Hello Vincent,
Good we agree that it is not a zero sum game. I am sure we agree tat
because of all the inventions and better understanding of things and how
the planet has shrunken, we can feed everybody, we have resources to handle
a lot of illnesses and we realize that there is not possible to be
Hi Lennart,
I don't think I meant to imply that it's a zero sum game either. It is,
however, a highly complex game that takes advantage of the fact that it has
become so damned complicated, and deliberately so. Today few have the capacity
to "follow the money" to its logical conclusion. IMHO
"We march backwards into the future." --Marshall McLuhan
Ruby
On 7/21/15 2:19 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
"If we watch ourselves honestly we shall often find that we have
begun to argue against a new idea even before it has been
completely stated."
- Wilfred Trotter
http://am
ein said: an insurance company is just a
> bookie-- let's call it what it is -- you make bets that something will go
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> *From:* James Bowery [mailto:jabow...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 22, 2015 8:19 AM
> *To:* vortex-l
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...and as Robert A. Heinlein said: an insurance company is just a bookie--
let's call it what it is -- you make bets that something will go wrong.
From: James Bowery [mailto:jabow...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 8:19 AM
To: vortex-l
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Coal mining indust
The original libertarians in the US -- the 1800s frontier libertarians like
Lysander Spooner, understood legitimate government as a mutual insurance
company. An insurance company operating as government would charge an
insurance premium for the protection of property rights. This is
essentially a
I find it interesting to view this entire process as an interesting game in how
humans go about redistributing units of wealth across the planet.
The entire process, the mechanisms currently installed to initiate “wealth
distribution” has become so incredibly convoluted and obfuscated (intent
The sheer zeal and thoroughness of GM’s effort to remove all traces of the EV1
from human consciousness tells us all we need to know about their feelings
concerning profits and parts sales. They were forced – kicking and screaming –
into improving car reliability by Japanese manufacturers – a
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
I do not see Toyota in crisis because Prius spark plugs, brakes and
> mufflers last far longer than the ones in older cars did. (The brakes last
> for a long time because much of the stopping power is from regeneration.)
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I have a Prius, and
Chris Zell wrote:
Electric cars will be a disaster for sales of parts: spark plugs,
> mufflers, and much more.
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We have already had that disaster. Modern automobiles and parts last longer
than they did in the past. This is not put automobile companies out of
business. Cars wore out at around 3
Electric cars in the 90s were only built as a result of the California
mandate. There was no demand for them back then.
Now, with improved technology, and much higher gas prices, a lot of
people are starting to like the idea and the market is becoming viable.
Craig
Electric cars will be a disaster for sales of parts: spark plugs, mufflers, and
much more. The EV1 debacle was instructive in how far suppression can go as
with people trying to fight GM and keep their cars, Jay Leno trying to get an
EV1 for his collection and the eventual crushing of the cars
Things have changed:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankbi/2015/05/22/watch-drone-flyover-gives-first-look-at-teslas-gigafactory/
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Yes, but why would an automobile executive care about that? Unless he
> happened to be on board of an oil company as well as an auto company, why
> would he care whether his product enriched an oil company rather than an
> electric power compan
Terry Blanton wrote:
> Anyway, there does not seem to be any resistance to electric cars today.
>> If it was real, when and why did it vanish?
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> There were many billion more gallons of oil in the ground then compared to
> now. Indeed, we passed "peak oil" a few years ago.
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Yes, but why w
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> Anyway, there does not seem to be any resistance to electric cars today.
> If it was real, when and why did it vanish?
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There were many billion more gallons of oil in the ground then compared to
now. Indeed, we passed "peak oil" a few yea
Perhaps much of the opposition evaporated because many of those prior enemies
may have figured out how to make a profit on the transition to electrics.
Always try to land on your feet. Can't stay in business if ya can't.
Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
OrionWorks.com
zazzle.com/orionwor
Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote:
> Concerning documentaries, were you directly or indirectly referring to
> "Who Killed the Electric Car"?
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Yup. I confess I did not see it, so I cannot judge it. I read articles
making the same claims. I
Jed,
Concerning documentaries, were you directly or indirectly referring to "Who
Killed the Electric Car"?
http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/
The film got a lot of press when it came out.
Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
OrionWorks.com
zazzle.com/orionworks
Here is a sad, naive quote from the article:
There is widespread bitterness about the country taking our coal for all
these years when it needed us,” said Don Perdue, executive director of the
Wayne County Economic Development Authority, “and then simply saying
goodbye.”
What did they expect wou
See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/business/energy-environment/coal-miners-struggle-to-survive-in-an-industry-battered-by-layoffs-and-bankruptcy.html
This is in response to cheap natural gas and the increase in wind and solar
power. This will happen to all conventional and alternative energy
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