Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-31 Thread mweaver
FWIW, I think there is some truth to the statement below: my dad's family used to plow with mules; he couldn't wait to get off the farm; when he did, he never looked back, though he always grew a garden. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: to Biofuel List from

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-31 Thread Keith Addison
that Dawie's diffuse prosperity, small production, local distribution means going back to a pre-technological past? See: http://snipurl.com/1q643 Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism As I'm sure you know, there are plenty of people, more and more of them all the time all over the world, farming sustainably

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread Doug Younker
But isn't sustained mass wealth leg a pipe dream? What do we need to to prevent that weak loose leg from, poking us in the butt, as the stool crashes to the floor? Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to Biofuel List from Lewis L Smith I am old enough

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread Dawie Coetzee
@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, 30 August, 2007 9:02:20 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism But isn't sustained mass wealth leg a pipe dream? What do we need to to prevent that weak loose leg from, poking us in the butt, as the stool crashes to the floor? Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread Keith Addison
- Original Message From: Doug Younker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, 30 August, 2007 9:02:20 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism But isn't sustained mass wealth leg a pipe dream? What do we need to to prevent that weak loose leg from

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread MMBTUPR
to Biofuel List from Lewis L Smith Me thinks that DC has overlooked economies of scale and mechanization. They are among the major sources of the huge productivity gains which characterize modern life and which on balance, have brought us so many benefits.

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread MMBTUPR
to Biofuel List from Lewis L Smith My professional judgment is this Sustained mass wealth is probably unsustainable for environmental reasons, but a modest level of dignity and prosperity for a large percentage of the people is not, provided the population

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Lewis to Biofuel List from Lewis L Smith My professional judgment is this Sustained mass wealth is probably unsustainable for environmental reasons, but a modest level of dignity and prosperity for a large percentage of the people is not, provided the

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread Keith Addison
] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, 30 August, 2007 9:02:20 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism But isn't sustained mass wealth leg a pipe dream? What do we need to to prevent that weak loose leg from, poking us in the butt, as the stool crashes to the floor? Doug, N0LKK Kansas

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread Chris Burck
- Original Message From: Doug Younker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, 30 August, 2007 9:02:20 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism But isn't sustained mass wealth leg a pipe dream? What do we need to to prevent that weak loose

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread Tom Irwin
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Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-30 Thread Doug Younker
IMO it's because that large percentage has been lead to believe that personal empires that will be inherited by their children, is a birthright, that large majority will not accept modest. I'm not so sure where that leaves the minority? [shrug] Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-27 Thread Mike Weaver
Smashing Capitalism Barbara Ehrenreich August 20, 2007 Somewhere in the Hamptons a high-roller is cursing his cleaning lady and shaking his fists at the lawn guys. The American poor, who are usually tactful enough to remain invisible to the multi-millionaire class, suddenly leaped onto the scene

Re: [Biofuel] Smashing Capitalism

2007-08-27 Thread MMBTUPR
to Biofuel List from Lewis L Smith I am old enough to remember with affection the pre-WW II Sears catalogue. M Weaver is right. Mr. Ford and Mr. Sears had it very clear in their heads that mass prosperity, mass production and mass distribution constitute a three-legged