Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 23:53:42 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote in news:Xns96C3BEEEAE0ADjoiwhnanri@66.26.32.9: > weirdwolf wrote in > news:Xns96C3E2F0A40EFr73u67jw56nas@80.5.182.99: > >> Tyler Trafford wrote in >> news:3nmkgoF2a1tqU1 @individual.net: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>> Steve Brooks wrote: >>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Which should lead to the development of brown field innercity >>>>>> sites and the development of better mass transportation. >>>>> >>>>> Why should there be any move towards better mass transportation >>>>> when petrol is a mere $4/gallon? >>>> >>>> I'm an advocate of increasing fuel prices to the consumer, might >>>> stop people driving the 15 minute walk to the shop. >>> >>> Wouldn't that just increase cost-of-living and just cause inflation? >> >> Yes and no. Prices would increase as a result of increased >> transportation costs, but you could offset that by other means. The >> cost of living due to spiralling petrol prices is happening anyway, >> were are talking about the same sort of prices for oil as after the >> Iranian revolution. It will continue to rise no matter what, >> instabilities in the middle east and elsewhere, the North sea reserves >> are draining rapidly, the scarcity of easily accesable reserves mean >> that unless you switch to an alternative source of power that stuff >> like tar sands will have to be exploited. More difficult to extract >> and to actually get to, with a corresponding price increase. A lot of >> the goods in this country used to be transported by rail I'ld like to >> see this return. >> Ted >> > > We in the US are looking at a perfect economic storm. There is a > housing bubble poised to burst, locking millions of people into houses > they can't sell because the sale value will be lower than their mortgage > pay-off. Savings are at an all time low with people maxed out on their > credit and home-equity. Oil shock (They're talking gas ratoining, > people) is breaking like a storm surge that will raise the prices of > everything. Wages are stagnant and inflation is rising. The dollar is > being kept afloat by our primary rivals and God's President has > thoroughly fucked the national budget with record deficits and crony > undermining of every government agency there is. > > Never mind hte impact on the US fuel supply form katrina. The entire > Mississippi basin is the main highway for raw materials and agricultural > products out of the vast central portion of the country. It all flows > through NO to and from ports in that tiny region. > > The economy is fucked. > I'm glad I'm not the only one to see a deep depression in the offing. I'm talking mental state and economically here of course. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .