Check this story out.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293825,00.html
Sure this product sounds amazing. I had heard about it sometime in the mid nineties. Then it was being billed as the miracle product of the future. It seems as if today it has become more practical and cheaper to produce. Therefore, it is positioned to jump into the mainstream and really change the way things are done. But this post is titled "Is this really a good thing?" Maybe not.
This product is basically the next penicillin, except not a drug. Like penicillin, the frozen smoke can cure everything from home insulation to satellites to body armor. That's where the problem arises. Think back in history. Cavemen threw sticks at each other so people started wearing furs and leather as armor. To breach this armor humanity invented swords. To combat that bronze and later steel body armor were created. Arrows were invented to find the gaps in this armor so plate and chain mail were invented. To combat this, guns were brought from the far east. Eventually the machine gun was invented and tanks were created for protection. So tank busting weapons had to be invented. This goes on of course for another 100 years leading us up to today.
Frozen smoke can apparently be used as armor that can protect against a bomb blast. So what frightens me is what will come next? If it is going to combat this 21st Century technology; it must be quite difficult to fathom today. It will no doubt be a future problem.
Just food for thought.
Personally, I think if this stuff can protect against bomb blasts the government should start putting it in helmets, on humvees, and whatever else it needs to go on YESTERDAY. Hey, you could even line the highways of Iraq with it like concrete dividers. If this stuff really works this way, then strap it on our boys.
Oh yeah, and nobody gets the free book.
-J
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