Permanent Fixes Needed

Have you ever wondered why something hasn’t been invented to permanently fix a common problem?  Perhaps some examples would help.


Why do automobile tires go flat?  Because they have air in them. Why can’t tires be made that don’t need inflation? Always hard enough to take a beating from the roads, but soft enough to cushion the bumps. Why is air even needed? Why can’t tires be permanent for the life of the car? Or, if wear and tear make them too slick for traction, then replace the entire wheel with permanent treads?


Why hasn’t a permanent fix to diabetes been found?  Is it because a fortune is made from forever selling the test strips?  Really?  You’d think with nanotechnology a gadget would have been invented to test the blood sugars frequently internally and trigger correcting insulin doses accordingly.  


Bad knees and shoulder joints should have a lubricating gel inserted by needle to cushion the joint and relieve the pain. Some of this is already in use, but surgeries are still the major solution. Why not eliminate most surgery and use the gel? Imagine the suffering avoided healing from surgery?


How about pot holes in local streets?  Why can’t cement roads be elasticized? This idea, if possible, would minimize or eliminate cracks and thus water seeping through the roadway to the base where freeze/thaw cycles do their damage. Furthermore, why not elasticize macadam? That would slow down crack formation and hole pops as well.


If airport landing strips can take a pounding from huge jets landing and taking off, how come they don’t have potholes?  Hmmmmm?


Those are four ideas that should be worked on and solved. What keeps them frozen in time?


Is someone or some industry making a financial killing from these problems and thus blocks long-lasting fixes? Am I being too suspicious?. Like energy companies should be looking into all forms of energy production and conservation, not just enormous oil drilling, fracking, coal powered generating plants and all of that.  Develop solar panels, windmill farms, household off-grid systems that are not hackable or controlled by other parties. Just produce your own juice and use what you need, but take care not to run out! Think of the cables, wires, and power poles that would be eliminated from our landscapes?


Speaking of which, why are power, phone and cable TV wires strung on poles where the weather and auto traffic await their destruction?  Why not bury the cables in readily accessible conduits disguised as sidewalks and eliminate the above ground hazards and aesthetic blight?


OK. Enough. Big problems persist that are annoying and could easily be fixed.  Why?


November 18, 2019