Ponzi scheming is in the news again: About 90% of the currency circulating the globe in electronic accounts, seems to be imaginary. So, yes (as Steven Earl Salmony says here) I think... "the global manmade economic colossus {a veritable and proverbial, modern Tower of Babel in all its glory} could crash before the overproduction, over-consumption and overpopulation activities of the human species worldwide collapse the frangible biological systems and finite physical resources of the planet...". If we had a real currency that was based not on imaginary economic theories, or gold and silver as it once was, but on the commodities we depend on day after day, just maybe the labor of honest people could be turned into financial security without global scammers taking a 150% cut.   more »

This is troubling: "Worried about radioactivity? Coal's still your bogeyman. Dr. Chu says a typical coal plant emits 100 times more radiation than a nuclear plant, given the flyash emissions of radioactive particles." Here chu repeats a tired old nuclear industry talking point, and glaring false dilemna fallacy. The choice is not between nuclear contamination and coal radiation, it is between distributed smart grid renewable energy and fossil/nuclear central power grid corporate monopoly.   more »

But really Chrysler, if you are serious please go Fiber Forge carbon fiber body/frame technology too. That might put you in position to buy out GM in a few years. The key to plugin hybrid, is lightweight. Carbon fiber does it while actually increasing crash protection strength and safety. A 1200 pound economy plugin hybrid would beat the world to the punch. make it a Chrysler.   more »