I read recently that in the capital city of China, Beijing, one
thousand new cars were being licensed each day.

I recently finished the Jared Diamond book "Collapse." In it he states
that if the Chines were to achieve the  first-world living standards
that they crave, and all other living standards were to remain as they
are today, that alone would account for a 97% increase in demand on
world natural resources, which of course is unsustainable.

It's coming.

Jim

On Mar 18, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Stan Wilder wrote:

>> But Stan, I don't think this would do any good. The oil companies
>> don't
>> have their prices set by the government, they have their prices set by
>> supply--usually--and demand--lately.
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> ------------------------------------
> With some experience of previous gas shortages it appears that
> reducing the
> speed limit back to the old 55 mph should put more people in the air
> (Possibly saving a few airlines and 100,000 jobs).
> Other than that it would immediately reduce out national fuel
> consumption by
> as much as 20% in highway travel.
> I think that China, India and everybody else should get their share of
> gas
> from whomever is willing to sell them the crude or the finished
> product.
> Along with the burgeoning love affair with the automobile in many
> countries
> I've noted a marked increase of Attorneys immigrating to China, Korea
> and
> India.
> So more automobiles in other countries might be good for America.
>
> Stan Wilder
> Engine Ceramics
> 214-352-4931
> www.engineceramics.com
>
>