humility: not assuming one's opinions are correct
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From:
The Secret History of the American Empire:
Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth About Global Corruption
by John Perkins
http://johnperkins.org
page 293-5
Because of corporatocracy policies and actions...
+ The U.S. national debt (amount of money owed by the U.S. federal government to creditors who hold U.S. debt instruments), the largest in the world, reached $8.5 trillion in August 2006 or $28,500 for every U.S. citizen; it was increasing by $1.7 billion a day. A large percentage of this debt is held by central banks of Japan and China and by members of the EU, rendering us extremely vulnerable to them.
+ U.S. external debt (total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services) is also the largest in the world, estimated at $9 trillion in 2005. (It is noteworthy that Washington uses the National and External Debts of other countries as weapons, forcing their governments to comply with corporatocracy demands or face bankruptcy, economic sanctions, and severe IMF-imposed "conditionalities"; yet the United States is the largest debtor nation in the world.)...
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http://studycircles.org
justicepolicy.org
nafcm.org
youthcourt.net
sentencingproject.org
timedollar.org
maddads.com
hometownutilicom.org
pbs.org/inthemix
pacifica.org
thinairradio.org
tompaine.com
bigpicture.org
ccebos.org
essentialschools.org
esrnational.org
forumforeducation.org
studentachievement.org
schoolmediation.com
truthout.org
schoolredesign.net youthbuild.org
conversationcafe.org
thataway.org
septemberproject.org
Prometheus Project ncga.coop farmtoschool.org kidsgardening.com alliancecm.org clamormagazine.org/allied/about.html mediaactioncenter.org democraticmedia.org prwatch.orgfair.org mediaaccess.org mediarights.org mediatenor.com microcinema.com openflows.org reclaimthemedia.org cultureisaweapon.org alternet.org guerrillanews.com cepaa.org shareholderaction.org sconnect.org transfairusa.org trilliuminvest.com unionwear.com globalreporting.org studentsagainstsweatshops.org usft.orgverite.org waldenassetmgmt.com whitedog.com workersrights.org communitygarden.org acga.org foodsecurity.org earthsave.org foodfirst.org gracelinks.org heifer.org localharvest.org sustainableagriculture.net themeatrix.com domini.com sustainability-index.com myfootprint.org schumachersociety.org fairlabor.org fairtraderesource.org greenmoney.com idealswork.com ilsr.org newrules.org iwj.org us.ilo.org justiceclothing.com nceo.org ncba.coop naturalstep.org nosweatapparel.com poclad.org reclaimdemocracy.org rprogress.org stopcorporateabuse.org thecorporation.com coopamerica.org ceres.org livingeconomies.org centerforworkingcapital.org citizenstrade.org cleanclothesconnection.org/search.asp amiba.net asyousow.org bimart.com thealliancefordemocracy.org workingfamiliesparty.org citizen.org publicampaign.org lwv.org instantrunoff.com azclean.org fairvote.org/irv opensecrets.org piconetwork.org ntic-us.org npa-us.org industrialareasfoundation.org gamaliel.org bioneers.org acorn.org democracysedge.org ran.org pachamama.org amnesty.org cinemalibrestudio.com dreamchange.org ecovamali.org sweatthefilm.org educatingforjustice.org globaldialoguecenter.com moveon.org ciw-online.org
ewater.com wellnesslecture.com trinitysol.com/info
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http://palsolidarity.org
http://underboss.wordpress.com/page/2/
http://bradblog.com
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http://farmtoconsumer.org http://realmilk.com http://westonaprice.org http://mercola.com http://www.ewater.com/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,2/Itemid,105/http://www.quantafoods.com/interview_with_dr.htm http://trinitysol.com
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Let's dream together, then act
We on Earth are at a time full of danger and opportunity. Fear is causing many to be blind to the dangers, and the denial that our world is right now in mortal danger is part of the problem. Some say those of us who see the dangers are overly pessimistic. But these
deniers are the pessimistic ones - they are afraid that the problems if real are unsolvable.
