mphee, Something that I follow and found very important for evaluations and discussions are several public statistical reports, two of the most important to read is,
UNDP's report on human development, http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_complete.pdf and BP's energy report, http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/publications/energy_reviews_2005/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/pdf/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_report_2005.pdf there are long links so many must copy and paste to get there. An other interesting report is the Global corruption report and I like to look at the following, http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/gcr2005/download/english/corruption_research_%20I.pdf one interesting special is, Corruption in post-conflict reconstruction, http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/gcr2005/download/english/corruption_post_conflict_%20rec.pdf All are very valuable background for discussions. They can take a long time to download if you have a slow connection, but it is well worth it. Hakan At 17:22 29/08/2005, you wrote: >The econmic meltdown doesn't scare me as much as the next world war. > >The economy has had meltdowns before and it will again. I believe the US is >resourcful enough to come back. Though our great dependacy on foreign oil >could make that a lot harder. > >As oil is depleted more and more there will be maneuvering by countries to >retain/adquire/secure the last reserves. Is it completely outside the realm >of possiblities that's why we're in iraq. China's army out numbers us at >least 2 to 1, but not as advanced and trained. India's army is becoming more >advanced all the time. Both of which are a lot closer than us to the middle >east. Give them 10-20 years. > >US has dug a pretty deep hole. Carter had put in new CAFE (milage requiremnts >for cars/trucks) requiremnts that Reagan through out. If they had stayed it >could have greatly reduced our dependancy on oil. Transportation uses 74% of >the 20+ mbbls we use a day of oil. > > > >On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:16:11 -0700 (PDT), Kirk McLoren wrote > > http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,16416680, > > 00.html > > --------------------------------- > > Print this page > > Dumping of US dollar could trigger 'economic September 11' > > There is a potentially fatal flaw at the heart of the global > > economy: the strong possibility of financial meltdown following a > > collapse of confidence in the greenback, Clyde Prestowitz tells > > Bruce Stannard 29aug05 > > > > THE nightmare scenario that haunts global strategist Clyde > > Prestowitz is an economic September 11 -- a worldwide financial > > panic triggered by a sudden massive sell-off of US dollars that > > would lead inexorably to the collapse of economies around the world. > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
