The ugly truth about our trade deficit with China.:-(

BySustainMe

The China Question premiers on CNBC on Friday night, June 3rd at 8pm. This looks like it is going to be the story that I’ve been looking for years. The symbiotic relationship that we have with trade-deficit to China.  They subsidize our spending habits (US & EU) with their artificially cheap currency. Then with the $ dollars and Euros from their trade surpluses,  they buy stuff. They buy our Treasuries to keep our Federal Debt a float. They have…

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World Water Day Past… Earth Day Coming…

BySustainMe

Earth Day 2011 is Coming Next Week!!! Earth Day is on Friday 22nd this year (that’s Good Friday). BUT, this newsletter is actually devoted to water… World Water Day World Water Day flooded past us Tuesday March 22 without most of us hearing a drop about it.!:-( The 41st World Water Day (March 22, 2011): UN World Water Day. A Prayer for Japan As we give thanks for water and all it does to sustain our lives and…

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US’s looming Federal Debt crisis as described by Dave Cote of Honeywell.

BySustainMe

US’s looming Federal Debt crisis has to be addressed, and soon. Maybe not before the end of this week when the Federal government might shut down without a 2011 budget allocation. But soon. Check out this video for the Committee for Economic Development: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DKIg2CcLk  (5min) Or we can delay and let the debt market and the IMF help use with austerity decision. My favorite, always is the national debt clock: http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Any comments on its…

Sustainable Taxes… No laughing matter.

BySustainMe

Sir Tax-a-LOT… Lots of people are debating the argument that the US has taxes that are too high and that the current deficit will have to be cured by raising huge taxes. Mankiw is the author of the leading text book on economics: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/ Check out his current post on our tax levels (permanent link): http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/03/taxes-per-person.html What do you think. Are we overtaxed as a nation? And what’s with the pundits that say we have…

EarthHOUR 2010

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It’s EarhHOUR tonight.  (Sat March 27th at 8:30pm, local time). What are you doing with this time in the dark??? If it is publishable in public, let us know. What if you’re driving at 8:30???? You still have to turn your lights out, Right??? …!:-) Visit http://www.earthhour.org/ Check out the cool pix from years past. Expect cool pics from this year as we start down under and work the clock to you!…

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Bloombox… Fuel Cell in every household.

BySustainMe

Give a look at the cool Fuel Cell technology that was announced tonight on CBS. They have 20 companies, including Google, FedEx and Wal-Mart testing units. BloomEnergy will have to get its mass production in place. The cool thing about fuel cell technology is that it can use a multitude of fuels and it can function as a power generator as well as an uninterruptible power supply (but without the issues associated with batteries). Also…