tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post5584133726877774374..comments2023-12-28T12:34:28.176-06:00Comments on Fiat's Fire: What-a-World Wednesday- First Hand Experience From Greece Details Chaos, Scandals, Corruption; The Global Economy is in Death Spiral, No Way Out; Challenger Job Report Shows Unemployment Will Get Worse; Ten Percent of China's GDP is Bad Debt Says Moody's; Unprecedented Global Weather Ruins Crops, More Inflation of Food Prices Expected; The "Big One" in Iceland Ready to Erupt; Dust Storm in AZ Blankets Whole Cities; Portugal Puts "P" in PIIGS; Moody's Downgrades "P", Fails; Gold Strong As Ever; Federal Retirement Funds Plundered By $120 Billion; Fukushima: Reactor 1 Radiation Skyrockets To Record, Cover Up of Fukushima Unraveling Fast, Children Clean Out Radioactive Dirt, Japan Plans to Reduce Size of Evacuation Zone While British Columbia Canada Sees 38% Spike in Infant Mortality; Much MoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post-69643124190442821182011-07-08T15:50:57.123-06:002011-07-08T15:50:57.123-06:00@Anon- Excellent summary and I concur 100%. See my...@Anon- Excellent summary and I concur 100%. See my most recent venture with the GEES. We are seeing the makings of a war between the haves and the have nots. This social wars never end well. Size is not the root problem but just another cause. Interdependence is a major problem. <br /><br />As with Greece, the problems have not been addressed but again only temporarily fixed with bandaid solutions which as I am trying to make clear on my blog will only make things worse. There is nothing after this for Greece. <br /><br />So many problems and they are all compounded and in most cases founded because of Greed. Again, thank you for your input.<br /><br />@[e]- You're right. But no one here is throwing their 'hands up.' ;)<br /><br />@Nightblogger- Thank you. I appreciate the comments and hope to see you here more often. That is a great compliment! ;)Fiat's Firehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410492601894088461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post-72876642795475455882011-07-07T13:18:37.290-06:002011-07-07T13:18:37.290-06:00@ [e] - I agree that size is not necessarily the c...@ [e] - I agree that size is not necessarily the core cause of the issues facing a society. Size has bred complexity, and that complexity has bred immobility. The Inca, I am sure, made a good decision based on all available choices that maximized good for the Inca. In our modern world, in Greece for example, anyone with a 4th grade math education and a chart of their outstanding debt would say that default would be in their best option. But because of outside vested interests, interconnectivity and complexity, this hasn't been allowed to happen. Instead they will sell the Parthenon to the highest bidder? A one-time sale will solve a compounding ever increasing debt problem? <br /><br />The other thing that we must realize is that size is not the only issue, it is the rate of growth and rate of consumption that is needed to feed that growth. One would like to think that a decision (whether natural or by will) to increase in size would somehow only be made because there is a natural increase in efficiency due to the increase, an economy of scale. And we've succeeded in making goods ever cheaper using growing amounts of energy. If the energy is no longer there due to scarcity/high costs, how does one justify the current size? Carried to the extreme I suppose we could cover every piece of non-arable and uninhabited land with a nuclear reactor (provided we had enough uranium) to keep the machine going, but I'm not sure I'd want to live with the consequences of that scenario either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post-59259872684234720692011-07-06T19:26:11.029-06:002011-07-06T19:26:11.029-06:00This is a Killer blog -- love the intelligent, ins...This is a Killer blog -- love the intelligent, insightful, and witty narrative format. Way up there with ZH. Keep it up.Spence Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10302980212127196969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post-71485323008735354372011-07-06T15:56:20.482-06:002011-07-06T15:56:20.482-06:00@Anon & Fiat - I would have to disagree on th...@Anon & Fiat - I would have to disagree on the size being the problem. If we had a society that raised certain ideals above others: size would never be a problem. How did the Inca's in Latin America take over and become a super power? Especially when they where banished to unfruitful swamp lands??? They "invented" or used aqua-ponics to grow food and became more productive then the surrounding tribes by tremendous magnitudes. (look it up, its actually really cool...)<br /><br />Throwing our hands up and saying, "Well that is it!" is just out of the question when we are dealing with such corruption at the highest levels. We will need everyone in order to make it through this and shape the world as it should be.[e]https://www.blogger.com/profile/10321081060600433008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post-48054422331939998162011-07-06T15:44:52.698-06:002011-07-06T15:44:52.698-06:00@ Fiat Fire - The precipice is fast approaching. ...@ Fiat Fire - The precipice is fast approaching. What is done now will determine how steep the transition from horizontal to vertical is. That the gulf between the rich and poor has increased so much in the last few years alluded to the planned mitigation strategy: walk across the gap bouyed by a bridge of fiat. Don't have enough fiat? Well then, shame about that gravity thing. A sharp collapse definitely favors those who have, as more people fall off the rolls, there is more for everyone else, especially those who can afford it. Of course, on the other side of the gap, there are no rich people, just survivors. Sort of self defeating. Anyway, thanks for the work you do on the blog, always insightful and informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post-88531382015419437022011-07-06T14:34:18.049-06:002011-07-06T14:34:18.049-06:00@MPP5- Yes, as I posted last week, if the majority...@MPP5- Yes, as I posted last week, if the majority of people knew what was really occurring they'd skip American Idol and hold protests instead.<br /><br />@Anon- Excellent summary of the problems the world now faces. These are unprecedented times in which we live and as you aptly point out, our societies are so big and so interdependent that it's now our own demise. History has a funny way of sneaking up quickly and rhyming. Too often, past mistakes are repeated in plain sight. Time to return to living off the land maybe?Fiat's Firehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410492601894088461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post-10870973214160730212011-07-06T13:40:49.193-06:002011-07-06T13:40:49.193-06:00It's amazing how the complexities in a society...It's amazing how the complexities in a society allow it the flexibility to overcome so many outside and internal forces that would destroy it. What very few societies seem to survive is the conflagration of several difficulties converging at once. Debt needs ever more debt. The requirement for limitless oil, gas, and coal. The control of E=MC^2 (nuclear) on a minimalist budget. Food and water supply tightness. Any one of these could be attacked and conquered with a Apollo style moon effort. But if you are in debt and you lack energy and your tech backfires and food supplies are tight, what do you do? The reason the problems are so big is that the societies are so big. After all, small villages don't have our problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544219926764722162.post-33435690249478729882011-07-06T12:13:39.759-06:002011-07-06T12:13:39.759-06:00Hallo again my friend. This is very scary news abo...Hallo again my friend. This is very scary news about infant deaths. We see this in USA on westcoast now we see it in Canada. I am very worried about what will happen next. Also I think we are so very so close to economic doom. Here in Sweden it is not so hard to find jobs but we see prices going up on everything. Less tourists from France and Spain. More Muslims from everythwere. Thanks!! From MPP5 SwedenMPP5noreply@blogger.com