Hello Kenji >Doug, > >The US may already be reaching that meltdown. The huge and growing poor >population seem to attest to that. > >Other than a mighty military industry and its spin-offs, the only >substantial investment occuring in the US is speculative, mostly on >foreign markets. > >Of course we are not too near the 'final corporate solution', when only >one company remains standing in the world.
The 'final corporate solution' might be more akin to the world of "The Matrix" or "Terminator" (and long explored in SF). It's the logical outcome, it makes the best sense for the bottom-line. See eg: http://journeytoforever.org/fyi_previous5.html#creed Feel No Remorse -- The Corporate Creed This is worth a read: > >This publication by ETC with the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, on the > >technological challenges of the 21st Century, sets the scene well. > >It's very good, covers GE, nanotech and more: > >ETC Century: Erosion, Technological Transformation, and Corporate > >Concentration in the 21st Century > >http://etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=159 Best Keith >But with all the hidden mergers >and such, its probably closer than we think. > >Kenji Fuse > >On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Doug Foskey wrote: > > > Hakan, > > I think you are correct. It is only a matter of time until the US reaches > > (economic) meltdown. A country can only plunder resources for so long. > > History shows that equilibrium will be restored eventually. > > > > regards Doug > > > > On Sunday 13 November 2005 7:28, Hakan Falk wrote: > > > Ken, > > > > > > The spot markets are in Belgium and Netherlands. For oil in > > > Belgium and they trade in $. > > > > > > Last one who seriously tried with oil in Euro, was Saddam H. > > > and Iraq was invaded. LOL Do not worry, it will come anyway. > > > > > > Jeans are not made in US and to boycott corporations, who > > > in most cases are without a real home nation, is of no real > > > benefit. Even if they have HQ outside US and their products > > > made made and sold outside US, they are US based if 20% > > > of their business are made in US. It is an US law who says > > > that any company with its business 20% or more in US, must > > > be consolidating their business in US and that makes them > > > American on paper. Very few of US multinational are in a > > > real sense American. To avoid this, is complicated, i.e. > > > Shell who is two independent companies, one for US and > > > one for the rest of the world. > > > > > > I don not see what real action that you suggest to boycott, > > > that is American other than only the images? The Euro is > > > gradually making large inroads anyway, despite forceful > > > resistance from US. > > > > > > Hakan > > > > > > At 02:27 13/11/2005, you wrote: > > > >On Nov 12, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Hakan Falk wrote: > > > > > I feel sorry for the minority of Americans, who take a stand > > > > > against what is going on. This shameful period and loss of > > > > > trust that US is going through now, will take a very long > > > > > time to repair. > > > > > > > >Excellent. Glad to hear it! So I assume this means that > > > >Europeans and others will stop buying blue jeans, will > > > >desist from investing in US corporations, will stop buying > > > >our certificates of deposit, our Treasury bills, etc., and will > > > >shortly be establishing a European Oil Bourse, denominated > > > >in euros of course (like the Iranian one which has almost > > > >gotten them invaded). > > > > > > > >In other words, with all due respect, please "put your money > > > >where your mouth is", ie, until those in the world with higher > > > >standards begin to BOYCOTT the US and all its economic > > > >institutions, they can't really be serious about supporting > > > >some alternative, can they? > > > > > > > >-K _______________________________________________ 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/
