Cold Constructs Blog

I’ve heard some say that smoking is a part of who a person is. If this is true, then that person is also destructive, because smoking is destructive - not only to the smoker but everyone around them as well.

I don’t smoke because I respect my body. I want to stay healthy so that I can live a full life, but this wouldn’t be possible if I let certain chemicals get the better of me. To let those chemicals overcome you and take control is a sign of weakness.

Why the fuck do we put up with bad air? Not just smoking or other poisonous inhalant but pollution as well. I’m finding it really fucking difficult to ride my bike to campus without getting a lung full of poisonous gas. I bet if we had an endless supply of coal and oil, we would never stop using it. Even to the point of destruction, only because it’s the path of least resistance.

If we stopped using it immediately, the systems of Earth would eventually bring themselves back into a healthy, stable state. Already we are paying for our great Industrial Revolution with shit like that tsunami, hurricane Katrina, and other deadly natural disasters. I said there will be bad hurricanes this year a while ago. I’m saying it again: there will be more bad weather, a lot more, and there’s nothing we can do to stop it. With smart designs we can limit the damage and if we stopped burning coal and oil we’ll guarantee our children (and us, the future elders) safe living from the elements.

Sorry, but I mislead you. I said making the world a better place is easy. Well, it’s not. The easy part is figuring out what to do, but getting people to actually do it… that’s a whole ‘nother game.

Our technology is becoming advanced enough to allow a few people to make a huge difference, for better or worse. It could be our savior or our grim reaper. Either way, the solutions I propose on this blog are getting closer to reality by the day, but some things, such as smoking, don’t require any tech at all - only a simple wake-up call and some self-determination.

Smokers will argue that quiting is nothing to take lightly, or ask if I’ve tried it myself. Well, I wasn’t dumb enough to start in the first place, suckah.

Current troop transportation uses either boats (for mass transit, slowly) or air (only a few squadrons at a time, but quickly). In addition to travel time, both methods require a huge already-built port. Not only that, but each method uses a metric fuck-ton of energy to get the thing from point A to point B.

Use a giant airship instead. The helium provides neutral buoyancy meaning the only energy needed is to simply move the thing, not keep it in the air or plow through a massive amount of resistance (water). No ports are needed: it can hover over the ground and drop its cargo down using rope (or for heavy shit, some sort of spider-fiber or CNT material).

As if that wasn’t enough, it can use the air around it as fuel (specifically nitrogen). This would obviously provide more thrust than props.

Mass transportation isn’t the only good use for airships. The science of automation is advancing quickly, and we’re able to finally keep UAVs in the air indefinitely. Cybernetics has also advanced enough to allow the ships to control themselves and communicate with other machines to coordinate movement for optimal performance. They can thus be reliable relay stations, quickly deployable and cheap to build in large quantities and even cheaper to maintain (no need for fuel with a power source like the sun). They can hover silently and drift with the wind, making them excellent reconnaissance tools, as well as perfect for terrestrial observation.