July 22, 2012: Inside a Rectangle | July 21 | July 23 | 2012 | FOTD Home |
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
I
have been writing about the strange Z^(2.003)+C rectangle for several
days now. Today I take us inside one of them. The
image shows most of the inside of a tiny rectangle in one of the
railroad tracks in the upper left part of the image of July
20. Today's scene is filled with square spirals and
proto-rectangles that continue the theme to ever deeper levels.
The name "Inside a Rectangle" describes the location of the
scene. The rating of a 7 means I consider the image to be
average. The color palette is the same as the earlier one
though with increased contrast.
The calculation time of 3-1/4 minutes is slightly slow. Be
thankful for the web sites.
Moving on from the gun violence problem (which I have not yet said the
last word about) to the problem of climate change leading to global
warming, I must state my ideas about the situation. I am a
firm believer in climate change and global warming, and I believe that
the warming temperatures will eventually cause the ice sheets to melt
and the oceans to rise. But the warnings that we must
immediately take drastic impossibly expensive action to slow the
climate change are ridiculous. It ain't gonna happen.
What could be done that might have even a minor effect and is
politically acceptable? The answer is, nothing. To
begin, man's activities are responsible for only a small part of the
warming, and countries like the U.S. and China, which are in recession
and need to expand their economies, will certainly refuse to take the
extremely costly steps to lower their CO2 emissions, which would also
shrink their economies and add to their financial difficulties.
Perhaps the most ridiculous solution is that we switch our energy
sources from fossil fuel to replaceable sources such as solar and wind
power. Do the math. Check how much energy we use in
the U.S. alone and check how many windmill generators would be required
to supply that power and how large an area these generators would
cover. And then check how much it would cost and how long it
would take and how many parks and forests would be replaced by
bird-killing windmill farms. You will be surprised at the
numbers. If we turn to windmills, the same environmentalists
who are now clamoring for the windmills will soon be clamoring even
louder to save the parks, forests and birds. The story is the
same with solar panels.
Global warming has started and will continue despite the uproar from
the left. If we are determined to spend money on the problem,
we should suck it up and begin taking the first steps to prepare for
the inevitable changes. If coastal cities will be flooded,
start building massive flood walls or moving the cities to higher
ground. If low-lying island nations will be submerged, start
planning where to move the inhabitants. If the weather
patterns will change, determine where the optimum areas for agriculture
will be located in the warmer climate. A warmer earth means
faster ocean evaporation and heavier rainfall, not the worldwide desert
that is pictured on the 'doomsday' TV shows.
The only certain solution to the energy problem that I can see is
nuclear fusion. (Not nuclear fission, which brings the
familiar dangers.) If we must spend billions or trillions of
dollars, let's spend it on trying to get fusion working.
Today here at Fractal Central turned out to be an optimum midsummer
day, with partly cloudy skies, a temperature of 86F 30C and breeze
enough to cool those who over-exert themselves. The fractal
cats, never in danger of over-exertion or over-rumination, passed the
day sleeping and playing, while the
humans wasted their limited energies pondering the world's
problems. The next FOTD will be posted in a certain time on a
certain mailing list and on certain web sites. Until then,
take care, and if I'm going to be a blogger, I might as well do it
right. I sure have enough to blog about.
Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net
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