[Deetes]

Everybody has enough cars TV’s Ipods to last the decade . Not much you can do about that ;-)) Build a better car TV or Ipod ??

[Big_Monkey]

I couldn’t agree more.

Clinton benefited greatly from the explosion in the micro-processing power and computer inter-connectivity. These gains continued, sustaining us through what could have been a really disastrous .com crash.

However, this is where your point has great relevance. We (the US and the civilized world) are to the point of technology saturation. What’s next? There doesn’t seem to be any new technology on the near-horizon that is so compelling it continues to drive demand for consumer goods.

This isn’t the only reason reason for the pickle we’re in, but it certainly is going to greatly complicate the recovery efforts.

[BipolarBob]

"Everybody has enough cars TV’s Ipods to last the decade . Not much you can do about that ;-)) Build a better car TV or Ipod ??"

No need. Change formats and render the old one obsolete by denying input jacks/fuels for the old technology.