About time for a little responsibility, along with the riches.

Pity too many seem not to gaf.

Hah, exactly Borg. The world does conspire...

Dear Emma, here is hoping that the truth of the exponential graph- that it's rate of change is itself exponential and therefore represents the unsustainable mathematical dreams imagined only by the greedy from planet accountant- is made common knowledge to the world.

The speech by Obama, if acted upon, can only give the world hope.

It is my opinion that the world has lost faith due to things such as terrorism. Terrorism will continue to be a problem.

Politics is all human relations and there is no point in making things more difficult than they have to be unless you are setting traps.

Yes, America putting their energy(oops!  ) into solving global warming means they have to take it out of something else and I presume that leaves America less time for evil.

It's a vulnerability is what I'm saying.... therefore it's a big step- and I applaud Obama for making it!

Emma wrote on Feb 15^th, 2013 at 11:55pm:

It always starts with words: the knockers may call it symbolism but all those business types know it really amounts to a plan.

good good good good 

The mother of all skill...

THERE IS THE LIGHT(WHOAH, THAT GUY WAS RIGHT!    ) AND THERE IS DARKNESS: STRIVE TOWARDS THE LIGHT SIDE AND THE POWER OF THE FLOW KEEPS THEM IN HARMONY.. or something like that!

All these daddy lovers who think leftys don't know business forget that EFFICIENCY BREEDS SUCCESS!

--> the daddy lovers of the liberal voting brigade just want to keep the status quo for the sake of keeping the status quo... they think it suits their interests but they're just sheep too scared to embrace ideas!

They forget that higher ideals win... and that means business will go down that path sooner or later

They're a bunch of sheep!

It takes time: the curve of Elisabeth Kubler Ross says so... a 'conservative'point of view is afterall legitimate: they just forget that a çonservative'point of view doesn't mean you are scared of change, just careful about embracing it!

Global Warming is an insurance problem- business will embrace it because the insurers will make them!

   

you have hope that Business will come to the rescue??

Hope you're right.

Emma wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 12:57am:



Subsidies are given to make business flow better, if needed(reagan, remember!!): BUSINESS(OR THE MARKET) PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE POPULATION. Some services may need to be provided by Government, of course. This is called a mixed-market economy: don't let any jokers tell you it's a free-market: a free-market is an idea that exists in your head like democracy!)

IF IT MOVES, TAX IT, REMEMBER! IF IT'S NOT MOVING YOU CAN HARDLY TAX IT NOW CAN YOU. SO, SOMETIMES SUBSIDIES ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THINGS MOVE.

IF THE INDUSTRY CONCERNED WASN'T IMPORTANT THEN IT MIGHT NOT BE SUBSIDISED,BUT IF IT WAS- LIKE THE WORLDS ENERGY SOURCE OBVIOUSLY IS- THEN YOU SEE WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

So, the question becomes why isn't renewable energy subsidised and this is exactly what you're asking.

The power of money indeed: see, we're all just scared little creatures looking for a way to pay the rent/buy food and those born with a pile of money are under no obligation to give it away. Those who have the propensity to save money(a natural instinct to some but not all of us  ) would just pile it away in a bank account forever if they weren't given an incentive to spend it/put it back in the economy. Incentives are given to people to set up business and these competing ideas give us a rich tapestry called the western world.

Business aint bad. Business is made up of people that live life to the full but it all starts with people who are willing to save a big pile of money to get a loan from a bank and keep building that pile of money to employ more skilled and skilled people and this story goes on. This is what creates the world around us, global warming just being an unpriced negative externality of it.

Sure, some people are just scammers, but most business people simply play an honest game of selling what the consumer wants for an honest price always trying to make that price as cheap as their competitor via efficiency measures.

The law dictates what business can and can't do. people might play games within it but, hey, it all legitimate really. The stockmarket works because of INSIDER TRADING but what are you going to do- not have a stockmarket??

The stockmarket is a trap for the ilinformed but it makes our world turn. Mum and Dad investors got out of it a long time ago!!!

You could say it is the source of all our troubles however..... and that my friend would make a very interesting read!

I mean, the stockmarket does mean a lot of people get to stay at home and do nothing for a lifetime if they're in the know!

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Feb 18^th, 2013 at 4:59am:

Governments collect taxes to provide the necessities of life for its citizens that the free-markets simply can't.

Until there is a pressing need for change the status quo/well worn path is always going to be the easiest solution.