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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What is the next big thing we can't live without?

Posted: 4/15/2001 9:29:53 PM EDT

When I was a kid, not that long ago, things like cell phones and the internet were just dreams, now I can't live without them.

What is the next thing that we aren't going to be able live without?

Besides "It".

Any of you on the cutting edge?

Posted: 4/15/2001 9:36:06 PM EDT

[#1]

Electricity??? Im going solar (PV) and wind - who knows. I might end up grid free - a little off topic I know but you got me thinking about how nice its gonna be to be free of PG&E [flag]

Posted: 4/15/2001 9:46:29 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Electricity??? Im going solar (PV) and wind - who knows. I might end up grid free - a little off topic I know but you got me thinking about how nice its gonna be to be free of PG&E [flag]

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Do you know anything about the new CA tax credit for up to 40% of the cost of a solar system? Gray Davis threw a ton of my tax money at the electricity problem, and I want it back!

Posted: 4/15/2001 9:53:04 PM EDT

[#3]

I used to install solar plumbing back in the late 70's and early 80's.
Kalifornication was paying about 2/3's of the cost of a solar system back then, plus you also got tax credits. I think that program ended in the late 80's though. I was out of the plumbing biz by then, but I had a friend who took it in the shorts when Kalifornication pulled out. He was manufacturing solar panels and doing the install work for water heating and for radiant heating.
When Kalifornication pulled out no one wanted to spend their money on those systems. Natural gas was way cheaper even with the tax credits and the coverage of the installation.
If you ever go to Leo Cabrillo State Beach in Kalifornication check out the restroom and the showers. Those are some of the installations I did in the early 80's.

Posted: 4/15/2001 9:56:54 PM EDT

[#4]

Three words.....[b]Hydrogen Fuel Cells[/b] Remember, I said it first. On this thread anyway.

Posted: 4/15/2001 10:01:05 PM EDT

[#5]

Uh yeah MadM - youhave discovered my alterior motive - Im gonna get a bunch of my tax dollars back no matter what it costs me. The rebates and incentives will cover about half the cost of the system, and energy efficient appliannces have better rebates than ever too. Im building a house so this all makes sense for me now. Im also out in the stick and power goes out every other time it snows. So a battery back up Solar and Wind system is it. Also be running the meter backwards as much as possible so those rotten bastards will be paying me!

Posted: 4/15/2001 10:07:18 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
I used to install solar plumbing back in the late 70's and early 80's.
Kalifornication was paying about 2/3's of the cost of a solar system back then, plus you also got tax credits. I think that program ended in the late 80's though. I was out of the plumbing biz by then, but I had a friend who took it in the shorts when Kalifornication pulled out. He was manufacturing solar panels and doing the install work for water heating and for radiant heating.
When Kalifornication pulled out no one wanted to spend their money on those systems. Natural gas was way cheaper even with the tax credits and the coverage of the installation.
If you ever go to Leo Cabrillo State Beach in Kalifornication check out the restroom and the showers. Those are some of the installations I did in the early 80's.

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This a new (proposed?) tax credit for solar electric systems, with this plus existing programs, the per Kwh of solar would be comparable to buying it from The Peoples Power Co. of PRK.

Posted: 4/16/2001 3:27:42 AM EDT

[#7]

Television.

Posted: 4/16/2001 4:15:36 AM EDT

[#8]

White Castles. I am sure if the government ever does a study on these things they will be banned.

Posted: 4/16/2001 11:48:05 AM EDT

[#9]

For me, cant live without AR15.com!!!

Posted: 4/16/2001 12:14:54 PM EDT

[#10]

Damnit! You want to know what I am going to die from a lack of?

P _ _ N T _ N G

Do you need to buy a vowel????

Posted: 4/16/2001 12:18:59 PM EDT

[#11]

Originally Posted By Imbrog|io:
Damnit! You want to know what I am going to die from a lack of?

P _ _ N T _ N G

Do you need to buy a vowel????

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Painting???

You gonna die from not painting???

I hate painting. You can come over and paint my new garage, if it'll help ya make it thru.

[;)]

Posted: 4/16/2001 12:32:25 PM EDT

[#12]

Damnit! You want to know what I am going to die from a lack of?

P _ _ N T _ N G

Do you need to buy a vowel????

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[sex] [sex] [sex]

[sex] [sex] [sex] [sex]

Posted: 4/16/2001 12:36:44 PM EDT

[#13]

I live quite well without a cell phone or beeper thank you. Don't watch much TV - like none of the top twenty programs. Could live without the Internet but it does allow me to live better.

Designer bottled water is my next guess as I see every one bringing their own water with them everywhere.

Posted: 4/16/2001 1:05:44 PM EDT

[#14]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I figured Ratters meant things that aren't popular/commonplace or things that may be on the horizon that will become paramount to our very existence (ok, so I may be being a shade melodramatic here). Therefore, I gotta throw in a vote for the '3 Shell' thing from [i]Demolition Man[/i].

[8D]
WWoodworth

'Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever....'

Posted: 4/16/2001 1:43:13 PM EDT

[#15]

Hey, What ever happened to "IT"?

Shouldn't we know what IT is now and shouldn't we be using IT all the time?

Posted: 4/16/2001 2:28:29 PM EDT

[#16]

Now THIS would make life alot more interesting!
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Posted: 4/16/2001 4:55:43 PM EDT

[#17]

A roof over me head!

Posted: 4/16/2001 5:15:22 PM EDT

[#18]

A 300 Winchester Short Magnum upper for my AR10 for me.

A Remington 700 in .308 for my son in an Accuracy International stock.

And my already purchased but not yet arrived custom 10/22’s.

THISISME

Posted: 4/16/2001 5:21:57 PM EDT

[#19]

My right hand... [smoke]

j/k...maybe hehe

Posted: 4/16/2001 5:24:17 PM EDT

[#20]

My guns.

Posted: 4/16/2001 6:23:09 PM EDT

[#21]

Hybrid liquid fuel/rechargeable battery autos, then saddle horses plus horse drawn wagons and buggies.

All digital satellite service for phones, video and the internet.

Solar powered robotic lawn mowers.

Composting toilets.

Your electricity will be produced at your house from a fuel cell that is supplied from a natural gas pipeline.

A wristwatch size electronic digital radio communicator, GPS receiver, watch, thermometer, hygrometer, altimeter, ccd camera, pager, satellite phone, health monitor, general purpose computer, and probably several things no one has invented.

Posted: 4/16/2001 10:11:34 PM EDT

[#22]

You all are too materialistic. I am just looking for companionship.

Posted: 4/16/2001 11:00:01 PM EDT

[#23]

My rifle. I can get by, if I have to, without a nice car, nice house, Cable TV, etc. but I WILL NOT be without a rifle, either an AR15, or an M1A.

Posted: 4/16/2001 11:09:28 PM EDT

[#24]

WWoodworth was right, I was wondering about what tech advance that is unbelievable now will be common place in the future. Like the fuel cells and stuff. I was hoping for flying cars or a holodeck.

We all can't live without our guns, or at least live well.

Posted: 4/16/2001 11:16:35 PM EDT

[#25]

Power from rocks.

Major break using the natural Piezo effect of certain crystaline minerals will provide power of several types.

Some of this is sort of the basis of the electronics gig in that "Sputtering" techniques are what makes our rapid development in IC technologies.

MOCVD [url]http://www.compoundsemi.com/news/newshome.html[/url]

[rail]Railgun....

Posted: 4/16/2001 11:18:03 PM EDT

[#26]

[url]www.realdoll.com[/url]

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