{"id":956,"date":"2023-06-14T15:13:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/?p=956"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:38:10","slug":"a-criminally-sincere-voice-wordy-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/2023\/06\/14\/a-criminally-sincere-voice-wordy-version\/","title":{"rendered":"A Criminally Sincere Voice (wordy version)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sincere Voices bound only by the best of creative imaginations that          <br>dress an idyllic future; seasoned by tainted reason, to paint tomorrows free    &nbsp;&nbsp;         <br>from pesky deniers.  &#8220;There is no question our earth will bake and wither&#8221;                     <br>be the response to those deniers whose questions are ignored, and are          <br>accused of being liars by those Sincere Voices found mute upon a challenge.  &nbsp;&nbsp;         <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what nasty facts might not be of comfort to those Sincere Voices; start with                     <br>need for great amounts of minerals and processing &#8211; where is the plan         <br>for that? &#8211; a hearty start there!  and learn of Range Anxiety with a keyboard     &nbsp;&nbsp;         <br>and an open mind, with that a massive gulf you&#8217;ll find, between official and                      <br>real miles up to percent of 30; and that too at risk &#8211; and never certain.          <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EV software galore for all controls, and data, and interface with smart phones          <br>and new operating systems for this computer on wheels &#8211; and more;                      <br>the number of versions of software and apps to soar; and at best a seamless,         <br>complex electronic ecosystem &#8211; fallible, not yet quite practical, and functioning    \u00a0\u00a0         <br>even when unplugged, but not yet always &#8211; beware the bug.                      <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And grid loads increase from EVs, chip factories, heat pumps, AI and          <br>CHAT-GBT-4; transmission lines, permits and impact reviews needed, and     &nbsp;&nbsp;         <br>many implore &#8220;Not In My Backyard!&#8221;.  So to feed this crave for electrical power                     <br>the grid needs to double in size, and amidst it all the guidance is given to          <br>&#8220;kill fossil fuel&#8221; from the wise &#8211; from a familiar Sincere Voice.     &nbsp;&nbsp;         <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ah but sincerity fails in its effectiveness when these issues become known;                     <br>the gap between promises and what can be done soon enough is exposed;         <br>and current from a charging station no longer flows, and with some time the    &nbsp;&nbsp;         <br>creative imaginations are shown &#8211; to only be thoughts, not transmission lines;                      <br>the schemes of an idyllic future so wrong &#8211; sincerity abused becomes crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The Random Poet:09142022<br>www.therandompoet.com)    &nbsp;&nbsp;         <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; selected sources include:  US Govt Acctg Ofc &#8211; gao.gov\/blog\/critical-mineral-shortages-could-disrupt-global-supply-chains;  US Geological Survey &#8211; www.usgs.gov\/&#8230;\/us-geological-survey-releases-2022-list-critical-minerals;   www.genbiz.com &#8211; Problems with Solar and Wind Energy &#8211; Ashton Cohn &#8211; Aug 18, 2022;  www.iea.org\/fuels-and-technology\/renewables &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sincere Voices bound only by the best of creative imaginations that dress an idyllic future; seasoned by tainted reason, to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/2023\/06\/14\/a-criminally-sincere-voice-wordy-version\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Criminally Sincere Voice (wordy version)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-observations","category-pre-nov-5-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}