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Topic: Chart on arable land per capita in year 1960/1990/2025 |
JayHMorrison
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Views: 2274
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:25 am Subject: Chart on arable land per capita in year 1960/1990/2025 |
Whoa! Acording to that site, only twelve countries in the world will have aerable land densities greater than 0.7 hectares per person by 2025:
The minimum requirement is 0.07. Not 0.7. I ma ... |
Topic: Chart on arable land per capita in year 1960/1990/2025 |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 13
Views: 2274
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:35 pm Subject: Chart on arable land per capita in year 1960/1990/2025 |
http://www.cnie.org/pop/conserving/megachart.htm
Very interesting chart I found on the amount of arable land projected in each country in 2025.
Top 5 places to be for land are:
1) Australia
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Topic: THE ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) Thread (merged) |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 381
Views: 7936
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Forum: Geopolitics Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:14 am Subject: Re: Sean Hannity solved our energy dilemna on the radio toda |
Oh, and the ANWR was ment to be the reserve to keep the Navy operational.
I think you are referring to the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A). That area is west of the North Slope. ANWR ... |
Topic: New economic system for post-peak ? |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 65
Views: 8747
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:34 pm Subject: New economic system for post-peak ? |
| smallpowgirl, you seem to be ranting against unfairness that you see as opposed to having in mind an economic system which would be better than the current one. If you are unhappy with the free enterp ... |
Topic: New economic system for post-peak ? |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 65
Views: 8747
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:20 pm Subject: New economic system for post-peak ? |
The problem is "The rich get richer while the poor gets poorer"
The rich can earn money with their money + live in luxury, but the poor has to work just to live.
Even the poor are better off u ... |
Topic: New economic system for post-peak ? |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 65
Views: 8747
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:19 pm Subject: New economic system for post-peak ? |
| So cut taxes on the poor. The only reason the poor suck at life is because the government taxes them on behalf of the elite. You wouldn't need to raise taxes on the rich that much to make up the diffe ... |
Topic: New economic system for post-peak ? |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 65
Views: 8747
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:45 am Subject: New economic system for post-peak ? |
| If I have $10 million I don't need to work for the rest of my life. I can buy couple of houses and live on the rent. Even better, I can buy government bonds and live on the interest. Isn't there somet ... |
Topic: Hard Crash? Another reason to believe |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 64
Views: 10631
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:07 am Subject: Hard Crash? Another reason to believe |
| I work in IT for an insurance company. Anything that happens this year will likely not affect my job, unless things totally go to hell in a handbasket. Compared to a lot of my co-workers, I live cl ... |
Topic: New economic system for post-peak ? |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 65
Views: 8747
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:53 pm Subject: New economic system for post-peak ? |
| I'm not able to move to a place where trade and barter are allowed, and where traditional tribal lands are respected, because such places are rapidly disappearing due to the imposition of capitalism u ... |
Topic: New economic system for post-peak ? |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 65
Views: 8747
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:48 pm Subject: New economic system for post-peak ? |
Capitalism...ie the idea that one should accumulate capital and be reimbursed for allowing someone else to use your capital is a very new and very unnatural idea. It is one thing to make a product ... |
Topic: New economic system for post-peak ? |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 65
Views: 8747
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:47 am Subject: New economic system for post-peak ? |
Maybe this is correct. But what is the definition of freedom? I can't speed over 65 mph because it is dangerous, an accident kill some other people. However, by driving an SUV I can waste a valuable ... |
Topic: New economic system for post-peak ? |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 65
Views: 8747
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:17 am Subject: New economic system for post-peak ? |
Even if my intitial suggestion of putting a limit on wealth may not make sense, it is clear that capitalism is not the way to go.
That is like saying, "freedom and democracy are not the way to go ... |
Topic: Hard Crash? Another reason to believe |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 64
Views: 10631
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:07 pm Subject: Hard Crash? Another reason to believe |
| As for as large gas prices, the technology is here now to cut usage if needed. Hyundai and other manufactureers are working on hydrogen fueled vehicles also and they are well into the research and hav ... |
Topic: Hard Crash? Another reason to believe |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 64
Views: 10631
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:28 pm Subject: Hard Crash? Another reason to believe |
| Ok, what I told them was that ethanol from corn was not a workable substitute for gasoline--which your link, Jay, still bears out, with its figure of an EROEI of 1.21. That's hardly better than breaki ... |
Topic: Hard Crash? Another reason to believe |
JayHMorrison
Replies: 64
Views: 10631
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:39 pm Subject: Hard Crash? Another reason to believe |
I may be beating a dead horse, but I went to NevadaGhost's forum and put my two cents in. Specifically, I posted some info regarding the reasons ethanol is not a workable substitute for gasoline.
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