Oh and btw, you're fooling yourself when you don't acknowledge that the country that takes the lead in new renewable energy technologies will be the leading economic powerhouse of the next century.
And guess what?? Because they can manufacture this stuff so cheaply there in China, they will STILL be selling it to us. I'm not so sure their own people will be able to afford it.
In fact, for your alternative energy views to predominate, we'll likely need to buy it from a cheap manufacturer.
Here is an example of what happens when doing business in China: Nortel's demise started after setting up manufacturing in China and hiring the brightest Chinese available. Too bad they took Nortel's technology and passed it on to the Chinese gov't, who then provided it to China's state telecom. Soon competing equipment based on Nortel's technology was showing up for half the price or less, and telco's around the world readily bought and adopted it. CHINA DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PATENTS - THERE IS NO RULE OF LAW in China to defend intellectual and real property. China will steal all technology they can, including "renewable energy technologies". Trading, doing business and setting up manufacturing in China will be our downfall, and China is quietly laughing at us for being so stupid and naive.
Apply the Nortel experience to engineering and manufacturing in the automotive, marine, aircraft, chip making, biotech, steel, aluminum industries etc and then think about the long term impact on our economies, political and legal systems, our standard of living and freedoms. |
