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To: Metacomet who wrote (39279)	8/26/2008 11:17:43 PM
From: Webster Groves	Respond to of 218031

The Israelis and Iraqis have a common problem - learn to survive without dada. One wants to and the other doesn't, but which is which ? wg

To: Metacomet who wrote (39279)	8/27/2008 12:39:19 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 218031

the crux of all comes down to energy availability and pricing, meaning quality of life - the key, imo, is solar - 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 - 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 - should usa turn inward and witchhunt its ethnic chinese scientists and engineers, they are then welcome to return to the motherland - should usa insist on viewing china as a strategic enemy, then witchhunt inevitable 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 - europe can expect to be swamped by folks of moslem faith, and must make them happy, or badness going forward - america can expect continuing skewing of population via iron law of demographics, and deal with troubles to do with returning to natural size per increased population of different flavor and continuing productivity squeezes per global competition - one person one vote per india model will not be able to cut it on a level playing field - japan and russia will gravitate towards point of demographic collapse - 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