CHANGE OUR ECONOMIC CLIMATE

Because We Only have one

We are the zeitgeist movement

Rotterdam Chapter Name: There is no me only Us

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Index
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3 The monetary System ................................................................................................................... 4 Capitalism Explained .................................................................................................................... 5 Effects of our outdated Values ...................................................................................................... 7 Sustainable Alternative ................................................................................................................ 9 Is it Money? .............................................................................................................................. 10 Is het Religion? ......................................................................................................................... 10 Is it Politics? .............................................................................................................................. 11 Top Contributors to Barack Obama 2008 Election ......................................... 11 Top Contributors to John McCain 2008 Election ............................................ 12

Is it Technology? ........................................................................................................................ 12 What is Science? ........................................................................................................................ 12 1. Systems theory ............................................................................................................... 13 Hydropower .................................................................................................... 14 Wind power .................................................................................................... 14 Solar Power .................................................................................................... 15 Geothermal Power ......................................................................................... 16 Fossil Fuel ....................................................................................................... 17 Resource List .............................................................................................................................. 19 2. Dynamic equilibrium ....................................................................................................... 20 Change the Direction of this economic Paradigm ......................................................................... 21 Ending Quote ............................................................................................................................. 21 Footnote .................................................................................................................................... 22

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Introduction
The reason for writing this essay is because it is important bringing this information to the public, and it can let people understand why all of this awful this is happening in this world. Most people know there is something not quite right about our economy, our values and our prioritys. But people often think that this is just the way it is. They believe humans where always like that. So in this essay their shall be given an explanation about, that it is not human nature that is causing this, there is a fundamental flaw in the monetary system itself. This essay is about how our world works. In the First chapter explanation shall be given about the monetary system itself that is the basis of corruption. It is about central banks, how they work and what effect it has on society. When that is done further elaboration will be given about the systems itself as the key to the corruption, poverty, crime in the world. There shall also be given various examples that show that our out-dated values create this monetary system. Some other things that will be explained is how can we change the system, and what tools can be used to get there. There are various tools by which humanity tried to make the world a better place. An analysis shall be made to see which one is most fits the needs for our time. So it is not about which one is wrong, its about which one is most efficient to meet our goal.

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The monetary System

This is the system that controls the Economy; it is the thing that sustains our economy. There is a lot of institution in our time, you got religious institutions, political institutions, institutions of social class but it seems that there is no institution like the monetary system. Taking nearly religious proportion the monetary institution lives as one of the unquestioned form of faith there is, how money is created, how money is utilized, and how it is distributed. I`m mean do we actually know how money is created and what it is that gives its value? Most people would say off course we know that, money is created by the government and then distributed to commercial banks. But is this really the case? Lets find out. First off money is not created by the government; it is created by the central bank. What is a central bank? It is an institution that controls the value of money and creates it and then distributes it to commercial banks. Is the Central bank a corporation from the government? No it is not. Then what kind of institution is a central bank? You guessed it is a private institution, not controlled by the government, not by the people, not by anything it is just a private corporation that got all of the money and controls its value. And what is the job of a private corporation? To make profit, so why would such an institution care about the wellbeing of the people. It doesnt the federal Reserve is as Federal as the Federal Express. And most people here in Holland then think, but that is only in the United states. Yeah I wished that was the case but unfortunately it is not. There is an institution named The Nederlandse bank. It has the same duties as the Federal Reserve,This text below just says it all: De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) changed in the Bank Act in 1998 formally became administratively independent of the state. The State is still a shareholder. This change was necessary in order to DNB could join the European System of Central Banks. Actually it means the complete transfer to the European Central Bank, which the Netherlands does not take more cash dispensing can control. Now that is sorted out how does a Central bank work? For example lets say that the government needs $20 billion, so they go to the federal reserve and ask the money.so the fed says ok we will print $20 billion in government bonds for you. What the government than does is make $20billion in treasury bonds and sends them to the fed. Than the Fed makes also $ 20 billion in paper money and calling them federal reserve notes. So here you go $20billion in new money has been created. What you have to realize is that money that the government gets from the fed is in actuality DEBT. They have to pay that money back to the fed. Dont believe it? Below is the evidence:

