1st qtr, 2014 U.S. economic growth was at .01% or less indicating that the economic goal of “Sustainable Development/Agenda 21” as adopted by the U.S. has largely been met. This also fulfills the machiavellian wish of Maurice Strong, UN Chairman of UNCED aka The Rio Earth Summit where in 1992 he articulated the intentions of the “Plan for the 21st Century- Sustainable Development/Agenda 21” by saying this in regard to our “unsustainable” high consumption of natural resources which is, according to them destroying the Earth; “...isn’t it our responsibility to bring about the collapse of the industrialized countries?” Now, to become truly as “Sustainable” as perhaps Bangladesh, more vital work is quickly needed to further collapse and “Degrow” the economy. This will be accomplished with draconian restrictions on business and energy use which will be mandated by arbitrary regulations spawned by the bogus hype to save the planet from the dread effects of antropogenic Global Warming aka Climate Change aka Climate Disruption.
http://blogs.worldwatch.org/sustainableprosperity/resources/clubfordegrowth/
‘1st qtr, 2014 U.S. economic growth was at .01% or less indicating that the economic goal of “Sustainable Development/Agenda 21” as adopted by the U.S. has largely been met. This also fulfills the machiavellian wish of Maurice Strong, UN Chairman of UNCED aka The Rio Earth Summit where in 1992 he articulated the intentions of the “Plan for the 21st Century- Sustainable Development/Agenda 21” by saying this in regard to our “unsustainable” high consumption of natural resources which is, according to them destroying the Earth; “...isn’t it our responsibility to bring about the collapse of the industrialized countries?”’
This is correct. When I first saw what was done to the coal industry, I knew that it had nothing to do with mine safety and the protection of workers, it was designed to make the coal business safe for the oil companies. They do not like competition, it is also easier to control a few large companies then thousands of small ones by the government.
My dad and I owned a small coal company and when this stuff started in the 70’s I told him they would put us and the other small mines out of business. He was a Korean war vet and his brother had been shot down and killed over Germany in WWII, he said no, the government would not take the food off a man’s table. Before he died he realized I was right. Shame he had to see it.
Now we are seeing the end game. I was talking to a miner in the know and the company he works for has been around for decades, he told me they are only shipping a little coal to Georgia Power all the rest of their production is going to China.
I know a couple of power company executives well and I was told about massive rate increases and black outs and brown outs coming a couple or three years ago. They have now gone silent, they were told that if they spoke out they could kiss their jobs goodbye.
I was in the mountains this weekend and found out that 140 Fed mine inspectors has been sent either pink slips or the option of transferring elsewhere, I don’t yet know if it was to another agency or just another location. In the 70’s I told the inspectors that when they drove out the small mines the Feds would no longer need their services. I also talked to a retired Fed mine inspector and he me told they would no longer pay for one of the drugs his wife has to take costing him 95 bucks/month. As the old sayings go, what goes around comes around and aint payback a bi+ch.