First point: Without mains electricity there is no sewage or water
supply system. With-in days most high rise building would not be fit to
inhabit as the toilets would no longer flush and there would be no
running water. Once the water / gas storage tanks were empty, there
would be no more running water or piped gas. Not 5 years Jed, only
months if that long. As for waste disposal, how about using high temp
plasma arch at source or in the basement? Zap. It's gone. Bodies as well.
AG
On 12/1/2011 1:02 PM, Harry Veeder wrote:
Any thoughts how CF technology might affect city sewer services?
This is already being tried, but CF technology should make it even
more cost effective if excrement is processed close to its source
rather than conveyed through a vast system of underground pipes to a
central processing facility. There will be no point in rebuilding
aging sewer systems.
Harry
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Jed Rothwell<jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
I wrote:
The biggest problem this caused was the pension funds for retired workers.
Congress passed a law funding them, in a one-time adjustment.
I meant the pensions being paid out to people already retired in 1932. Not
the funds then being put aside by workers still employed.
This is the "legacy" problem. U.S. steel companies and GM had the same
problem before it went bankrupt. In the 1950s and 60s GM had a large
workforce. They retired. The company still has to pay them (or their wives).
This gives newcomers to the U.S. market such as Toyota and Hyundai a big
advantage.
I expect there will be one-time adjustments made by the government in
response to cold fusion, such as the depression era adjustment to railroad
pensions, and Obama's lightening fast bankruptcy reorganization of GM.
- Jed
