The plague and the golden rooftop

A suggestion that the massive disease that swept America was

caused by the theft of gold.

Golden rooftops are ages old, predating modern ventilation.

Convection.

Gold is a conductor

Gold conducts electricity and heat. As a very efficient conductor, it transfers energy very quickly. This means that if the outside of the golden rooftop warms in the sunlight, the underside of the gold warms shortly afterward, and more quickly than with most other metals. If on stone, the gold will transfer energy into the stone, or out of the stone, depending on what will balance the energy, and more quickly that with most materials.

This means the rooftop is technology

The golden tipped pyramid might warm the stone more quickly than just sunlight, and at night, it would cool the stone more quickly as well. So a convection current would exist on the golden rooftop when another roof might no longer cause airflow. Air-flow is beneficial for life, and allows for denser, more healthy populations.

What if Columbus convinced gangsters to steal the golden rooftops?

In America, before the European discovery, there was lots of gold, probably on roofs, in statues, and maybe even tipping pyramids. This gold might have created convection currents, which could ventilate citys, and even on accident allow for denser more healthy populations. If the gold was removed, the air might become too damp too often and make the populations susceptible to disease.

Safety net

Actually, it’s true, Columbus might have done nothing wrong, but maybe people around the situation of the two worlds interacting still had the effect of convincing the Americans to let their golden rooftops go.

The sun heats the gold more quickly than stone. The stone heats from the heated gold, storing heat. At

night, the gold transfers heat into the air more than stone, ensuring area convection through the night.

A castle fire might be the same.

Maybe the Europeans didn’t know, because they all died for the same

reasonIt could be that the black plague was similar. If the population grew too much, and there was a lumber shortage, it might be tempting to stop burning fires all the time. But if the fire stops burning, the roads might turn to mud, and the air might become damp and carry more microbes. If it was decided to stop burning so many fires to save wood, this might cause disease as well.

Some benefits of urban airflow

• Structural integrity of foundations. Mud doesn’t hold much weight, but dry ground would.

• On this note, roads would work better when dry, and urban areas were full of animals that were antsy. Wet roads wouldn’t be useful on as many days, or the road might be destroyed from use when wet. So travel through town might be more possible with adequate convection. This might not even have to be on purpose, it could have just been tradition.

• Clearing of fog.• Temperature control on warm days.• Fresh air to replace stagnant urban pollution (animal waste,

food decay, sewage)