How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
CHICAGO -- Consumers had cause to cheer, or at least applaud politely, this week when the government forecast summer gasoline prices slightly below last year's.
The outlook may not be as benign for visits to their favorite supermarkets and restaurants - and perhaps for rates on their credit-card and mortgage bills, either.
Prices on everything from cereal and milk to soft drinks and red meat are on the upswing, due partly to the ethanol and biodiesel boom, which is pushing up prices for corn and other commodities. High energy prices also remain troublesome, regardless of whether gas tops $3 a gallon, and clothing costs are up this year too.
Joined: Mar 28, 2007 Posts: 337 Location: Cambs., UK
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: Don't worry about the price of gas
Markets were eased somewhat today, amid suspected rumours of an Irish conglomerate announcing their first perpetual motion engine to counter rising energy prices.
In other news, Anna Nichol Smith rose from the dead to feast on the brains of the living. CNN will have a one-on-one interview at 2100 EST. _________________ "Nothing survives. Not your parents. Not your children. Not even stars."
-Pinbacker, Sunshine
Joined: Aug 26, 2005 Posts: 972 Location: "Mad as Hell !"
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Don't worry about the price of gas
Valdemar wrote:
Markets were eased somewhat today, amid suspected rumours of an Irish conglomerate announcing their first perpetual motion engine to counter rising energy prices.
In other news, Anna Nichol Smith rose from the dead to feast on the brains of the living. CNN will have a one-on-one interview at 2100 EST.
Could someone point Anna Nichol in the direction of Washington, DC? _________________ The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
... Theodore Roosevelt
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