You are right, Chris, mankind is being confronted by a growing list of
basic problems. Deciding which one is the most important is hard. All
of them have the potential to cause massive pain and suffering. What
is worse, the nature of the problem is too technical and complex for
most people to understand. This suggests still another problem. Has
modern life become too complex for mankind to control? Are we nearing
the end when the consequences of technology will overwhelm man's
ability to respond properly? Or is this too pessimistic? I'm not
suggesting a solution - just something else to worry about.
Ed
On Jan 31, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Chris Zell wrote:
Isn't the academic view just amazing? When confronted with malaise
about Bangladesh treading water in decades to come, they go all
'chapter and verse' with specifics - yet, when asked about paying
the bills, they drift off into magic and mysticism. "Somehow" it
will get paid for. Thank you, Paul Krugman.
War costs for oil? What costs? Saddam and Qaddafi were entirely
willing to sell oil freely to anyone who could pay for it.
These aren't 'wars for oil' , they are greedy wars for Empire,
triggered by NeoCon Crooks and helpful Zionists ( who want the
Middle East chopped up into manageable pieces).
Major investment houses are saying (BusinessInsider) that
alternative energy is a disaster as parity with newly found fossil
fuels never comes. Jim Chanos ( famous short seller) is hitting on
such companies.
It is reported that thousands of wind turbines in the US are idle or
broken - and the cost of fossil fuel backup generation doesn't get
counted.
Over at ZeroHedge, you can read the headline that a quarter of US
jobs now pay BELOW the Federal poverty line. You think those folks
are worried about the Florida coastline?
Oh, and trillions of dollars worth of oil/gas may have just been
discovered in Australia this week. BP expressed public doubt over
Peak Oil predictions.
We need entirely new technology.
