Thursday, May 31, 2018

Conduit And Cable Plowing In The Modern World

By Daniel Graham


The planet, by and large, was not made for human habitation. There are very few places in the natural world that a human being can survive for too long. In fact, compared to other animals, a human being is weak and fragile. Most other animals of comparative size are stronger, much stronger than a person could ever hope to be even with a steady stream of weight lifting and anabolic steroids. Animals that are smaller are either faster or have some sort of gimmick that means that they are still able to kill a fully grown person.. But no other animal is as prevalent across the globe as man. Sure, some animals may have greater population numbers overall, but none occupy as diverse a range of ecosystems as human beings. This is because for all the gifts nature has given them, it left out two very important things, the ability to innovate and the resolve to make that innovation into a real, tangible thing. No other creature is as innovative or as ruthlessly resolved as mankind. Not one other species, not a single other descendant from that one fish brave enough to crawl out of the primordial waters, has tamed the world the same way humanity has. And it tamed the world by connecting it, sometimes via conduit and cable plowing.

Now, plowing involves moving right through something. In this method, a plow is attached to a vehicle. The vehicle then charges forward and tears through the earth. Then wires are placed into the resulting trench, connected to appropriate ports, secured and sealed, and then the trench is filled in as to prevent people from falling inside.

Now, plowing as a method is preferred because it is a fast method of getting cables in the ground. There is another method known as trenching, which does have its own advantages. But the plowing technique still has the advantage in terms of speed.

Now, conduits and cables are necessary for the modern world. Houses need power and water. Truth be told, fiber optic cables for high speed internet are laid out by plow, and most households require the internet to fully function, to be fully part and participate in an age where everything is done online. Also, for the last two hundred years or so, most people have gotten used to indoor plumbing, which cannot be achieved without the use of conduits to ferry the water from a large reservoir and into a residence or a structure.

The main alternative to the plow method is trenching. But that method is considerably slower. Another alternative is the use of overhead cables. But that method presents some safety concerns.

As mentioned before, plowing is faster. But underground piping and wiring is also safer than the overhead variety. Overhead wires are constantly exposed, which means that strong enough weather can knock them out, knock them loose, or knock them down. None of the scenarios are desired and the latter two are safety concerns.

The main tool used is the plough, a vehicle with a sort of blade at the end to displace the earth. The second main tool is another vehicle to hold the cables. The second vehicle follows the first vehicle and lays down what needs to be laid down as it goes.

Most places can benefit from subterranean conduits and cables. Sure, they might be a little more difficult to repair, but they will need fewer repairs. They are also much neater.

Some animals are lazy by nature. Some animals have an adventurous spirit. But man has brought the world into the home, thereby having the best of both worlds.




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