http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08friedman.html?ref=opinion

Let’s today step out of the normal boundaries of analysis of our economic crisis and ask a radical question: What if the crisis of 2008 represents something much more fundamental than a deep recession? What if it’s telling us that the whole growth model we created over the last 50 years is simply unsustainable economically and ecologically and that 2008 was when we hit the wall — when Mother Nature and the market both said: “No more.”

We have created a system for growth that depended on our building more and more stores to sell more and more stuff made in more and more factories in China, powered by more and more coal that would cause more and more climate change but earn China more and more dollars to buy more and more U.S. T-bills so America would have more and more money to build more and more stores and sell more and more stuff that would employ more and more Chinese ...

We can’t do this anymore.

“Just as a few lonely economists warned us we were living beyond our financial means and overdrawing our financial assets, scientists are warning us that we’re living beyond our ecological means and overdrawing our natural assets,” argues Glenn Prickett, senior vice president at Conservation International. But, he cautioned, as environmentalists have pointed out: “Mother Nature doesn’t do bailouts.”

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Duh........

Berkeley minds..................

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1984 300SD.. White/Chrome Bunts..Green

1997 2500 Dodge Ram 5.9 Cummins 12 Valve 36 PSI of Boost = 400+hp & 800+tQ .. ..Greenspeed

2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab Cummins 5.9 H.O "596hp/1225tq" 6 spd. Man. Leather Heated seats/Loaded..Flame Red....GREENSPEED

Global warming...Doing my part, Smokin da hippies..

Fight the good fight!......

Then the stimulus bill Husein is hawking is complete worhless. Much of it is dedicated to improving and expanding an automobile/consumer infrastructure that will be obsolete before it is built.

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Guys, guys, are you really that thick headed? Our current economic model will not long endure. No way. The reckoning may be harsh.

But holy crap, try to think on your feet.

For a change.

Did you actually read the GDed piece??

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Auto culture is not going away that soon.

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Who cares.

What did Bambi say today that was supposed to fix things?

So if 2008 was this point in time when "the great disruption" began, and it is the turning point for humanity; is it safe to say Bush saved the world?

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The truth is...much of the stimulus bill is devoted to expanding/improving an automotive/consumer based society that is rapidly becoming obsolete

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Get a clue Berkshire Hathaway man.

Oh hey, Coca Cola. What a boon to the world. And to Warren Buffett.

Whooo-EEEE!!

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Elaborate. Examples. Evidence. Etc.

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Oil is finite.

No kidding. First I've heard of that.

I MEANT examples of how Hussein's budget was focused on extending the life of auto-culture primarily, which is about what Chris B said.

Do you really think we're going to quit driving cars in the next 8 years? Or 20 years?

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What are all those Chinese people gonna do?

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

The road never ends and the party goes on for ever.

If your an idiot and close your mind off to any kind of rational thought.

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
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