Go ahead and admit it, the subject of this Foolishness...Or Is It? "Supply and Demand" is all you remember from the Economics Class you took in college.
Those of you who did not go to college are also familiar with "Supply and Demand" because you have heard many Talking Heads on TV say it over and over for many years because that is the only thing they remember from the Economics Class they took in college.
However, if you combine your Supply and Demand knowledge with what I am about to tell you, you could become very rich in the years to come.
I will give
you the Bottom Line right here at the top...
Invest
All You Have In the Raising Of Sea Snails
I know what
just happened. You just said to yourself, "Self,
the Fella has lost it this time for sure. Sea Snail raising is Foolishness of
the highest order. I'm not going to read any further."
I would
advise you to resist this stop reading impulse of yours. What's the matter with
you? Don't you want to be rich?
************
OK. I'll
give you the Rest of the Story...
Researchers
at the University of Portsmouth may have found the strongest natural material
humankind has ever known.
And it's a
sea snail. Specifically, it's a sea snail's teeth.
The snail I
am talking about is the Limpet which is a small aquatic snail with a
distinctive cone-shaped shell.
Its teeth
are so small they had to be examined under a microscope.
The article
goes on to say that the teeth are so strong the material could be used to make
the "cars, boats and planes of the future".
Prof Asa Barber said, “We discovered that the fibres of goethite are just the right size to make up a resilient composite structure. This discovery means that the fibrous structures found in limpet teeth could be mimicked and used in high-performance engineering applications such as Formula One Racing Cars, the Hulls of Boats and Aircraft Structures.”
Did the
light just go on? Yea, you got it. Do you realize how many snails are going to
be needed in the future to supply us with cars, boats and planes?
Start
lining up your investment capital now. Go to the pet store and buy all the fish
tanks they have. We are going to need a lot of snails. There's millions of dollars
in those little teeth!
Good luck
and I hope you have a very big backyard.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
2 comments:
Ach, as I was gathering some junk to construct my limpet nursery, I learned that I already had plenty of goethite in my backyard. Besides, your article said it could be "mimicked", that is, made artificially. Yep, I have been making it all along. That old rusty bbq smoker is just full of it. It is plain rust.
Yea, Herr Ludwig, I saw the word "mimicked" and I knew you were a prime candidate for coming back at me & saying, "Ya but..."! It is the structure, other components and the processes that go into making these teeth that makes these tiny teeth so strong. I will not say I understand all of this and, therefore, will not try and explain any of all of this. However, do fall into the trap of saying since a diamond starts out as carbon it is not a diamond and therefore it is just an ugly piece of black stuff. I will also make this observation about your observation...Limpet Teeth Are Not Pure BBQ Smoker Rust.
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