tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post7210430672515700427..comments2024-03-22T19:12:22.089+11:00Comments on One Salient Oversight: All things being equalNeil Cameron (One Salient Oversight)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03143948543305522865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-53273567994352656912008-10-02T09:28:00.000+10:002008-10-02T09:28:00.000+10:00Half critique, half all-important-road-map-for-the...Half critique, half all-important-road-map-for-the-future, All Things Being Equal includes eight original essays by top-notch thinkers pointing to areas in American life where opportunity is missing and showing us how to instigate it.<BR/>-----------<BR/>albertjames<BR/><A HREF="www.drivenwide.com" REL="nofollow">Buzz Marketing</A>albertjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17831040317257556974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-1577122604269554632008-10-01T13:07:00.000+10:002008-10-01T13:07:00.000+10:00Nicely explained Neil.I'm now at the point where I...Nicely explained Neil.<BR/><BR/>I'm now at the point where I think actually hitting peak oil will be the only stimulus to America achieving a sustainable economy.<BR/><BR/>As Pickens explained, America is losing 700 billion dollars overseas every year because of its short-sighted addiction to oil... and this trend will only get worse! Forget invading Iraq to "secure" oil for the world market (and what a failure that was), 700 billion a year, getting worse each year!<BR/><BR/>The sooner America builds an electric transport system of state of the art intercity electric rail, and little EV's for suburbanites in the city, and the sooner America dumps oil, the faster it can turn a corner and become energetically independent.<BR/><BR/>Pity about the airlines though. Solutions to that problem look to be 20 to 30 years away. There's algae to jet-fuel technologies available, but the sheer size of the demand is not doable any time soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-27038133629820199852008-10-01T08:53:00.000+10:002008-10-01T08:53:00.000+10:00Some things I find hopeful, or at least potentiall...Some things I find hopeful, or at least potentially so. I think the right approach could lead to a quicker recovery and a more stable sequelus to Bush's latest (and hopefully last) controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).<BR/><BR/>Ironically, McCain accidentally told the truth when he said the fundamentals were strong. In contrast to the 30s, today's USA has 300M mostly healthy, well educated people, a network of roads and other infrastructure, and the potential (in terms of objects and organizations) to support its people and enable their well-being and productivity to return.<BR/><BR/>I hope it's not my imagination that this is a case where slashing debt, "throwing money at the problem", would actually perk up the patient and get him back on his feet. As the old saying goes, "Give a man a fish ... it's easier."<BR/><BR/>Will anyone take this radical approach? I don't know. But it's not impossible.<BR/><BR/>NoniNoni Mausahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198589990083966806noreply@blogger.com