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WashGuys Research Division Visits Biosphere II
WashGuys visited Columbia University's
Biosphere II Project. WashGuys have been interested in the debate over Global Warming for
the past five years due to the signs of a possible problem on our own continent. Many
things have occurred in a relatively short time frame as far as climate changes go on this
planet. We had a Solar Maximum occur three years ago at the height of the normal Solar
Cycle of 22 years. Five years ago we discovered holes in the ozone over the poles of the
Earth. We have had five years of extreme droughts in the US and now we are looking at
massive El Nino storms on the West Coast as we just got over some rather turbulent
Hurricanes.
All these things effect the Washing and Detailing
Industry. We have been studying the drought for quite a while, here is just some of what
we have found thus far. Of course our study is no where complete as we live in linear time
and the clock keeps ticking into the future. Below are some recent posts of our findings;
As you can see droughts are very serious to
our business, since water is used in nearly all of our services, except for perhaps mobile
oil changes; The Oil Change Guys. We have seen
the drought situation become very serious and now we are looking at a harsh El Nino
season, which will hurt the number of days we can work due to an increase in rain days on
the West Coast and more snow days post Cascades, Sierra Nevada's and Rocky Mountains.
The Biosphere II is testing various regions on different levels of CO2 in the
artificial atmospheres within the structures. There is an ocean, a desert, a rain forest
and regular forest inside where many tests are being made. The next few years as we come
off this Solar Maximum peak will let us know if the scientists predictions are correct or
if our increased ambient temperatures are a factor of the increased solar flair activity
of our sun and not necessarily all mankind's doing. Either way we at the WashGuys are
looking ahead and hedging our bet no matter what happens. We have been working with our
vendors to get another 30% more efficiency in our water use and even looking into a
possible no water solution within the next 8-10 years using a Plasma Torch which works at
low temperatures, with zero water and completely touchless.
While at the Biosphere II we talked with Science Fiction
writer and Scientist, Dr. Ben Bova, www.BenBova.com,
during a speech and book signing. He indicated that colonies on the moon will need someone
to wash the dirt which gets all over everything and will be a problem for solar panels and
windows which will not allow light to penetrate. As a matter of fact there was quite a bit
of dirt on the first Apollo Landing unit, from the dusty environment there. Ben Bova
advised our founder that perhaps he ought to look into the free market viability of
WashGuy's franchised territories on the moon. Ben Bova is also a fan of the Friedman
Economic System, Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in general. It was rather
interesting to look ahead 50-80 years in the future with the estimated Earth population of
65 million people and colonies on the moon. Yes, just like your grandmother had seen the
invention of the car to super sonic flight we will see trains, planes and automobiles
change to space craft, space station resorts, colonies on the moon, hydro cushioned
non-rail trains and hover craft personal aircraft instead of cars. And we will be washing
all of them, that we guarantee.
Now back to Earth. Whatever the final verdict and
necessary changes we as humans living on the surface of this little Blue Planet need to
make, the WashGuys are going to be there making it happen. Humankind is kind of at a cross
roads, with all the new technology available, we are learning more and more about our role
in what Dr. Ben Bova calls Biosphere I, that is our Atmosphere and environment as we know
it. Does this mean we should all be worried as we were during the Cold War, Cuban Missile
Crisis, The day all the planets lined up, Y2K, or a bunch of International Terrorist nut
cases nuking our cities and sending biological weapons which will destroy all we are and
all we have built? No, not necessarily, what it means is that we pay attention, work
together, stay heads up and conquer these fears and find solutions if necessary to master
our world and make Heaven a place here on Earth where all peoples of the World can live in
the desired utopia we all seek. Can we do it. Of course we can, we are the greatest
company ever created living in the greatest country ever conceived and on the best planet
our species could ever hope to discover.
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