"Money trail" and "investment world" sure make this sound big-time--conspiratorial, even! But then again, all bicycles and bicycle parts cost money. It's not quite as simple as, "Hey, let's come up with something completely different so we can make more money." The way our economy is set up, combined with the enormous inputs of energy, basically requires us to make more and more stuff to sell and buy. Everything is continually expected to rise, and as long as there is 1. the flow of cheap to produce energy, 2. a debt load that is in proportion to what can reasonably be expected to be produced and earned in the future, and 3. a working force that can afford the products being churned out, everything is hunky dory. Which basically describes the 1950s and 60s in the U.S. Unfortunately for us, none of these conditions applies any longer. (The price of oil may be cheap right now, but not the price to retrieve it from the earth, which is what matters. The price is low because the workers are being squeezed, which sends the economy down, and the need for oil drops, etc. Until one day, the "recovery" part of the cycle just doesn't happen.)
Again, the interesting angle to me in Grant's piece is not this brake is better than that brake, but the increasing complexity of bicycles, and the issue of diminishing marginal returns. Which is also related to energy inputs. The more energy a society has at its disposal, the more complex it will become. You can go from there to Tainter's The Collapse of Complex Societies. In other words, disc brakes = Apocalypse. Please brake responsibly. On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 6:59:05 AM UTC-4, Garth wrote: > > Benz has got it ...... always follow the money trial . Hey, people that > know a whole lot more about the investment world than I or anyone here does > know the money trail does not lie. They know the product is but a means > to the end, profit, or else they would not waste a moment on it. So the > merits of the product are quite secondary or even irrelavant , so all this > arguing over it is futile as as long as thè product is profitable it is > going to be sold,. > > Who has has noticed, the only purpose of a debate is the debate itself, > there are no winners or losers. Debates never end as the subject just > shifts to another one. Well, they end when you catch on that is ....... and > you laugh wih Eternity the Eternal laughter of Joy . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
