I see an economic diasater coming...

[the_big_m_in_ok]

Big M,her story reminds me of the 9-11 stories I heard so many of in a short time after it occurred.Life is often so unfair.The 1% have betrayed the 99%.Pure and simple.

Yeah, her death bothered me, too.   It was unnecessary, and the ones who started the fire are responsible.   Fine.   They have her death on their hands.   The operative phrase is, "Heavy karma."

The run on Greece's banks, which I mentioned awhile ago, could continue.   As it is anyway, their economy is still "in the toilet," as I think I also mentioned previously as well.

--Lee

[lancaIV]

Portable Energy (fuels and gas) are only a small part of the resources about we are concerned !
And Guessing/Austria has "only" an energy autonomy (like a community in the german black forest since the eightees ) !

The european ,better: EURO member estates, situation will not be solved in the next years giving as an example Portugal public debit facts and the resolving plans :
the country debit,PIB related, is 130% high and the government only want to decrease the debit to 90%  in the year 2030 ! Maastricht "EURO member" contract  debit peak criterium: 60 % !               

Sincerely
                 CdL

p.s.: at first I would explore the moon

[triffid]

CdL, Ill explore the moon with you.Gussing ,Austria is a shining example to us all.It may be too late for some countries.But 2050 will be here anyway.EU or not.triffid

[triffid]

Besides the economic meltdown in europe and the rest of the world there is global warming and the tens of thousands of nuclear tipped missles that russia and the USA still have pointed at each other(yes they are still pointed at us and them).Only 20 nuclear warheads going off could bring on a nuclear winter and the end of all mankind.Accidents do happen?
Welcome to Los Alamos, New Mexico, the United States of America, the CITY OF FIRE. Our fires are BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND SUNS. It was once believed that only God could destroy the world, but scientists working in Los Alamos first harnessed the power of the atom. The power released through fission and fusion gives many men the ability to commence the destruction of all life on Earth. The first atomic bomb was designed and built here. It was at Trinity Site (33 degrees, 44 minutes, 38 seconds North latitude and 106 degrees, 28 minutes, 29 seconds West longitude) on July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 AM that the first nuclear bomb was detonated. Trinity Site is 2 degrees, 8 minutes, 29 seconds and 153.2 miles southwest of Los Alamos. Two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by single atomic bombs on August 6th and 9th, 1945 bringing an end to World War II. Now, 60 years later, Los Alamos, obedient to the almighty Pentagon, carries on its awesome, assigned mission to assure continuing nuclear capability. Nuclear bombs cannot be used rationally and dreams for safe and useful nuclear power may never be realized. It is only in Los Alamos that the potentials for unimagined, fantastic good and demonstrated, horrendous evil are proximate. There is no assurance that man will pass safely through the Nuclear Age into a benign Solar-Hydrogen Age.
http://www.blackholesurplus.com   Just a reminder .triffid

[triffid]

Another debt increase in congress is looming.  http://www.buzzle.com/articles/white-house-and-gop-posturing-ahead-of-debt-limit-debate.html  triffid