From: The World of Science   
   Article 4115   
   Posted: April 1, 2015   
      
   The world is running out of electrons.  Electric costs soar, while   
   electrical power capacity continues to decline.  It now takes nearly   
   twice the amount of water power, coal, or nuclear energy to turn a   
   turbine for the same electrical output amounts previously generated by   
   half that amount of source energy.  This decline will continue to get   
   worse each and every year.   
      
   The cause of this is easy to understand.  The world is using too much   
   electricity and thus too many electrons are being consumed.  Modern   
   electronics are being used in nearly everything these days, from engine   
   control on vehicles, to televisions, cell phones, computers, games, as   
   well as industrial production and home use of electricity and   
   electronics.   The more electrical power we use, the more electrons we   
   consume.   
      
   It's estimated that by the year 2020, we will begin to see entire cities   
   go black, or suffer long term brownouts, and/or sporadic power   
   interruptions.  Lighting will be dim, and electronic devices will cease   
   to operate, or will operate very slowly.  For example, your computer may   
   begin to run slower than those old computers prior to the year 1985.   
   Microsoft is already attempting to design an operating system which uses   
   less electrons, but this has been hushed from the public to eliminate   
   panic, until now.   
      
   "It will only get worse".  These are the words of many top scientists   
   all over the world.  Like anything, no resource is infinate, and there   
   are limitations.  Just like the shortage of oil that will soon occur   
   worldwide, there is a shortage of electrons, and this may actually have   
   a bigger impact on our lives.  It will soon become too expensive to   
   produce electricity, and we will have to go back to using candles for   
   lighting, animals instead of electric motors to power our devices, and   
   computers, cellphones, television and so on, will become a thing of the   
   past.   
      
   Until then, everyone is being asked to cut back on their use of   
   electricity and electronics.  Turn off unneeded lights, limit computer,   
   phone, and television use, and avoid using electrical power for heating   
   whenever possible.  This will prolong the inevitable, but not entirely   
   stop our severe loss of electrons.   
      
   Scientists worldwide are attempting to find a method to "grow" new   
   electrons, but so far, all attempts have failed.  Whether this is   
   possible, no one can say for sure.  All we can do is to conserve the   
   electrons we still have, while preparing for the day when all of our   
   modern electrical devices will cease to function.   
      
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