-> On 20 Jul 09  08:24:36, Richard Webb got back to Bob Klahn 
-> Re: Palin Scandal

 BK>  And we still gotta bring back manufacturing, what is the point  of
 BK> the infrastructure if you have no where to go and nothing to  do
 BK> when you get there?

 RW> True, and I'm really thinking the only thing that's gonna
 RW> bring that back is the collapse of the petroleum economy.

That's on the verge of collapse already.  New fiekds are way down and 
usage is rising rapidly.  

 RW> AS long as it can be manufactured and shipped around the
 RW> world as cheaply as it's done today there's no impetus to
 RW> change anything.  AS I said elsewhere in this echo a couple
 RW> of days ago, I expect at least another generation of general economic
 RW> disenfranchisement before this crap improves.  Peak oil might actually
 RW> save us. OR should I say, the other side of peak oil.

We are almpst there.  And, the alternative of coal will kill us. 


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