tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post2013255291184824524..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: allowing the collapse 1 of 2James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-39980249122890974352016-11-19T07:46:39.719-08:002016-11-19T07:46:39.719-08:00True, money is always the default prism, with ener...True, money is always the default prism, with energy almost never getting its due.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-26527384185618402412016-11-19T07:43:49.643-08:002016-11-19T07:43:49.643-08:00I never actual read that, as interesting as it see...I never actual read that, as interesting as it seems. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-3848602570670278552016-11-19T02:27:17.383-08:002016-11-19T02:27:17.383-08:00You been reading the unibombers manifest, Jimbo? You been reading the unibombers manifest, Jimbo? blahhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952040619277412344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-39272408448596197062016-11-18T20:46:03.389-08:002016-11-18T20:46:03.389-08:00"Money" isn't enough. The money has ..."Money" isn't enough. The money has to purchase energy (man hours, machine hours, etc.) And if they start spending money on that the cost of energy will increase too much to offset the advantage of printing the money for infrastructure in the first place. And of course over the past 30+ years it takes more energy to get stuff built because we have put so many layers of regulation and bureaucracy over every step - when it takes 6 months to get all the red tape done to be able to make one small change to the infrastructure. Money as you seem to be using it seems to me to be a synonymy for energy when in fact it is a (usually closely) related thing that can be traded in energy's stead.JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-6101481047235983112016-11-18T05:14:15.910-08:002016-11-18T05:14:15.910-08:00Public spending would be a great '30's sty...Public spending would be a great '30's style stimulas. But it actually has to create things and jobs. At 2 million a mile for asphalt, I guess there is no hope for more involved infrastructure. And people say "$2million" like it is the most natural thing in the world.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-45551189325521176102016-11-17T18:34:18.787-08:002016-11-17T18:34:18.787-08:00In my neck of the woods (not US) the state governm...In my neck of the woods (not US) the state government took the money that the state owned power network made and used it to fund other government functions (largesse's) instead of reinvesting that money back into the network ensuring it ran. <br /><br />After a number of years doing this the network all of a sudden needed a lot of work.<br /><br />Now prices are through the roof. The Dingo that ate your Babynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-20798067471492730232016-11-17T15:05:14.025-08:002016-11-17T15:05:14.025-08:00Yep, if they could afford to fix the infrastructur...Yep, if they could afford to fix the infrastructure they would do so, if only a token amount at a time, or just enough to maintain (most of) the infrastructure and status quo . But they clearly cant afford to do that. Not for lack of money. They can print that quicker than it can suffer inflation. But for lack of resources. Stone steel glass can be recycled and rebuilt, but energy -once used- is gone forever...JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.com