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Twilight on January 5, 2006 - 7:56pm

Or it could just be another monopolistic take over of an industry so that a few people can make a lot of money. Can you say "tycoon" or "robber barron"? And the concern is that it could bring on a collapse from causes completely separate from dwindling energy resources. Yet another subvertion of resources so that the weathly few can get even richer.

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BabyPeanut on January 6, 2006 - 1:13pm

No, I see it as the desperate wealthy trying just to hang on in a world where money is becoming increasingly worthless.

I do not see any separation between dwindling natural resources and the loss of wealth. To me money is an accounting system for keeping track of things that all chain together back to the earth's dwindling natural resources. One day you will see that you can't eat money because it is symbolic for the things it can buy including food.

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