, The Great Loop is a known and well traveled “bucket list” adventure of many. People ‘live’ that trip every day/week/year, sometimes multiple times in a lifetime.

BUT Looking at it,,, wow!!! blows my mind, it does.

And what REALLY blows my mind,,, That back in the 1800’s, it was cheaper to ship Bourbon from KY, to NY by sending it down river to the Gulf and up the Atantic seaboard than to cart it across the mountains. Five times longer trip but safer and cheaper,,, Frillin’ krazy that is. It shows just how much we have come to depend on our system of highways in just 60 short years, doesn’t it? What happens if the left gets its way and does away with Fossil Fuels all together and insists we go all electric? We start sailing Bourbon down rivers again,,, It will get there just as fast and with a whole lot less energy (since the boats would be using the energy of down river currents, or wind born currents UP the coast.

When shit gets scarce, is when people (like me) start to look at the alternatives and get really REALLY creative about solutions. “Can’t” ain’t a word we wanna hear; its the worst form of curse word in our books.

FYI, that is where the character in my head came from,,, and why he is now using that powered hammer he created on that anvil. Its gettin’ loud in me head: MF’er has worse hearing then me. Not sure what he’s building but it has something to do with all these rivers and he is definitely expecting me to write about it soon.

Have any of ya ever read the Riverworld books? The river that had every living soul of the world reincarnated on it to relive life. Innovation was the key, born fully adult with all your memories but have literally nothing but the resources of the natural world: yet they came up with steam engines, riverboats, steel industry, etc etc

I never finished the series to be honest with you, I grew bored with it, but the first two,,, that whole innovation and make do coverage; Man! that shit hit home with me.

And that series of books was at the start of my self-education that took me light years past the meager attempts of educating me that was done by the SYSTEM,,, LOL That mess didn’t so much educate as steer away,,, I hold those attempts in contempt to this day and swear that people need to get thier kids OUT of that system if they can.

But I digress. Austist,,, LOL

If ya hadn’t figured it out, I am making fun of some jackanape on Utoob that posted some vid that all Introverts are autistic,,, no link, don’t want to feed his lists.

No, not Autistic, but ADHDAF as Sarah likes to say,,,,

Anywhoos,,, Rivers, Maps, Bangin’ in me heads,,, Dood really needs to go get a cuppa and chill for a minute,,, sigh

Yeah,,, Rivers. Kayaker, wanna travel, gettin’ older but not so old that I am broke down and not worth a shit (yet), and bouncing off the walls wanting ‘something’ to either give or retreat in this mess of our modern world that is falling down around our ears, induced by the ideas of people not founded in realities.

and in some ways, that is to our benefit. Bring on massive scarcity, people will innovate solutions from available resources. BUT, the Asshats that are pushing this don’t understand that ‘the mother of invention’ can’t be influenced like that. What she comes up with will be unique, effective, and NOT OF THEIR CHOICE. And it most likely won’t be that ‘green solution’ they desire. More likely something from our past that was discarded for reasons, but is now viable and ready for primetime. (I say that because we really haven’t come up with anything ‘new’ in decades, but the innovations that were left behind are still there, waiting to be picked up again if needed.) We live in interesting times, and where we go from this point has MUCH potential, but only if left unmolested (hint to the asshats: get your paws off our innovative ‘get-r-dun’ spirit.)

hmmm?

me head went quiet,,,, What’s that MF’er up to in there?

Not finished here, but wanna post before the Furries warp my thought lines,,,, (they’s wakin’ up now) SO, drop in and leave a comment and see what evolves here. Laters,,,,