They are out of the loop. We the saner Earthlings - the ones unafraid to look at the world as a whole - are already working on the problems they have yet to see. And we, having our eyes open, know better than they how many solutions for the problems are in the works if we just take hold of them. Interconnected problems such as climate change, ocean acidification, war, epidemics, poverty, agricultural instability, and loss of biodiversity are all mushrooming at this time, and so are cooperative potential solutions coming from awesome technological advances.
But we need perspective change to see the solutions.
Take hydrogen, for example. People have been debating whether or not hydrogen has potential as a solution to our addiction to polluting and increasingly expensive fossil fuels.
Start a discussion of hydrogen as a solution and you're almost sure to get bogged down with someone who sees problems with its production or can't see it as a replacement for gasoline. But hydrogen can be made and used in many ways. It can be made from some of the waste biomass we're currently causing global warming methane and carbon dioxide gases by putting in landfills. And it can be used as part of whole new strategies for manufacture and delivery of energy - from manufacturing it at solar facilities to nano-scale energy-production devices inside the human body to power heart devices . To just say "We're not set up with the infrastructure for a hydrogen economy" is the pessimist gloom-sayer's lack of imagination. With billions of humans working together we are coming up with solutions people a couple of years ago would have thought you nuts for suggesting. Look at the latest in nanotechnology, which we are already using before most people even know what it is. New technological advances are solving problems having to do with absorption and storage efficiency, affordability, rapid manufacturing, and safety of hydrogen, solar and other solutions - with whole new pathway strategies for manufacture and delivery.
For those of us still more or less comfortable and safe, the temptation to avoid thinking about the developing challenges we share is strong. But rather than allow fear to rule our actions, let's do the really productive thing - enjoy working together on the problems. Let's enjoy
imagining the details of the most outlandishly optimistic future we can conjure up. By remembering our highest hopes - including those we've come to believe are impossible - we allow ourselves to hope for a better future. Why dwell on a seemingly impossible future? Because, contrary to the current assumption that we are about to be buried in a convergence of problems on Earth, our collectively envisioning a better future is a necessary part of actually creating that better world.
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Comparison of Pennsylvania Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Legislation -- Fuels / Technologies
http://www.actionpa.org/cleanenergy/comparison-tech.html
======
From:
The Secret History of the American Empire:
Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth About Global Corruption
by John Perkins
http://johnperkins.org
page 293-5
Because of corporatocracy policies and actions...
+ The U.S. national debt (amount of money owed by the U.S. federal government to creditors who hold U.S. debt instruments), the largest in the world, reached $8.5 trillion in August 2006 or $28,500 for every U.S. citizen; it was increasing by $1.7 billion a day. A large percentage of this debt is held by central banks of Japan and China and by members of the EU, rendering us extremely vulnerable to them.
+ U.S. external debt (total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services) is also the largest in the world, estimated at $9 trillion in 2005. (It is noteworthy that Washington uses the National and External Debts of other countries as weapons, forcing their governments to comply with corporatocracy demands or face bankruptcy, economic sanctions, and severe IMF-imposed "conditionalities"; yet the United States is the largest debtor nation in the world.)...
