While abundant solutions have been available for years, a committed shift toward implementation of those technologies/solutions threatens many of the entities with controlling interest of the Establishment. Advanced non-petroleum-based technologies threaten the petroleum industry on which the industrialized world, especially our corner, is dependent. The topic can’t really even be addressed publicly as you’ve noticed in past elections or the media, and thus it won’t change at those hands. Of course the pink elephant in the room is the unprecedented profit already reaped by the cartel heads keeping things the way they are since anthropocentric environmental damage warnings began surfacing decades ago. As such, expecting any president to heed the results of the scientific community is far fetched, from how I see things at least.

I think a more practical and active solution is for people to start making their own changes to whatever extent they can; boycotting petro to whatever extent you can through alternatives like hybrids, bicycle, public transport depending on where you live, carpool, etc; the semi-affordable use of solar panels to get you off the grid, or stay on and sell back your excess; wind power couples very efficiently with solar, regional dependent of course; conservation at home, heat pumps and energy efficient furnaces and bulbs, insulation, you could probably come up with more. When your neighbors see you doing it, provided they didn’t just loose their house or job, and realize the benefits and liberation in that, it could become infectious.

But who knows, I never claimed to bat .400 or shoot par.

Best to you, Don.

if stewardship of the Earth and love for ourselves were the priorities, we simply wouldn’t live in such a system based on money that excludes the masses from attaining the resources they need to survive. There are alternatives to resource allocation and the intelligently sustained management thereof for future generations.

Humanity though, has been in the eternal process of subjugation to powers strictly guided by their egos who realized long ago the ease of maintaining their power more effectively through the use of a controlled monetary system. But as David indicates, any solution which is not profitable is not going to be implemented. No profit, no priority.

Best to all.

If we could get rid of the evil concept of capitalism, then peace might stand a chance.

Just imagine all the resources consumed in developing, maintaining and transporting the astronomical quantities of all kinds of arms and ammunition around the world. And all that is consumed in the upkeep of the personnel of the forces across the globe.

Also take into account the resource consumption in the transport of personnel, ships and air force jets. Then, personnel in inhospitable climates and terrains, as in biting cold temperatures and where habitation is very sparse, would depend on burning fossil fuel. What is the impact of all this on global warming and thereby on climate change? Wouldn’t the figures of all these components be mind boggling?

In noted economist Paul Samuelson’s terminology it is the allocation of an economy’s scarce resources between “guns and butter”. More guns means less butter. All because of the threat of war. And what happens to the environment? All the wasteful resource consumption to fight the threat of war accentuates global warming.

Wouldn’t we be better off with peace, goodwill and cordial relations between nations and checking global warming? Peace is eco-friendly. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.” N Kalyani, ET Bureau

He wanted to be President and anything but boring is one way of looking at it. Use the knowledge and that gift of gab.

your second guess is correct, they just print it out of thin air essentially. Since the dollar had the gold standard removed under Nixon, what capitalism revolves around now are pieces of paper with dead presidents faces, denominations and occult symbolism reflective of their plutocratic hegemony and elite vow of silence.

They can’t tweak the system so the people don’t pay interest on debt, because debt is what obligates prisoners of society to go get a crumby job and keep the cycle in motion. If there was no debt, nobody would need a job and their system would collapse.

As for money printing, the more they print, the less it is worth and concurrently the debt rises proportionally. Anymore the majority is all electronic, even more worthless. While being very real, it’s also very illusory.

Best to you.

Our focus should be on creating a system that is sustainable, which means that the needs of workers should take precedent over those of Wall Street. Tell me that Hansen is wrong and not only the needs of the workers take precedent but the workers family as well. This is a new way of thinking and yes only part of creating a new system but a big part. The time is now. President Obama do you read DV I sure hope you do use the knowledge there are many great minds out there who will help you use the knowledge.

With all this Fed backing, what’ll be done when the Fed goes belly up? Print more money and completely devalue the dollar? These reckless and self-promoting, unregulated measures with no transparency will come at a heavy price. By buying up all the junk bonds and mortgage-backed securities, they’re shooting off the nation’s feet. Who’ll be able to run from the building when it goes up in flames?

Thanks Mike.

Best to you.