Random thought extrapolations
Jul. 3rd, 2006 09:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azekeilWith the impending energy crisis, I randomly thought about how life might be in the future. I then thought that one of my rather energy-hungry ambitions would need to be achieved sooner rather than later, if I wanted to have any chance of achieving it at all: to own a V8-engined car, perhaps for a year. I don't see it as irresponsible - after all, I certainly won't be buying new, so I'm not buying a car that is not already in existence. I won't be driving it far either. But this is besides the point I am coming to.
I imagined that movies depicting post-apocalyptic scenarios might be a fairly accurate forecast of things to come - such that civilisation as we know it is wiped out, and with it most accurate records of history. I can just see a future post-apocalyptic civilisation unearthing a hoarde of movies from this era, and after deciphering the technology, coming to the conclusion that we must have been incredibly wise, but somehow ultimately unfortunate, to have been educating our public on ways to survive the future energy crisis through these 'movies'.
On a side note, I wonder how many things we interpret as intelligence in civilisations past that were merely coincidence or entertainment with no specific intent behind them?
I imagined that movies depicting post-apocalyptic scenarios might be a fairly accurate forecast of things to come - such that civilisation as we know it is wiped out, and with it most accurate records of history. I can just see a future post-apocalyptic civilisation unearthing a hoarde of movies from this era, and after deciphering the technology, coming to the conclusion that we must have been incredibly wise, but somehow ultimately unfortunate, to have been educating our public on ways to survive the future energy crisis through these 'movies'.
On a side note, I wonder how many things we interpret as intelligence in civilisations past that were merely coincidence or entertainment with no specific intent behind them?
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Date: 2006-07-03 09:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-03 09:27 am (UTC)Yeah, that's pretty much how I view Shakespeare!
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Date: 2006-07-03 12:16 pm (UTC)Do iiiiiit, doooooo iiiiiiiiit! You know you want to. ;)
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Date: 2006-07-03 12:19 pm (UTC)Subtle jokes, that only poeple of a certain class understand.
Difference being, Frasier (or the writers thereof) won't be studied in schools and done to death many years from now :p
Don't mind me, my mother's an english teacher and I don't particularly like Shakespeare!
Not bitter or anything
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Date: 2006-07-03 12:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-03 12:24 pm (UTC)Still, I bet Shakespear would be quite chuffed to learn he was the basis for many pupils' pain in the future ;)
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Date: 2006-07-03 12:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-03 12:28 pm (UTC)You know, I'd actually quite like to meet him, just to sort of let him know what's going on and see what he thinks of it!
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Date: 2006-07-03 12:42 pm (UTC)You wouldn't get many V8 tanks though, would you! So technically it would just be an armoured car. So long as it's below 7.5 tonnes unladen weight and has tyres rather than tracks, you can drive it quite happily on your current license. :)
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Date: 2006-07-03 01:16 pm (UTC)ok, maybe not, but much more fun, and time efficient :)
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Date: 2006-07-03 02:33 pm (UTC)No. Tanks are mostly V12s or bigger, I'm sure. I just can't find anything on the net to back it up ;)
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Date: 2006-07-03 02:46 pm (UTC)In fact, if you push the bike, you can actually get it to consume more fuel than the car for the same journey, as I found out.. :( :(
V8s
Date: 2006-07-03 05:19 pm (UTC)(the quote marks are because it was actually my dad that bought them, but they were, within the family, officially my cars)
One was a 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring (a bit like this one (http://dustman.net/andy/mopar/sebring.html) but in much better shape! Here's a brochure (http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Plymouth/1971/Satellite/index.htm)
I think I had about a 315ci V8 in there.
The other was a 1973 Buick Electra 455 (http://www.72electra.com/media/William%20Chenault%2073%20Limited%20front%20rear.jpg) which did indeed have a 455ci V8. I once raced a new corvette away from the lights ... out accelerated it, kept in front until the first bend, and then it zoomed ahead and my car wallowed around ... :-)
I intend to have a soft top sports car (Ferrari or similar) for one summer sometime ... just to be able to have had the experience and to be able to say "yeah, I had a Ferrari, but I much preferred the Mondeo ..." :-)
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Date: 2006-07-03 10:28 pm (UTC)The important question is - what variety of V8...
American style? 5+ litres and won't go round corners?
British style? Sounds wonderful, engine beautiful, car falls to bits around you?
Or something else... :)
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Date: 2006-07-03 10:30 pm (UTC)I guess I need some advice from petrolheads ;)
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Date: 2006-07-03 10:52 pm (UTC)Still, while you might not be able to afford a real one, you can definitely get a nice replica! Dax Tojeiro maybe? :)
I've hankered after AC Cobras (real and replica) for some years. I may succumb myself oneday, but the Elise is quite impractical enough for now :)