Go Big Red (It's a Nebraska thing)

Andrew Samwick gives Us an excellent Post for evaluation of the Issue of Carbon Deposits. He ends with a the speculation that people focus too much on how much Carbon is emitted to the atmosphere, with insufficient attention given to the Carbon Sequestration mechanisms of the ecology. I agree! There will be massive Carbon emissions into the atmosphere and water as long as there remains not Energy source capable of absorbing over 50% of the Energy needs of the World economy to replace Carbon energy sources. This entails Our technology must learn to sequester Carbon in the Earth faster than We emit it. How can this be done?

I personally favor Desert reclamation and burial of scrap Carbon products, instead of attempting to recover potential unused Energy. Desert reclamation can be as simple as pumping concentrated Sewage to desert areas, and plowing in the mix. Humans and Animal Feeding plants produce large Carbon deposits, and can substitute for lack of Nutrient mix. This would solve four problems at once: Sewage Treatment, Carbon Sequestration, help reduce rising World Temperature, and desert reclamation. Garbage, with all metals removed, can also be ground and deposited on desert areas with plowing in for the purpose of adding both Nutrient mix and Water retention capacity; this later effort far better than Landfills. The result could be growth of Range and Farmland over a lengthy Period.

I owe this One to Reader Dan and Cactus at Angry Bear. Retail Sales do seem to be in trouble. We need to focus in on the Problem, what caused it, and analyze whether it will continue. This Way may seem Roundabout, but may be the only way to explain it. The Housing/Construction Boom incited a huge level of Immigration (legal and illegal) in pursuit of the high-paying Jobs in the industry (as contretemps Wages in their native lands). This vastly expanded the Retail markets, especially with the easy extension of Consumer Credit non-responsive to the legality of residence of applicants. Here comes the trouble: The Construction Boom has begun to fade, the Work is disappearing, Immigration is starting to drop, alternative Jobs are not existent in sufficient numbers, and Immigrant Credit Cards are maxed out.

Lack of Jobs will make paying down Consumer Debt difficult, for American and Immigrant alike. Extension of additional Credit appears unlikely, in the face of the Fed refusal to lower Interest rates. Reduction of Retail Sales will lead to a further curtailment of Jobs in one of Our most Labor-intensive sectors, and Financial institutions are still increasing the Rolling Credit for Business, rather than forcing them to eat their losses. This later effect is extremely bad as necessary Operating financial structure continues to be drained in high Executive salaries, Benefits, and Stock Options. I fear a Recession may be with Us, and may stay with Us for a while, and current Business practice will simply make the Landing extremely hard for All. lgl