tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post3969753024272834920..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: Newton was Wrong: Things Fall UpProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-20278399419273528622008-05-02T15:06:00.000-04:002008-05-02T15:06:00.000-04:00I am not exactly sure what you are arguing or what...I am not exactly sure what you are arguing or what you think I am saying.<BR/><BR/>I merely stated that it would take some one with guts to go ahead and do it. Clearly these people are in short suply, otherwise it would not require anything "special" on their part.<BR/><BR/>-relaxGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512231582715592098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-18087743939392024202008-05-02T10:29:00.000-04:002008-05-02T10:29:00.000-04:00g, You know a lot of people willing to lose their...g,<BR/> You know a lot of people willing to lose their jobs and be discredited from finding others like it, being black balled from their professional arena?<BR/> When your answer will be yes, that is when 'someone' will break the story.concernedjewgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361462141869154634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-15346466162876246762008-05-02T10:18:00.000-04:002008-05-02T10:18:00.000-04:00Keep dreaming my blogger friend. Who do you think ...<I>Keep dreaming my blogger friend. Who do you think would break this story.</I><BR/><BR/>uh, yeah...hence the lead in about "someone with enough guts".Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512231582715592098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-17498165917324587232008-05-02T08:55:00.000-04:002008-05-02T08:55:00.000-04:00g,"I'd say two one hour installments on a main str...g,<BR/><BR/>"I'd say two one hour installments on a main stream TV network. That should generate enough of a palaver to move things in the right direction."<BR/><BR/>Keep dreaming my blogger friend. Who do you think would break this story. No anchor would want to because they know they would be out of a job very quickly.<BR/>People in America are so disillusioned as to actually believe that there is a freedom of the press. Do people really think that ‘we the people’ KNOW everything? Common, get real, it’s not going to happen. <BR/>Take a different example, health care in the United States. There are enough documentaries to make ones head spin and yet is there ANYTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT? There is tons of press coverage on and about this topic and yet I don’t see or hear any reforms in the works. <BR/> I’m sorry but the people of the United States have to be more in control of their own actions. Other countries made it through when life got hard, United States is going to have to do the same. It’s not going to change, at least not any time real soon.<BR/><BR/>Again make no mistake $5 price of gas is coming to most of us real soon. In most areas of the country it’s already there and then some. When it will be the national average then it will get interesting.<BR/><BR/>Look at your life and start analyzing your budget now, don’t waste time thinking its not going to happen. Take it from an industry ‘insider’ it’ll happen.concernedjewgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361462141869154634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-71318170438764465492008-05-02T00:58:00.000-04:002008-05-02T00:58:00.000-04:00You mentioned the effect on the kosher consumer in...You mentioned the effect on the kosher consumer in particular. I assume you meant the monetary effect. But consider for a moment what tends to happen to the whole course of Jewish history when the overall population starts to hurt... America is in the market for a scapegoat; I don't want to be a doomsday prophet but anyone want to take bets on who it'll be as this situation continues?Bas~Melechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01511197551248863790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-39230350529129248732008-05-01T23:35:00.000-04:002008-05-01T23:35:00.000-04:00As for the question "what were they thinking 4-10 ...As for the question "what were they thinking 4-10 years ago" - at that time, the prices weren't rising (that much). So it wasn't an emergency like it is now.<BR/><BR/>It goes back a lot longer than 4-10 years ago. Some oldsters will remember along with me that in either 1975 or 1976 the oil cartels raised their prices and gas was suddenly not only expensive but in relative short supply. Drivers were given assigned days that they could buy gas. Even number at the end of your licence plate was one set of days and odd numbers were another. You waited in long lines on your assigned day. Here we are some 33 years later and we still haven't woken up sufficiently to the problems of fuel supply.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-74667840064541957812008-05-01T19:45:00.000-04:002008-05-01T19:45:00.000-04:00Prof. K - no recipe for homemade pizza ? No recomm...Prof. K - no recipe for homemade pizza ? No recommendation of frozen pizza ?<BR/><BR/>Is pizza considered a staple nowadays ? To me it's still only an occasional treat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-65796942156251895272008-05-01T19:25:00.000-04:002008-05-01T19:25:00.000-04:00How about some 'Victory gardens' like there were y...How about some 'Victory gardens' like there were years ago ?<BR/><BR/>People grow their own food (biezras Hashem), get free exercise gardening (so cancel health club membership), fresher and better food, and a greater appreciation of it.<BR/><BR/>Re the cost of a slice of pizza - see http://www.nachumsegal.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-53616039872055599852008-05-01T16:22:00.000-04:002008-05-01T16:22:00.000-04:00The oil is there, we know where it is, we just are...The oil is there, we know where it is, we just are not allowed to go get it because of secondary forces that keep getting in the way.<BR/><BR/>All that is required is someone with enough guts to bring the entire dynamic before the American public...I'd say two one hour installments on a main stream TV network. That should generate enough of a palaver to move things in the right direction.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512231582715592098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-5819044027919522102008-05-01T14:20:00.000-04:002008-05-01T14:20:00.000-04:00Also, the change is not instantaneous. For better ...Also, the change is not instantaneous. For better or worse, look at ethanol. Not that many stations carry it. And research does go on. Check this out: http://www.coskata.com/<BR/><BR/>So when you do consider the length of Research and Development, as well as the installation of the infrastructure, then yes, it will take a while until the energy market is reformed.<BR/><BR/>Same for the solar system, the efficiency of which is still arguable.<BR/><BR/>As for the question "what were they thinking 4-10 years ago" - at that time, the prices weren't rising (that much). So it wasn't an emergency like it is now.Critically Observant Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281220943536673356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-46527962080088864782008-05-01T13:43:00.000-04:002008-05-01T13:43:00.000-04:00"--and yet where are those brilliant minds when it..."--and yet where are those brilliant minds when it comes to addressing the problem of fossil fuel reliance and that fuel's price impact on other consumer goods?"<BR/><BR/>Answer:<BR/><BR/>We are all shoved into metal boxes otherwise known as offices, and told that if we ‘behave’ we’ll get paid. If we don’t behave (start inventing anything worthwhile) then we’ll be unemployed. It’s annoying, we hate it, we can’t change it. Our company just came out with their first quarter profit of over 5% which is over 10 billion dollars. The same day we all got an email pretty much telling us that even though that’s okay, its not enough, and don’t get to comfortable in your positions. Basically I hate to say it but it’s not going to get any better. <BR/> The technology is out there to reduce gas prices. The problem is politics and high profit margins are what speaks, not the suffocated consumer. The truth is the consumer can complain as much as they want. It won’t help. We need the gas, we buy the gas. Look how much money the large companies with shares in high gas prices donate to political campaigns. That alone should be evidence enough for people, yet, its not. <BR/> In Israel gas prices are astronomical. They have been forever and yet people still drive. That is the opinion of the big boys that are setting these prices. <BR/> Gas prices will hit $5 a gallon. <BR/><BR/>Sorry for the bad news.concernedjewgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361462141869154634noreply@blogger.com