The First Shovel

There are 3 shovels that dug the whole that we have found yourself in. The first is innovation. Why do I say innovation dug the hole while others are saying it can get us out of the whole? It does because the motivation for innovation is most often too reduce costs. After all, the mantra of business is: reduce cost/ maximize profits which mean the elimination of manual labor. The reduction of manual labor means less pensions, less costly medical care, but also less taxes which the laboring classes contributed to the operation of the government.

Ship in Stormy Weather

In the 1930s, the Great Depression, America was like a ship in stormy seas. But it had an engine room and it was able to keep the pumps, router, and engine running. This time we are heading into stormy seas again. But this time the engine room is relocated to China. Now there is no way to steer the ship or keep it afloat. The ship is drifting. This time we will not survive.

America had a real economy when Americans made all of the goods used in American homes.

What do YOU think?

The Beached Whale

America is like a beached whale. Al of the stimulus money in the world is not going to make that whale swim again.

Theories on Energy

In the winter, our orbit is closer to the sun. The equator sees its maximum heat at high noon. I maintain that the same amount of heat strikes the earth here in Connecticut as it does in Nova Scotia, as it does at the equator (perhaps minus 7 percent due to passing obliquely through more atmosphere.)

The way to collect it is to present an insulated flat surface to intersect the sun’s rays at 90% angle to collect maximum heat. The collection box should be insulated with the most superior insulation material (which happens to be Aero-gel.) The company is still in business after having its start in the 1920’s. I devised an experiment using a large freezer bag and crumpled up aluminum foil to form a half sphere in the rear of the bag and, placing an oven thermometer in the bag, focused this at the sun through a window from a room that was 60 degrees Fahrenheit, with an outside temperature of 40 degree Fahrenheit. The thermometer reached the temperature of 203 degrees.

I anticipate working with a science teacher from a college who would be interested in duplication the experiment on a larger scale. Perhaps a Styrofoam box large enough to contain two watermelons and using Aero-gel to narrow the inside space to one foot square. And using, perhaps, one or two modern, sealed windows (the ones with air sealed in), which needs to be bolted to the front of the box. In the box should be a censor beating through a wire to an outside drum recorder. The box to be mounted on a mount to keep focused on the sun throughout the day.

That might appeal to a teacher to involve his class.

The Human Body Model: An Analogy between a Complete Sustainable National Economy and the Human Body

Our model of economy is not sustainable because it relies on the continued population growth (which is finite because we can’t expand forever. At the end of that road lies famine.)

I correlate these segments of the economy to the human body. Each has been called in term “The Economy”, but indeed, they are separate segments. Segments being:

1. The Monetary System
2. Housing
3. Institutions of Knowledge
4. Transportation
5. Communications

And most importantly, our Industrial Capacity to produce our own goods. (American was at its best when Americans manufactured all the goods that Americans used in their homes.)

To get to the point, I relate the segments of the economy to the parts of the body that I think correspond. As follows:

Our Industrial Capacity segment relates to the arms and hands of the body. The Transportation segment relates to the legs and feet of the body. The Communication segment relates to our nervous system. The Monetary System, or flow of goods, relates to the vascular system of the body (the heart being the center of funding, namely, Wall Street.) The Housing segment relates to our skin, the skin housing the body. Our institutions of knowledge relate to the brain.

Imagine if this body had no arms or hands – what could it accomplish? It would have to move things with its nose! Imagine it had no feet or legs. You can see that the body has to be whole and complete to be functional, as does any claimed sustainable economy.

The creation of wealth does not occur on Wall Street! It occurs where value is added to raw materials. We take a shuttle full of iron ore and melt it using our coal. Then we have something of added value. The iron can be made into railroads, locomotion tracks, skyscrapers, high beams... that's value added.

That's the creation of wealth. It takes many people and millions are withheld, workers wages and taxes is what really provided a steady stream of money into the treasury.

What do YOU think?