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Ah, these be interesting times...
Rather than the hollywood blockbuster-style changes, just a whole whack of simple little shifts - some of them painless, while others extremely painful.
Of course, ...

I can well imagine the power of the western corporate wet dream at the thought of a market derived from one third of the population of the planet. (just imagine if a sizeable proportion of those could ...

Fascinating stuff.
I don't live there...but a majority now do - and with the political clout on a municipal basis, will have to be attended to.

I like the idea of retraction / infill...and better ...

well now,

Perhaps this doesn't fit the more dramatic response to the problem, but I think unless all resources just tank and we sink rapidly into some kind of dark age...
it makes good sense to r ...

and the fact that we need to generate the electricity needed to power these cars probably using fossil fuels anyway.

Then there is the technological problems in that most people won't buy an elect ...

I think it will remain contained. China isn't that impressive military speaking, and they know it.

I too think the implosion will most likely remain contained. But it is also true that desperate t ...

Well, the public is kinda starting to vote with their wallets...
(upswing in buying used, vs new...)

But I kinda look at it this way: Imagine a bar or a roadhouse - actively pursuing a policy tha ...

In North America (Canada has the same situation), there are 2 types of people who live downtown. The very rich, and the very poor. It's not unusual to have very up-market neighborhoods less than a blo ...

India and China represent about one third of the planet's population.
Both of these nations have experienced extreme poverty, famines, and conversely, extreme wealth in their long histories.
Both of ...

The only reason we haven't gone into a perceived recession is because of cheap credit for the past few years.

If that's true, then why is Limited Brands (stock symbol LTD - the "superior goods" co ...

Thanks, spudbuddy. I have a 3 year old and I'm constantly having to say and do things to attempt to offset the fear and control most people exert. I hope it's having some positive impact on him. It ...

I love reading reminiscences about simpler, less technical times.
It saddens me a great deal that kids today need so much technology (and artificial energy) - to "play".

It saddens me even more th ...

Western governments are now more concerned with the social engineering of their population than they are with creating the framework for a level playing field that would maximize the population's ...

I was going to post this in the economics forum, but as sometimes happens, that particular forum seems to disappear from the forums list, from time to time.
A small transgression, I hope!

From th ...

Thanks for the post Spud. I think you crystalized the sentiments of many.

I could blather on for hours about the hideousness of suburbia, strip malls, and vast tracts of good land turned into asph ...