Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-15 Thread Alain Sepeda
what is the problem, he control nothing in fact. senate is controlling what he does, and lobbies control the senators with cash for campaign... it is well known that business run US, and that is the secret of it's economic power. it works. at least for the business. :- 2012/1/15

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 01/11/2012 11:28 PM, James Bowery wrote: The only way to get capitalism to work is to shift the tax base from economic activity to the liquidation value of assets, and set the tax rate to the interest rate used to calculate liquidation value. But no one with wealth wants that to happen

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread Peter Gluck
I think the problem is not with Capitalism (you cannot find anything better or more realistic, it is with Moneytheism- the most popular and destructive religion today. Peter On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Mauro Lacy ma...@lacy.com.ar wrote: ** On 01/11/2012 11:28 PM, James Bowery wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 01/14/2012 09:21 AM, Peter Gluck wrote: I think the problem is not with Capitalism (you cannot find anything better or more realistic, it is with Moneytheism- the most popular and destructive religion today. I think the same. The problem is in the way money is taken as a value in itself,

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread James Bowery
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Mauro Lacy ma...@lacy.com.ar wrote: ** On 01/11/2012 11:28 PM, James Bowery wrote: The only way to get capitalism to work is to shift the tax base from economic activity to the liquidation value of assets, and set the tax rate to the interest rate used to

RE: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread Jones Beene
BRAVO. Well said by all. A bit off-topic, but with keen insight, which is hard to find these days, on-topic. -Original Message- From: Mauro Lacy I think the same. The problem is in the way money is taken as a value in itself, when it should be considered just a convenient form of

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread Craig Haynie
We need to put down the guns. Every action taken by government, whether it's a new law, or some tax, is enforced by violence and the threat of violence. It's enforced at the point of a gun. We need to stop using guns to solve our social problems. Replace laws with voluntary agreements, and

RE: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Mauro, . The problem is in the way money is taken as a value in itself, when it should be considered just a convenient form of replacement for other, real values. The way money is valued, that's where the real problem lies. In fact, we're in a really stupid state of affairs, come

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread Peter Gluck
Perhaps this document: Capitalism: Reject or Retool?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41870: from INFORMAVORES SUNDAY No 490 can help you in this problem. Peter On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:50 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: From Mauro, ** ** … The

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-14 Thread mixent
In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:59:31 -0300: Hi, [snip] Maybe the solution is what Fidel Castro proposed recently: replace the US president with a robot. They already did that decades ago. ;^) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-11 Thread James Bowery
The only way to get capitalism to work is to shift the tax base from economic activity to the liquidation value of assets, and set the tax rate to the interest rate used to calculate liquidation value. But no one with wealth wants that to happen even though just about everyone who has high

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2012-01-11 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:28 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: In other words: All fall down. I don't know you; but, this is the most aware perception that I have ever seen posted on this or any other list. I have just had a conversation with my wife on world politics and she is not

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-13 Thread noone noone
a world in which there is almost no poverty, without a global basic income. From: Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 2:10 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects Cold fusion will solve every

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-13 Thread noone noone
to live in a nice house, have nice cars, etc. From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects The Internet has improved efficiency in a wide range

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-13 Thread peter . heckert
, then it will produce new conflicts, this is foreseeable. best regards, Peter - Original Nachricht Von: Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Datum: 13.12.2011 08:10 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects Cold fusion will solve every major global problems

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
noone noone thesteornpa...@yahoo.com wrote: I am all for vertical agriculture, but I am totally opposed to a global basic income. I do not support socialism or communism. Socialism, communism and capitalism are all based on ordinary people trading labor for money. In a few decades human labor

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-13 Thread Nick Palmer
Chris Zell wrote: Once the emergence is established, there will be evidence of public grief by various enviromentalists and climate change activists. Only a few will observe what this teaches about their real motives were I'm not having a go at Chris directly here but he repeats a common

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-13 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Thanks Jed for explaining this automation argument in detail again. It is surprising how it seems impossible for humans to comprehend that argument, because this has been the reality for decades. And we have all the evidence if we just look around. However automation is not bad thing. We just

[Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-12 Thread Zell, Chris
If Cold Fusion or other forms of nearly free energy emerge, obviously there will be radical change in the world. 'Free' energy will have a profoundly deflationary effect on the world economy. Oil will move towards a price consistent with being a chemical feedstock, eventually, as automobiles

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-12 Thread Jed Rothwell
Zell, Chris chrisz...@wetmtv.com wrote: 'Free' energy will stimulate economies temporarily as new products are eagerly bought - however, in the longer term, it will deflate general economic demand in a manner similar to what the internet did for recorded music, movies and pornography (!).

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-12 Thread Jed Rothwell
The Internet has improved efficiency in a wide range of industries, such as grocery store inventory. Has it had a deflationary effect on these industries? I do not know. It has deflated goods and services directly produced by the Internet itself, such as publishing books. Amazon Kindle books are

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion Economic Effects

2011-12-12 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Cold fusion will solve every major global problems. And they can be defined with two words: For environmental problems: _vertical agriculture_ For political problems: _global basic income_ And ALL known political, economical and environmental problems are solved and we live in the age of Star