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I guess the guys at Google didn't know that we are supposed to be doomed. Razz

But there are plenty of affordable, high quality public universities in the United States (and elsewhere) that can give you an education in those subjects without breaking the bank

Really? Where? ...

A harder concept for most people to get is that we have exceeded our carrying capacity as a species...are currently in overshoot...and a dieoff will result.

That said...

" I realize that it' ...

If you put all the people in the world on a scale, and all the ants in the world on another scale, the ants would weigh more. Just something to consider when we talk about overshoot.

What I said was somewhat oversimplified, but the idea still stands. Even though corporations themselves don't make the contributions, they can still do so through paid representatives (aka lobbyists) ...

Outcast's explanation pretty much holds true of the political process anywhere, although it is exceptionally blatant in the US I believe.
Look at politicians anywhere, if you can't see them being bou ...

Again, the future is unknowable. What is an "ass kicking" that wakes up society? Hopefully, its not a knock out blow that fundamentally changes the democratic system we live in. Although you could be ...

Outcast, Thanks for your explanation. I didn't know that American politicans are puppets of big corporates. Is it really that black and white?

Not always, sometimes they do go against the corpor ...

Then again it also dropped off sharply (although not by this much) in July '07, which was right before the subprime bubble burst. Maybe we're going to see something even bigger come falling down......

The way you and I look at the African example is the difference between u. You seem to suggest or imply that Africa is an example of how populatin can grow even without increasing energy use, like thi ...

Now, outcast, you don't read my posts very well do you. I have consistently said that the world will not come together, hold hands, and cooperatively invest $22 trillion in energy production and given ...

Outcast, Thanks for your response. I confess that I don't know how the American political system works, and you may have a point. However, I am thinking that if an American President is a competent le ...

The real problem with our political system is the lobbyists. There are thousands of lobbyists for every member of congress + the president and they all spend hundreds of millions of dollars to effecti ...

They are both proved liars. Vote Nader.

Tyler,

The headline on the Exxon increasing its exploration budget is misleading. This is from the article:

The capital budget is to be increased about 5.5 percent over the $19.9 billion that t ...