======
http://studycircles.org
justicepolicy.org
nafcm.org
youthcourt.net
sentencingproject.org
timedollar.org
maddads.com
hometownutilicom.org
pbs.org/inthemix
pacifica.org
thinairradio.org
tompaine.com
bigpicture.org
ccebos.org
essentialschools.org
esrnational.org
forumforeducation.org
studentachievement.org
schoolmediation.com
truthout.org
schoolredesign.net youthbuild.org
conversationcafe.org
thataway.org
septemberproject.org
Prometheus Project ncga.coop farmtoschool.org kidsgardening.com alliancecm.org clamormagazine.org/allied/about.html mediaactioncenter.org democraticmedia.org prwatch.orgfair.org mediaaccess.org mediarights.org mediatenor.com microcinema.com openflows.org reclaimthemedia.org cultureisaweapon.org alternet.org guerrillanews.com cepaa.org shareholderaction.org sconnect.org transfairusa.org trilliuminvest.com unionwear.com globalreporting.org studentsagainstsweatshops.org usft.orgverite.org waldenassetmgmt.com whitedog.com workersrights.org communitygarden.org acga.org foodsecurity.org earthsave.org foodfirst.org gracelinks.org heifer.org localharvest.org sustainableagriculture.net themeatrix.com domini.com sustainability-index.com myfootprint.org schumachersociety.org fairlabor.org fairtraderesource.org greenmoney.com idealswork.com ilsr.org newrules.org iwj.org us.ilo.org justiceclothing.com nceo.org ncba.coop naturalstep.org nosweatapparel.com poclad.org reclaimdemocracy.org rprogress.org stopcorporateabuse.org thecorporation.com coopamerica.org ceres.org livingeconomies.org centerforworkingcapital.org citizenstrade.org cleanclothesconnection.org/search.asp amiba.net asyousow.org bimart.com thealliancefordemocracy.org workingfamiliesparty.org citizen.org publicampaign.org lwv.org instantrunoff.com azclean.org fairvote.org/irv opensecrets.org piconetwork.org ntic-us.org npa-us.org industrialareasfoundation.org gamaliel.org bioneers.org acorn.org democracysedge.org ran.org pachamama.org amnesty.org cinemalibrestudio.com dreamchange.org ecovamali.org sweatthefilm.org educatingforjustice.org globaldialoguecenter.com moveon.org ciw-online.org
ewater.com wellnesslecture.com trinitysol.com/info
======
http://palsolidarity.org
http://underboss.wordpress.com/page/2/
http://bradblog.com
======
http://farmtoconsumer.org http://realmilk.com http://westonaprice.org http://mercola.com http://www.ewater.com/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,2/Itemid,105/http://www.quantafoods.com/interview_with_dr.htm http://trinitysol.com
======
Let's dream together, then act
We on Earth are at a time full of danger and opportunity. Fear is causing many to be blind to the dangers, and the denial that our world is right now in mortal danger is part of the problem. Some say those of us who see the dangers are overly pessimistic. But these
deniers are the pessimistic ones - they are afraid that the problems if real are unsolvable.
They are out of the loop. We the saner Earthlings - the ones unafraid to look at the world as a whole - are already working on the problems they have yet to see. And we, having our eyes open, know better than they how many solutions for the problems are in the works if we just take hold of them. Interconnected problems such as climate change, ocean acidification, war, epidemics, poverty, agricultural instability, and loss of biodiversity are all mushrooming at this time, and so are cooperative potential solutions coming from awesome technological advances.
But we need perspective change to see the solutions.
Take hydrogen, for example. People have been debating whether or not hydrogen has potential as a solution to our addiction to polluting and increasingly expensive fossil fuels.
Start a discussion of hydrogen as a solution and you're almost sure to get bogged down with someone who sees problems with its production or can't see it as a replacement for gasoline. But hydrogen can be made and used in many ways. It can be made from some of the waste biomass we're currently causing global warming methane and carbon dioxide gases by putting in landfills. And it can be used as part of whole new strategies for manufacture and delivery of energy - from manufacturing it at solar facilities to nano-scale energy-production devices inside the human body to power heart devices . To just say "We're not set up with the infrastructure for a hydrogen economy" is the pessimist gloom-sayer's lack of imagination. With billions of humans working together we are coming up with solutions people a couple of years ago would have thought you nuts for suggesting. Look at the latest in nanotechnology, which we are already using before most people even know what it is. New technological advances are solving problems having to do with absorption and storage efficiency, affordability, rapid manufacturing, and safety of hydrogen, solar and other solutions - with whole new pathway strategies for manufacture and delivery.
For those of us still more or less comfortable and safe, the temptation to avoid thinking about the developing challenges we share is strong. But rather than allow fear to rule our actions, let's do the really productive thing - enjoy working together on the problems. Let's enjoy
imagining the details of the most outlandishly optimistic future we can conjure up. By remembering our highest hopes - including those we've come to believe are impossible - we allow ourselves to hope for a better future. Why dwell on a seemingly impossible future? Because, contrary to the current assumption that we are about to be buried in a convergence of problems on Earth, our collectively envisioning a better future is a necessary part of actually creating that better world.
======
Comparison of Pennsylvania Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Legislation -- Fuels / Technologies
http://www.actionpa.org/cleanenergy/comparison-tech.html
======
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