On Sep 9, 2010, at 8:15 PM, M Christol wrote: > What we need are new products. Other than a few new gizmos we're just > upgrading & replacing shit as it falls apart. > What's to labor on? What's to buy? We can't just keep building new cars & > houses. It worked once. We even created a huge generation of consumers. > We need to set up a new lifestyle for the society. Obama's relief for R&D is > a good step for that. Renewable energy, electric transportation, rebuilding > old cities in some sort of way.... > I don't know about telling women that a college education will harm their > fertility is a good way to go again. > :-) > Thing is, if we want to maintain a 20th century economy we need to > continually re-invent it one way or another & do it over and over & over > again.
We should try it with less government oversight/interference. You suggest "we" need to set up a new lifestyle around renewable energy, electric transportation and rebuilding old cities. If that's what you want, and it's truly feasible, then we get their soonest by getting government out of the way and allowing private entrepreneurs (of the non-government crony variety) to do it. We're always going to need shelter, which needs to be maintained. Wood has worked pretty damned good as it is a renewable resource and there are plenty of tradesmen skilled in its use. But there is no doubt there is a need to build more durable, energy efficient homes. We're always going to need food. The earth needs to be prepared for seed, the plants must be tended to grow, the crop harvested and delivered to storage warehouses and distributed in population centers. And clean water for our use as well as a healthy ecosystem. We tend to keep pooping, too. That needs to be collected, processed, and delivered away from population centers. We're easily bored. We need something to do. More literature, science and arts help. Another need that government is very lousy at fulfilling. I could go on, but it may not be sustainable. > I'm guessing that's not sustainable. > Life on Mars? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
