tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307246258834168852.post8654147954220941266..comments2023-10-07T04:25:23.792-07:00Comments on dailywombat: Iraq, Energy and Arthur C. Clarkejfwasikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765380482300292433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307246258834168852.post-66654550195329471572008-03-22T11:49:00.000-07:002008-03-22T11:49:00.000-07:00John - I think with each rebirth, to use another i...John - I think with each rebirth, to use another image from SK's 2001, we reach for the jawbone and smash our counterpart over the head with it - that is, before we create movies with spaceships and the Blue Danube waltz playing in the background. Technology is not the final answer - it's how we use it - but it does make a post-oil world possible. Is the US taking advantage of our tech/R&D resources for post-oil world (can't wait to see your book)?<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, as Matt Damon's Bryan Woodman/Financial Analyst character said to the Sheik (in Steve Gaghan's Syriana):<BR/>"So what are THEY thinking? Great! They're thinking keep playing, keep buying yourself new toys, keep spending $50,000 a night on your hotel room, but don't invest in your infastructure... don't build a real economy. So that when you finally wake up, they will have sucked you dry, and you will have squandered the greatest natural resource in history..."<BR/><BR/>Is he only speaking about some Middle East kingdom (certainly not the UAE)?ThinkResultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11753448409991856085noreply@blogger.com