Is A global Financial Crash Looming?

[Deeje]

As we use technology to counter the effects of carbon, it is quite possible to produce clean(er) energy. Choking industry the way the EPA did, almost brought us to a halt, economically. Yet China was able to pollute for years to come. So why would we join a coalition of countries that targeted the US while other actors increased their economic stability?

The obvious naturally renewable energy source is of course.....solar....and electric cars are a natural adjunct to that. Imagine a world where all vehicles would be electric and industry ran on power that was from a never ending, non-polluting source? We have the technology already.

There has to be a balance, a give and take, if you will. Obama tried to escalate electric cars and solar power and wound up costing billions in a lost endeavor. There are people who will complain about any progress in energy, including nuclear.

The power behind the decision makers has to be taken into consideration I think.
If the power working against you is stronger than the one driving you, its a tough row to hoe.

Progress doesn't have to be 'expensive' to the environment though. Making a profit is almost always the first consideration, based on a "we'll fix the fallout later" mentality. Talking of fallout....Nuclear energy was a monumental mistake as all the nuclear accidents have proven. They produced a waste product that cannot be destroyed and stays dangerous for thousands of years. It was as they said..."an expensive way to boil water"......that and it allowed them to produce plutonium.

Understanding pollution makes us smarter. Understanding "global" warming makes us smarter. Throwing us into the stone age is a step backwards. I fully believe that the technology is there, it's just that it hasn't caught up to the demands of an energy reliant world. Obama wanted to "put on the brakes". Trump wanted to allow the US to move forward in (carbon) energy with a watchful eye while pushing the technological envelope to keep it clean(er).

The US President is apparently first and foremost a businessman.....of course he is going to favor profit over the environment.

There is always a price to be paid with progress. The Hindenburg taught us to use helium instead of hydrogen. The disaster was bad, but lesson learned made us smarter, safer. We need to tread carefully rather than not at all. The world demands it.

If only the world's pollution problems were as easy as the lesson learned by the Hindenburg.

In world pollution terms, they continue to use 'hydrogen' (petro-chemicals and other polluting substances) with no real end in sight. Does "treading carefully" mean not really making much of an improvement in the big scheme of things? The 'price' must be payed sooner or later.....or should I say, the debt (not just the financial one)? At what point does it become too late?

 

[Phantasman]

The obvious naturally renewable energy source is of course.....solar....and electric cars are a natural adjunct to that. Imagine a world where all vehicles would be electric and industry ran on power that was from a never ending, non-polluting source? We have the technology already.



The power behind the decision makers has to be taken into consideration I think.
If the power working against you is stronger than the one driving you, its a tough row to hoe.

Progress doesn't have to be 'expensive' to the environment though. Making a profit is almost always the first consideration, based on a "we'll fix the fallout later" mentality. Talking of fallout....Nuclear energy was a monumental mistake as all the nuclear accidents have proven. They produced a waste product that cannot be destroyed and stays dangerous for thousands of years. It was as they said..."an expensive way to boil water"......that and it allowed them to produce plutonium.



The US President is apparently first and foremost a businessman.....of course he is going to favor profit over the environment.



If only the world's pollution problems were as easy as the lesson learned by the Hindenburg.

In world pollution terms, they continue to use 'hydrogen' (petro-chemicals and other polluting substances) with no real end in sight. Does "treading carefully" mean not really making much of an improvement in the big scheme of things? The 'price' must be payed sooner or later.....or should I say, the debt (not just the financial one)? At what point does it become too late?

The only way electric will work is if the current is constant, like a trolley. And a carbon footprint isn't eliminated with electric, unless it's hydro. A battery to haul great loads are going to be a high percentage of the weight of such loads. Not very feasible from a physics stand point.

Harnessed nuclear could be the way of the future, but not as a movable source (automobiles, trains) because of the emissions left behind.

To harness the suns energy requires a large collector to obtain the amount of energy driven by todays technology. Micro technology operates in micro watts now, allowing the suns minute energies to drive things like calculators. We get a very micro amount of the suns energy to give any great power........at this time. We can recreate that power the way the sun does (nuclear).

A better way of controlling the carbon emissions is still the best route at this time. Catalyst conversions worked to save the ozone, and I believe it is foreseeable to utilize carbon is a more constructive, rather than destructive, way. Remember, foilage depends on carbon. We are upsetting the balance, but I believe we have the ability to restore it. Hopefully in time.

 

[Estro Felino]

We create too much money through deficit spending. To keep from flooding our economy and cause inflation we export money through trade deficits. We are saved because oil is sold with American money. Other countries need greenbacks to buy it, especially China who has little oil reserves. As long as dollar hegemony rules, we think we are safe. I see a one world currency as the only salvation.

Let's be honest...you guys also eliminate leaders who defy the petrodollar system....

who's "we" in this video?

 

[sandy whitelinger]

Let's be honest...you guys also eliminate leaders who defy the petrodollar system....

who's "we" in this video?

There is suggestion we toppled Hussein because he wanted to switch to rubles for oil sales.