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In thinking about how to help populations of displaced persons to build viable communities rapidly, it occurred to me that the extreme miniaturization achieved by state-of-the-art manufacturers in 2015 need not be necessary to provide electronics with sufficient speed for practical use in daily livi...

A CRC (Civilization Recovery Center) could be created in multiple locations around the Earth. Such a center could gain practical experience establishing viable communities of displaced persons. Populations of displaced persons often include skilled practitioners of a wide variety of skills, as well ...

This "Money" topic is created per a suggestion by Maurice Goldsmith, following a spirited discussion between keithd21 and germanforestgump. Because the the Major Topic structure of this forum is fixed, the best match to this topic seemed to be the "preservation" category. Maurice...

This is for germanforestgump and keithd21 ... In what follows I speak only for myself: This board was established to facilitate "discussion". This purpose and function is built into the name. However, "discussion" without results is useless, and a waste of the time of the partici...

This is a well written concise summary of the point of view that the Earth's stored chemical energy can be likened to a battery which is being discharged:

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015- ... unning-low

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The "Knowledge Forum" can make a difference in the contemporary world by encouraging design of machinery for maintenance at a level of modest competence. The example I offer today is a dishwasher, which I was able to keep running for nearly eleven years, five years more than the manufactur...

This is for everyone who may be approaching the limit of 50 saved private messages. I passed the threshold today, and it appears that the forum software simply deleted the saved messages and started over. My status now reads: Begin Quotation: Folder is 2% full (1 from 50 messages stored) End Quotati...

Hi Maurice, Welcome back on your weekly visit. We have (about) six members who are active in a week's span, and that (may) be enough to accomplish something with this forum. I thought your use of fuel as a basis for exchange was reasonable under the circumstances of the novel, and you had readily at...

In further reply to germanforestgump ... First, please note the ** excellent ** news that Dr. Dartnell is indeed still keeping an eye on this forum! The arrival of a message from Keithd21 signals that an administrator has approved Keithd21's request to post. My guess is that if the membership wants ...

This is for Dr. Dartnell: Please consider adding a new section to the "Get Involved" major category. The new section would be entitled "Knowledge Repository" or words of your choosing with a similar meaning that better matches your objectives for this forum. The idea I have in mi...