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Trust: The Biggest Casualty of 2008

I totally agree. And on top of it all add the "wretched excess" of rampant "I have to have it now or I will not be a great as my neighbor" press for validation and you have a real mess that will not go away. All systems degrade and ours is fast along the way.

On Jan 02 11:44 AM bobbobwhite wrote:

> Most posters here seem to think that all will return to normal after
> this economic "inconvenience&am... has passed. However, the present
> debacle is not just an inconvenience as it is not something anyone
> under the age of 85 has any experience in seeing through, and it
> may well be the end of the American way all of us have known as a
> result. We have been taught to be perpetually optimistic in the face
> of everything working against us, as that is the largest part of
> the unique American attitude toward life that is so different from
> the way life is seen in so many parts of the world. Which view is
> more realistic and helpful in the long run? That is in serious question
> these days as the American way is put to its perhaps most severe
> test in its short world history.
>
> The concept and reality of trust is based in personal honor, and
> honor seems to be a rusty leftover from the past for most of our
> greedy citizens these days in our "buy it now and pay for it later,
> maybe" society. "Show me the money" has replaced duty, honor, commitment,
> and persistence in the declining America of today.
>
> PS: At the supermarket yesterday, I saw many typical Americans pay
> for their groceries with credit cards, but all the Asians paid cash,
> every single one. Anyone with a functioning brain should see a lesson
> in that.
Jan 03 08:21 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Biofuel Powers Air New Zealand Test Flight

Still no push for the best: Jhatropa. When will we ever learn to use our heads instead of being trapped in our little media centric world.
Dec 31 18:49 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Smart Grids' Year of Growth

You forgot Beacon Power (BCON) flywheel based power management. No need to fire up those expensive, carbon rich fossil plants when a flywheel system can kick in in a second and even out grid demand.
Dec 29 09:13 am |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment |View article
Biofuel's Year in Review

Jhatropa! Why no mention of Jhatropa. Jeff? The company D1oils in England, although a spectacular failure for any investor, is a leading researcher and soon to be producer of this miracle product that grows in the worst non food stock soil and produces the highest fuel content from its seeds of any biofuel. With a 30 year plant lifespan I would think money would be flowing to it. I know BP took a stake in it as did the the government of Saudi Arabia.

No thoughts on this topic, Jeff?
Dec 25 10:14 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Thain's Bonus

I say fire him too. The age of greedy bastards is about to be over. So he made one good decision. I bet the idea was not even his. Ten million bucks of our money. The gall!
Dec 08 14:38 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Electric Power Research Institute Plugs Smart Grid for Energy Savings

I am interested in Beacon Power flywheels as part of the smart grid. They have virtually no carbon footprint and serve to regulate power flow without having to fire up fossil fuel plants.
Dec 05 13:18 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Alternative Energy Storage Is an Investment Tsunami

Yeah, but what if, and it is a big what if, EESTOR and Zenn Motors come through with a viable product? The world will change in a very big way and some out there will become very wealthy.
Any more thoughts on this John?
Nov 30 15:57 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Wind Power: What We Can Learn from Denmark

Beacon Power makes a flywheel storage systems that is up and running. Scaled up a hundred fold it might be usable for storage but right now it will be used for grid management.
Nov 27 20:28 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Combining the Pickens Plan and an Auto Bailout

Here is the real answer. Tuesday's Investors Business Daily article on backyard nuclear power: Hyperion Power Generation:

www.hyperionpowergener.../
Nov 12 12:13 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Bye-Bye Dividends

I am retired and live entirely on dividends. If Shaw's scenario were to come true it would be a complete disaster for millions of us.
Nov 03 09:41 am |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment |View article
AIG Gets the Scarlet Letter

I am so disgusted by the wretched excess, waste and corruption I see all around me that I am ready to move to a country where I do not speak the language and can therefore not understand or participate in it. Ignorance just might be bliss!

Without reform at all levels of our society we are doomed to a fatal decline in our influence and affluence. I see no way that we are willing to correct this sinking ship as it seems to be "all about me" and not much about the greater good.

......But I liked your article!
Oct 18 09:08 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Alternative Energy, Regular Guy Stuff and Rainbow Stew

I am still hoping the world will have some positive results from Eestor. Think there is much of a chance, John?
Oct 03 11:38 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Chevy Volt Debuts to Enthusiasm in California

Of course we can make excellent cars that get 60 mpg now and we can cut our highway speed limit down to 50 mph now and that would save all the gas we need to save now. I don't believe Li on batteries will ever "get there" but perhaps there is the long shot Estor and the Zenn Car company!
Sep 29 10:45 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
GE: Betting on a Global Growth Story

Well, I have sold most of what I call the "lumbering giants", including GE. I like the business they are in and I now like their focus but what gets me is the size and layers of management. When you get that big management is more interested in protecting themselves and being defensive than in getting ahead. I want to own GE again but I just can't pull the trigger. I'll go with high growth hungry companies first.
Sep 28 10:23 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
The Calm Before the Storm?

It's all psychology!
Sep 27 09:22 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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