"Radioman390" wrote in message
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Nearly every device that uses electricity has internal components like
capaicitors,. transformers and resistors. Billions upon billions of
devices
have been made and each one contains resistors.
A resistor, of course, contains RESISTANCE, which is measured in ohms.

Now figure this: billions of devices, and let's say each contains 20
resistors,
with an average resistance of 1 megOHM (million ohms, which is a lot as
far
as resistance goes, especially these days), which means 20 megOHMS per
device.
Add to that the resistance distributed in wires across the world, and
we're
talking pretty big numbers, guys.

Trillions and trillions of megohms distributed through the civilized world
means our natural supplies will soon dry up. Now I did a Googler search
anmd
ASK JEEVES too but I couldn't find out where these ohms are mined, but
they've
got to run out soon. What if our National Strategic Reserve of OHMS
(NSRO) is
depleted, or worse, attacked by terrorists? Our civilization would be
doomed.
And can we be sure that the ohms stored in the reserve are actually there
(like
gold in Ft. Knox?).
Or has our government been lying to us again? Maybe they're out?
Or can they synthesize ohms out of basic elements, and what are those
elements?

Of course, nobody has looked into the environmental effects of these ohms
once
they go into the recycling cycle. Could ohms in our water supply be the
cause
of cancer? Or dementia? Or leprosy?

Those of you who have many radios and TVs and other electronic devices
should
thank your lucky stars you bought before the prices spiraled upward.

But all this brings me to the point of this post. Ohm';s law tells us
E-IR, but
if there is no voltage(E), then the I and R must be zero as well (at least
one
of them, anyway). So if there is nobody trying to measure R (by applying
voltage to the circuit under test), does that mean that there is no R
unless
someone is looking for it? It sort of disappears unles you want it. Could
this
principle be used to feed hungry mouths around the world and thus bring
about
a world peace?

This is a philosophical question just like the tree falling in the forest
enigma. Help, please!


It's worse than you fear. We've been running an irresponsible deficit ever
since the day we put the "owe" in "ohms". I dread the day the debt comes
due. Perhaps you're familiar with the phrase -- "Resistance is Futile".

Frank Dresser