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EEs and end of the world

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DJPhil:

--- Quote from: KTP on June 11, 2010, 12:21:06 am ---One of the best episodes of Junkyard Wars was when a team of Brits built an actually flyable airplane from junk parts in two days then the crazy blokes actually flew the thing hundreds of feet into the air doing loops and such.  I was totally impressed.

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Now that'd be a sight. I always seem to catch the dud episodes where both teams fail to make something simple.

Still, I'd rather watch Junkyard Wars reruns than some of the stuff on the Science Channel lately. It feels a bit dumbed down of late. Shows with names like 'Really Big Things' and such make me nostalgic for Nova. On the other hand, I'm often hypnotized by 'How It's Made', which I find easy to watch for hours. The Canadians make some really good television and radio programs that seem to go unnoticed.

Edit: I apologize, I just realized I've gone off-topic again. I promise to stay on track for the remainder of the thread.  :-[

merser:
Hmm I've been thinking about this one a lot lately. While I don't believe in anything like 2012 I do think the world is in for some serious trouble post peak oil. Wars over resources have and will occur and increasing natural disasters like earthquakes and deathly storms will cause financial hardship. And greed in the financial sector will continue to bring about ever more serious recessions.
Engineers are needed now and always to minimize the effects of mother nature or our depleting resources and I just hope they can build us the alternative transportation and power stations in time that will see us through after peak everything.

A-sic Enginerd:

--- Quote from: merser on June 11, 2010, 05:10:27 am ---Hmm I've been thinking about this one a lot lately. While I don't believe in anything like 2012 I do think the world is in for some serious trouble post peak oil. Wars over resources have and will occur and increasing natural disasters like earthquakes and deathly storms will cause financial hardship. And greed in the financial sector will continue to bring about ever more serious recessions.
Engineers are needed now and always to minimize the effects of mother nature or our depleting resources and I just hope they can build us the alternative transportation and power stations in time that will see us through after peak everything.

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Sad part is the engineers already have solutions. Politics is what kills the vast majority of them before they get off the ground. And who do you suppose has the politicians ears? ;)

charliex:
prototype this was pretty good, pity they'll make no more

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