Darn, Nigeria has fallen out of #1.
Hakan Falk wrote: >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/ > > _______________________________________________ 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/
