Saturday, July 22, 2006

Warming Pacific Hurts Food Chain. A scarcity of krill in warmer waters near Pacific seabird breeding grounds means some species won't have enough food for chicks. Scientists expect severe population declines, which will mean other species up the food chain will go hungry. [Wired News: Top Stories] 8:12:58 PM    comment []

surplus From Business Week, July 31, 2006 Iran's annual oil and gas revenues:     $60.000 billion annual aid contribution to Hezbollah: $   .180 billion annual aid contribution to Hamas:      $   .040 billion and from Business Week, July 31, 2006 Russia's government owned Gazprom gas company: annual revenue: $60.000 billion Some customers and their reliance on Gazprom: Finland:            100% Latvia:              100% Lithuania:         100% Slovkia:            100% Greece:               87% Czech Republic:    81% Austria:               73% Turkey:               66% A Revolution in Wealth, by the Tofflers What most business, political and civil leaders have not yet clearly understood is a simple fact: An advanced economy needs an advanced society. For every economy is a product of the society in which it is embedded and is dependent on its key institutions. (chapter 5) in another place in the book, they mention the concept of: surplus complexity. more on that later. 5:10:13 PM    comment []

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