Buying the worlds natural resources is what China is all about: Copper in South America, Oil in Canada, Coal in Australia and the US.
Who would want Texas, there is not many things of lasting value there; and Florida will be mostly under water in just a very few years. Cheers: Axil On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Robert Lynn < [email protected]> wrote: > Always fascinates me that "liberal" is a pejorative in US when elsewhere > in the world it describes people who champion personal freedom from > invasive rules and laws - which in most peoples eyes is a good thing. Is > this a semantic shift or conflation manufactured by the religious right or > was it always like that in the US? > > I like the idea of countries settling their debts by ceding land to > debtors. Would bring it home to voters and politicians that borrowing > money has real consequences. Northern Europeans would gradually replace > Southern Europeans in the nice climates, (eg Germany gets Crete) Chinese > would get Hawaii, Florida, Texas, and ship off previous inhabitants to > North Dakota. A bit like warfare but without the body-count. > > > On 20 July 2012 16:44, Chemical Engineer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow, liberals are crawling out of the cracks... Maybe we should give the >> Chinese our land to pay off our debt?? >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Randy Wuller <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> ** >>> Chemical: >>> >>> I wouldn't respond but your point grinds on me like chalk on a >>> blackboard. First, the incentives we as taxpayers give to these >>> technologies through our Government are only a waste if you believe we >>> would be employing the efforts of the citizens of this country at maximum >>> utility without them. That concept is so inane that it makes me want to >>> throw up when I hear it. Pure capitalism doesn't maximize utility and if >>> you think it does, please read a little history. Under either system there >>> will be wasted effort but encouraging technical investigation which may not >>> otherwise occur is not a waste. Some of it may turn out to be fruitless >>> but you would have to measure all the results to determine if a better >>> approach would have been better. So if government wouldn't have provided >>> incentives to the Solar Energy industry do you think more people in this >>> society would have been investigating LENR. I doubt it. We might have a >>> few more casino's though. >>> >>> Finally, there is no debt. Debt is an illusion. This country, if it >>> wanted could pay all the debt now. The net worth of the U.S. is 6 times >>> the level of debt. This isn't about debt, it is all about who takes a shave >>> for the greed which created leverage on assets which were not sufficient to >>> cover the debt. Those that loaned the money don't want to lose so they >>> have been pushing for all of us to pay so their wealth is retained. >>> >>> All the while the country has much unused effort and overall we all lose >>> for no reason other than to protect a few. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Chemical Engineer <[email protected]> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Sent:* Friday, July 20, 2012 9:03 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Another Solar Firm Shuts Down >>> >>> Don't you mean frightening for taxpayer's? That is where billion's >>> have come from while the US government goes trillions into debt. If LENR >>> happens to be real your solar "boom" will be a colossal bust! >>> >>> On Friday, July 20, 2012, Jed Rothwell wrote: >>> >>>> Here is another article about that, with a few more technical details: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/07/amonix-closes-150-mw-las-vegas-hcpv-plant >>>> >>>> Solar energy is booming but there are too many players and too many >>>> different technologies being developed. A shakeout is inevitable. It is >>>> what happened with personal computers in the early 1980s, and with >>>> automobiles circa 1910. This is how capitalism works. It is frightening for >>>> investors! >>>> >>>> - Jed >>>> >>>> >> >
