Good Magazine in collaboration with Nigel Holmes created this historical survey of the US economy. The graph shows the GDP (grey) and the National Debt: real dollars (solid red line) and actual dollars (dotted red line)
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I think we best be getting on with the promise of making America energy independent.Iran just asked OPEC to reduce production by yet another 1.5 million barrels per day.This past year and the record gas prices played a huge part in our economic meltdown and seriously damaged our society.We keep planning to spend BILLIONS on bailouts and stimulus plans.Bail us out of our dependence on foreign oil. Make electric plug in car technology more affordable. It cost the equivalent of 60 cents a gallon to drive an electric plug in car. The electric could be generated from wind or solar. Get with it! Utilize free sources such as wind and solar. Stop throwing away money on things that don’t work. Invest in America and it’s energy independence. Create cheap clean energy, create millions of badly needed green collar jobs. Put America back to work. It is a win-win situation. We have to become more poractive citizens, educate ourselves and demand our elected officials move this country forward into the era of energy independence. Jeff Wilson’s new book The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence NOW outlines a plan for America to wean itself off oil. We need a plan and we need it now! http://www.themanhattanprojectof2009.com
Get your butts on mass transit and you can have the same effect today as these future technologies will bring in the decades to come. Telework is more potent than any electric car you could ever dream up. Its not for everyone, but its far from being utilized to its potential.
If only it were that simple Dave. Mass transit is not available to most of us. If it were I’d be on it. And, I have to disagree with you. They are not decades away …
http://www.scienceray.com/Technology/Transport/Will-Shai-Agassis-Better-Place-Become-a-Reality.373407