>>the crux of all comes down to energy availability and pricing, meaning quality of life
True. Which is also a major ingredient in availability of food.
>>- the key, imo, is solar;
Certainly a key if not the key. Also pebble reactors, wind... and methods to store solar overnight... methods to produce store and distribute cheap hydrogen for vehicles, or much better battery technology.
>>- if solar succeeds, then russia neutered and saudi arabia tamed, and israel behaving
>>- but solar success depends on brains and economics and scale of market
Yup.
>>- solar success, imo, depends on usa research, and china manufacturing, which
- depends on aggregate officialdoms' policies, and
- continued globalization of solar arena, and, of course
- depends on the nature and collective interest to solve real problems, how fast, by whatever means, funded with the bubble to dwarf on bubbles past put together
Absolutely.
>>- should usa turn inward and witchhunt its ethnic chinese scientists and engineers, they are then welcome to return to the motherland
Why should this be so? We all need solutions + clear thinking. Solutions will be rewarded. All else is crazy and self defeating.
>>- should usa insist on viewing china as a strategic enemy, then witchhunt inevitable
Is china a strategic enemy?
It finances US.
If we can team on solar, why not as strategic partner?
Essentially, what has been happening has been a strategic partnership of sorts... altho has been relatively better for china. China develops industry, provides financing, US provides market. However, ultimately trade must balance somehow.
However, the energy problem must be solved or we are all ultimately f**ked.
>>big issues after dawning of solar:
>>- global areas of moslem faith will either return to economic poverty, or achieve breakthrough by combination of innate talent and external help from willing sources of wisdom
Willingness to change necessary. Means fundamentalism must be modified or eliminated. Otherwise they are still trouble. Deserts make great sites for solar farms tho... but a little far from demand.
>>- europe can expect to be swamped by folks of moslem faith, and must make them happy, or badness going forward
Traditionally, what happens is immigrants adopt to the prevailing culture, rather than the other way around. Otherwise the immigration becomes more in the way of a takeover. Are you suggesting thats what must or should happen in Europe?
>>- america can expect continuing skewing of population via iron law of demographics, [not sure what you mean here, please explain...] and deal with troubles to do with returning to natural size per increased population of different flavor and continuing productivity squeezes per global competition
Agree.
>> - one person one vote per india model will not be able to cut it on a level playing field
Not sure what you mean by this. One person one vote works if folks are educated and intelligent. And if they are not, then they are easily manipulated... and many times, (but not always), who spends the most wins... which can make a rather corrupt and slanted system... which could be one view of the present. That first "if" kind of important. We don't seem to educate well here for civic involvement or entrepreneurship. Both are more necessary than ever.
>>- japan and russia will gravitate towards point of demographic collapse
Russia is currently involved in youth breeding encouragement program, ala Hitler youth. It may have an impact.
>>- brazil's ethnol will cease to have a future, for burning fuel is just that, the burning of precious oxygen, and will stop naturally, one way or another
>>recommendation:
- accumulate gold
- relocate to sunny place
- short puts on selected but unrecognized solar
- hold energy just in case
- hoard platinum
Colorado great place for solar. More sun than most places in US...
Still, price not right yet.
We are on the cusp of great change.
May the force be with us all... <g!> |
