Political economics in a few sentences: In case of A, cut taxes for the rich and outsource more. In case of not A, cut taxes for the...
I worry more about intentional, legalized emigration of high-tech capital and knowledge.
I am a peak oiler, and I agree with your post. The problem is not peak energy, it is peak oil. Peak energy is the "goin back to the stone...
"with this much inventory?" That's the point of Peak Oil. Inventory is hydrocarbons in the ground. People have been discovering much less...
drsteph has it right. But all of the supposed elitetraders here are missing the value of a high efficiency car. You don't do the...
There could even be a theorem here. It seems like a similar problem as studied in the 18th century. Various gambling schemes and games...
"Not sure if you're serious or sarcastic... if you're serious, Al Qaeda's attack attempt of a Saudi oil facility shows that AQ wouldn't hesitate...
Dubai? It is very unlikely that anybody in positions of central power in UAE would actively engage in a terrorist attack for the reasons given...
People have to be deprogrammed the idea that "liberal" is automatically and "conservative" automatically good. Clinton was a modest liberal,...
"Well at least we can agree that the economy was strong during the late 90's. But from your statement you must think Clinton created this...
It's not the US government which is up to debt in its eyeballs, and printing money like crazy. It's Japan. That's where the huge global...
" For the record, Saddam switched back in 2001, and as a result because the dollar got weaker to the euro, he made 20-30% extra just because of...
It's very easy to understand why money velocity could be declining. Rich people are getting most of the new value from it and sitting on it or...
<i> another problem is the young want the same lifestyle(big house new car) as soon as they get married as their parents worked 50 years to get....
Low tax afghanistan is open for capitalism. Don't mind the warlords.
Why are people so fixated with the "buying power of their money" like it was virginity? If inflation is high, T-bills will have high rates....
I agree that plug-in hybrids are a great idea. In reality a few things would make a large difference for petroleum consumption (which is more...
You should learn how to fool yourself, all to make sure that before you put in real money you don't fool yourself. I would look at a few...
I went and investigated, this appears to be a product of Stirling Energy systems. They are talking about 12000 dishes for 3 square miles @ 300...
7 square miles is an enormous area when you have to fill it with high-tech machinery with large capital cost. I'd estimate roughly that it...
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