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But this doesnt make sense right, I mean if the government gets money from the fed why do they have to pay it back. Well because I have stated earlier the fed is an private institution so it has as a priority to make a profit. The printing of money and, regulate the Value of it through the federal reserve is also unconstitutional. It should be regulated through the congress. In 1913 the federal reserve act was put in to place which allowed the fed to print money. Dont believe Here is the evidence for all that I have stated above: The congress has the responsibility, to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; If you want to know more at the end of the essay the footnote on the last page will provide you with various link denoting this information. Now we see that the money the government gets from the fed is a loan so they have to pay that back which already doesnt make sense. Now here comes the weirder part not only does the money from the fed be paid back, they also put interest on top of it. But wait a minute if the government had no money to begin with, where do they get the money to pay the interest? Exactly it cant, so where does the government get the money to pay for that? Thats where we get in the picture the innocent citizen who isnt aware of anything. What the government does is they tax us so that they have money to pay back the fed.

Capitalism Explained
What needs to be understood is that countries like China or Russia are not less capitalistic then The USA or EU, the only difference lies in the way the government intervene. These countries are still controlled by the monetary system, because profit is still the primary motive of the state. If u can just imagine how much agony money creates and how inefficient it is. For example when they drill for oil a part of the oil gets burned to keep the price high this is called artificial scarcity. They also look for diamonds in places it is scarce so they can keep the price high. So understanding this, is there a place for efficiency and abundance in a monetary system? Nope not really if products are kept scarce that keeps the price high so people have to pay more money than it is actually worth. And if profit is the prime motive of the system you cant have efficient products. Because why would they make a laptop that lasted let`s say 10 years, they wouldnt make any money out of it. So what happens is products are made in a way that they easily become obsolete so that you can buy a new one. Just look at all the laptops they last like 2 years, 3 years top. So this is another problem that profit blocks technological progress because the products are made to break quickly. There are laptops that can last long and withstand water. When a company creates a product they dont look at, how can I create a product to be efficient and long lasting but rather how can I balance the quality of the product with how much money I want to make from it. Another problem is that because machines continually show there efficiency over human labour people lose their job because a machine can do it for them. Why is a machine more efficient for a company is it not more expensive? Well first of a machine may be expensive to purchase but in the long run it is much more cheaper. A machine has no need to earn a salary, get healthcare and a machine can work 24/7 without a problem. So it seems pretty obvious to fire a

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employee a company can save money. Ok now lets say that almost every job is automated In every sector, and all the work is done by machines and no jobs for the people, where are they going to get the money to buy those products? So realizing this if consumers dont have any purchasing power is it not obvious not the economy itself will collapse. Below u can see a clear depiction that shows that the monetary system incentivizes corruption and hands all the money to the few while millions of people are on the streets without jobs.

It is hard to accept that Corporations take part in these immoral acts, but it is very real. This nativity has more to do with human psychology. people feel safe because they think their country is taking care of them. And when you take away that security people get scared so they just go in denial. understanding this concludes that this kind of thinking is not separated from religious beliefs its exactly the same but just in another form. But the reason they dont want to change is because the environment they live in gives them a feeling of security it is familiar to them. And taking that away from people is just not acceptable that is the reason why i think people dont want to change. I mean we can blame a lot of things but if there is no change in the individual psyche, nothing changes. u can change systems all u want but if people are not ready to govern themselves there is no progress. As Krishnamurti said: True freedom arrives out of the art of inquiry. What most people will say now is that technology creates more jobs so this collapse will never occur. This is partially true technology has provided more new and innovating jobs, but the issue here is that it seems that has reached its theoretical climax. At this moment you have 3 main sectors: The agricultural sector The Industrial sector And last The Service sector

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Now as you know The agricultural sector has mostly been automated by machines hence leaving these people without jobs. Then industrial sector came into existence and people were able to work there for a long time. Then after a while most of the industrial sector got automatized so most people again were on the streets without jobs. But off course as usually a new sector appears ready to save all those people and supply them with a job. This sector is the Service sector. The service sector now provides for 90% of all the jobs, but again we see that those jobs are getting automatized day by day making the use of an employee obsolete. Now following the trend you would think that another sector would arise out of this providing these people with jobs, unfortunately this is not the case there is no other sector to save these people. This is it, so what can these people do to survive when they have no job? Well it seems pretty obvious to me that people are going to steel, take part in criminal behaviour, violence etc. It is really incredible to see that in an economic crisis, we have enough food, water, shelter and still there are billions of people without these basic necessities. This is very simply because money creates artificial scarcity there are plenty of resources to go around but because of the way the systems operates it holds the money to the few. I am not implying that I hate those rich people. their greed is an manifestation of this systems. You can compare it with a gambler, at a curtain moment he is so busy with gambling and making money out of it that he cant see what harm he is causing to his environment, to his family etc. This is the same with Corporations these people are so addicted to money that they cant see what kind of harm they are causing, and another thing you see is that when they are causing harm for example an oil spill they immediately go in denial, and this is a one of the key symptoms of an addict. The issue is that this behaviour gets rewarded in our society. All that money that we give to these institutions solve nothing. Another example is voting for an certain individual to solve our problems but, term after term we so no difference. This shows that our society is unsane not insane, (But unsane meaning having been exposed to methods of evaluation that have long rendered obsolete)Jaque Fresco. This is the issue in our society we are using Tools to approach situation with obsolete methods and in that way we cant solve anything. We have to find new ways to fix our current condition. As Albert Einstein said: You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it.Sorry for quoting him so much but he also said: Insanity means doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This is a fact in our society we try to solve our current situations by same methods while they didnt work in the past, like every time we boost the economy with more money billions of dollars gone away for nothing. This money could have been spend on ending poverty, find environmental answers, but now we give it to incompetent institutions like banks, military and we expect everything to get better by this. The weirdest thing is that these institutions caused the problems in the first place why give them the money? The thing is the morality of our culture is immoral which causes people to be greedy, envious, violent, competitive, acquisitive and aggressive and we have built an society on these properties. So is it then not logical for people to engage in such inhuman acts? Indeed it is, so corruption is not just a byproduct of the system it is the very foundation of the system itself.

Effects of our outdated Values

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These events are off course part off a bigger picture, it has to do with our addiction to oil which incentivizes these immoral practices. We have to realize that this economic paradigm is not sustainable in the long run. The problem with capitalism that is based on infinite growth but the reality is that our resources are limited so eventually we are going to hit a wall which we will not get through unless we invest our time in a sustainable alternative to this system. What has to be understood is it is not people we fight against but there behavior that is a manifestation of this systems. So people being greedy, envious, violent, competitive, acquisitive and aggressive is not just part of a genetically determined behavior but primarily has to do with the environment people grow up in sounds logical right? Let me explain, if you are born in the Netherlands but you were raised by the seminal Indians in America never seen anything else, you will uphold that value system. It is not a matter of good or evil which determines if you become a moral human being, it has to do with the environment you grew up in which decides what is good or wrong there is no universal form good or evil. And when we ignore this fact and think that a value system of curtain people has more value than others we create a conflict and out of that will emerge mindless wars based on our prejudice to how the world operates. We can look at the past for example in the roman era they use to fete Christians to lions and then they would take of the clothes of the Christians to make a better show. At the end the son would say to the father daddy can we go next week to see Christians being fete to lions? And the father would say if you behave your self son. Is there anything wrong with the kid? No anything wrong with the father? No it is normal to that culture it is the Zeitgeist that determines which values are uphold. It is the same thing when we watch boxing fights, men punching each other knocking the brains around they all become mentally ill later on but this is normal to our culture. So judging people on their values doesnt do any good. People reflect their environment thats the way it is if you dont understand that let me give you another example, if you would ask an Indian, does it not disturb you that you got 10 needles sticking through your head? And he will answer yes it does my brother has 20. So you see considering how outrageous this may be for people to stick needle through your face, it is completely acceptable to another culture. So thats the problem everybody is right in their own way. There have been wars for millennias because we cant settle those differences. We got a lot of nationalities in this world but now the question arises, can we live a sustainable life so long as there are nationalities? This is an interesting question so let`s try to find an answer. Let`s say that you live Britain and you are a proud British citizen, you live a happy life you got a good job and you are happily married so you feel secure and you say Britain is my country and I am proud of it. Ok now the government calls you up saying that you have to join the army to protect your country. And you then off course say alright I will fight for my country. So you enter the battlefield and fight with the army. But now the problem arises, you die!! Now the question comes to mind: When you fight for your country because you felt secure under it but you die in the battlefield what happens to that security that you were fighting for? Dont immediately give an answer, question it very carefully. So lets first find out why would somebody say this is my country? This could be because he feels secure in the place he lives so he develops an attachment with his country, an emotional attachment to be clear. When he dies fighting for his country what is the value of that security. Indeed it never existed it was all psychological, an illusion. But not only do you die but also countless of other people on both sides, so there is no security in either one of them.

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Ok now we come back to the first question when realizing this can we create a sustainable society engulfed by prosperity as long as there are nationalities? Question this for yourself We have to understand that outdated values can cause a lot of harm I will give an example here: Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: Let he who is without sin cast the first stone! (Quote from the bible) This is a verse from the bible, I`m not saying that the Bible is bad but just think what the value is of verses like this. How can we use this to make progress, it cant. It is a primitive idea how to deal with problems. What needs to be understood is that erroneous values can cause a lot of agony, because it hasnt been thought trough. Things like this are accepted on consensus and there is no decency in that. It can give birth to wars, genocides, violence. So if we want to build a society that is sustainable on the long run we have to acquire a certain mind-set that stimulates objectivity and revision of old values.

Sustainable Alternative
What needs to be looked at to find a sustainable alternative to this monetary system which incentivizes these outdated values? What do we need to survive as a whole on this planet so that every human being has access to the basic necessities of life? So Around the world there are thousands of cultures but in the end we all need the same basic necessities to survive. A list shall be given below: We all need access to food and water for our survival. We all need shelter We all want education We all want Healthcare We all need clean air

If we see that if these basic necessities are fulfilled I can ensure you that most of the crimes will disappear. I mean if you look at all the crimes, how do they all come about what triggers it, it is scarcity. It is only natural for someone to engage in distorted behavior if they life in a state of scarcity. It is about that when somebody does not have access to the basic necessities he will engage in automatic survival mechanism that manifest itself as criminal behavior. Now the question arises how do we bring about a system that takes care of human beings as a whole, more importantly is it even possible? It is understandable that most people are cynical about this and because of that I dont judge people according to their prejudice, because as I earlier stated judging people on their values doesnt bring you anywhere.

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What first needs to questioned is what is it that helped human beings for millennias to improve our lives drastically and made human life more sustainable. Lets take a look:

Is it Money?
You cant eat money You cant put money in a car to get it to run You cant put money in an outlet to get electricity.

So obviously money is not something that can make our live easier. Most people think that is bullshit money makes my life better; I can buy a car, clothes, gadgets etc. Indeed this is true money is a medium to buy these products, but did money made this stuff? Is money a material to produce these goods? No so even if you have millions of dollars if there are no products whats the value of it? Question it.

Is het Religion?
Religion gives people a feeling of security, but is that enough to create a sustainable society? The feeling of security, the sentence itself makes it clear there is only a feeling but it does not conform what is in reality going on. So what religious people do is they shut themselves in to feel secure but it does not lead to anything only to individual satisfaction to feel secure. So it is more about egotism than concentrating on our survival on a whole and making our lives easier. Religion does the right opposed it just represses the insecurities in our lives and leaves the responsibility to something higher than us. The thing is if you repress your feelings they will just pop up again. So if you really want to know why you are depressed, angry, jealous, frustrated, and sad you have to ask that question to yourself and start an inquiry. There is no other way to do this, for example you come to the conclusion that you are depressed what will you do? You can cry and nag all day long about your trials and tribulations but that eventually will make you more depressed. You can also drink alcoholic or take drugs but does that solve the anything? Well you maybe feel good for a while, but when the effects run out the insecurities come back again with an additional hangover. To understand why you have these insecurities is to examine yourself. Just think back of a time when you were not depressed, and then question why were you not depressed. Well probably because you did something that you enjoyed and that made you glad. Realizing that cant you than fix your life so you can have that same feeling again. It is important that you start this inquiry for yourself nobody can give the answer to you, the answer to your problems lie in yourself, and to understand the problem is to find the answer which leads to a transformation of the mind. I have given here my own outlook on religion but I dont want you to accept this, question it for yourself what the importance of religion is in your life and if it is relevant to our survival & prosperity. So dont just accept when someone says religion is a false institution, question it for yourself and come up with your own answer and when you have found that answers dont accept that answer, or that answer will become your belief and you will fall back in another form of authority. When you have found that answer to a question, question that answer keep seeking answer in that way you will become a person without believes and without believes you will be a man without fears,

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being hurt doesnt exist in that way because you are not attached to any believe. In this there is no static identity every day you are born and you die again.

Is it Politics?
The only thing a politician can do is: Make laws. Create budgets. Start wars. And politicians are not chosen democratically, when one candidate has more money to support his position it is not a democracy it is a dictatorship by the rich elite. I know what u think conspiracy`s again claiming that the world is corrupt because of the wealthy elite. This response is natural for people who are not familiar with this. What needs to be understood is that it is no secret that presidential candidates are paid by corporate institution. Here will be shown a list denoting this fact:

Top Contributors to Barack Obama 2008 Election

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Top Contributors to John McCain 2008 Election

So you see that as a politician you can buy your position. And if you just look at these lists most of them are companies and institutions. And when Obama won the elections what do you think will happen? Help to improve our lives and make our lives easier? When so many companies have invested in this guy. He has no choice then to work according to their interest. Why would they donate the money to him in the first place? I mean Goldman Sacs gives Obama a million dollars is it not obvious? So when u see taxes are lowered for oil companies, banks that are getting bailed out you can lead it all back to this. This is the real reason for the current economic crisis. The laws that we have are without value, because if you have enough money you can buy your way around it. I found a link which says that Obama raised more than 700 million dollar for his campaign, it is pretty obvious this money cannot came from ordinary citizens, i will put the link in the footnote. So realizing this, are politicians capable of creating a sustainable society based on our current knowledge keeping the interest of the masses in mind? Question it

Is it Technology?
What first needs to be known, what is technology? Technology is a tool to make our lives easier. It is a tool to free human beings from a particular labor so a machine can do it for them giving humans more time to spend on themselves. Where is the evidence for this? Just look around you its al technology, your pencil, phone, and computer and using a car to let you travel faster than feet would allow. Through this realization we can see that it is technology that makes our lives more comfortable. Using technology itself is just an extension of human attributes just a way of evolving like we have done for millions of years (considering that you dont believe the earth is 6.000 years old).Now just imagine how your life would look without all these technical devices, I mean how would your life be right now without a phone or a computer. I dont know how it would affect your life but I wouldnt last a day without my iPhone or computer.

What is Science?
So now imagine an election not based individual people but choosing ideas for the betterment of the world. What could we use to determine the legitimacy of an idea? Well there is something that is

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called science; Science is unique because of its methods. Hypothesis requires evidence to prove its legitimacy. And even when something is proven it is not necessarily true it has to be re testes again under the same circumstances to prove its legitimacy. And even when that is proven the next day somebody can come with a new hypothesis to disprove the whole idea making it obsolete so u can see in science there is no absolute truth there is only whatever there is we can only get better by questioning the current ideas. It is like counting to infinity it does not matter how far you count you will never reach it, but you still made progress even when you never reached infinity. Same thing is with truth it is not about reaching it but becoming more capable of approximating the truth. A lot of people would say that science is very dangerous and it has caused a lot of harm. Just like Hitler he used his weapons to kill 5 million Jews, so what good can come out of Science? Well indeed this is an interesting question, thats why an answer needs to be provided for this issue to let people have a more objective view on Science. If we look at it carefully science has broad tremendous benefits and harm to our world. It can be used for various purposes, but as stated earlier above Science is just a tool nothing more. What we have to realize is that a tool is as bad the purpose for what it is used for, Science itself is not evil. Science is not something that is conscious capable of making a decision for what it wants to be used for, we choose that purpose ourselves. For example you can use a plane to carry people from one country to another, but you can also use it to bomb an entire city full of people. The purpose for which a scientific tool is used is determined in which society you live and which values are uphold. If you live in a society where the basic necessities are being met people tend to use Science for progress because if there needs are being met, why would they use it to harm others? There is no use in that, why would you than bomb say one of your neighbors, that would only have negative consequences disturbing the peace that you already lived in. On the other side if you live in an environment of scarcity it is much easier to use Science for negative purposes because you are doing everything to survive and there is no sanity in that, which humans will resort in wars? So how do we bring about a systems based on science? What needs to be looked at first t is what the true value of a country is. Most people would say its money that gives the value of a country. This belief just shows how uninformed people are about what money really is. Lets say for example you have an island that printed billions of dollars, but they dont have any resources what would the value be of that money? Nothing it wouldnt have any value because it is backed up by nothing. So indeed it is resources that that determine the true value of a society. So realizing this we could call this new system a Resource Based Economy (RBE). There are various methods to achieve a Resource Bases Economy, Below are various methods to achieve this:

Systems theory: A systems theory means making an analysis on the earth`s resources. So we
have to look where all the energy and resources lie. Below is a list of where the worlds most important resources lie:

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Hydropower: Generates energy by the force of moving water which may be harnessed for
useful purposes. The places where we can generate the most energy out of this is: Brazil, China, India, Canada and also the United states, take for example the Hover Damn Above

Wind power: Wind power generates energy by catching wind. The wind is stored by wind
turbines creating electricity. Wind energy can be harvested almost anywhere in any continent like: Widely in Europe, Asia, and The United Stated. So this is a great medium to harness energy, the problem is that if there is not a lot of wind you dont have energy, thats why it is important that we are not dependent on a singular energy resource but that we invest our time in finding multiple forms of creating energy. U can see a clear description of the increase in the usage of Wind Energy, so we are already going in the right Direction).

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Solar Power: This is energy that is harnessed trough radiant light and heat from the sun.
Catching this sun light or heat creates energy. And as you know the energy from the sun is infinite. The sun creates 333880000 megawatt-hours per year, but humans only use 143 851 megawatt a year total just imagine how much energy we can get out of this its incredible. Off course our technology is not advanced enough to catch all that energy but we are certainly making progress. At the end of the essay there are sources denoting this fact. Solar energy is being used most in Germany, Spain, Japan, United States and Italy.

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Geothermal Power: Technologies in use include dry steam power plants, flash steam
power plants and binary cycle power plants. Geothermal creates energy by drilling in the depths of the earth where there lies heat from produced out of the earth itself. Catching this energy gets electricity. The downside of geothermal power is that it creates earthquakes because you are drilling deep in the crust of the earth. Another thing is that Geothermal creates a lot of greenhouse emission, which off course is not good for the earths climate. But in the future with enhanced drilling techniques we can find ways to harness this energy without damaging the earth. Here is a graph showing the places where we can use Geothermal Power most efficiently:

Country

Capacity (MW) 2007

Capacity (MW) 2010

USA Philippines Indonesia Mexico Italy New Zealand Iceland

2687 1969.7 992 953 810.5 471.6 421.2

3086 1904 1197 958 843 628 575

percentage of national production 0.3% 27% 3.7% 3% 1.5% 10% 30%

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Fossil Fuel Now you may ask yourself where oil is. It is the most important resource of our
industrial complex. Indeed thats why it needs to be addressed. Knowing how important oil is to our sustain our civilization, we must ask the question to ourselves is it sustainable, is it renewable, is it clean energy? Well lets find out if it is. The sustainability of oil is not just something that is put in doubt but it is a very fact that we cant keep using it. America`s oil reached its peak in the 70`s. When something has reached its peak it can only go downhill. The thing is that we build a civilization on an energy source that we were going to run out of. Imagine lets say over 30 years we have 8 billion people on this earth how are we going to provide for that if we already have a hard time with 6 billion. I think it would probably look like this on a worldwide scale:

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Year by year it get more expensive, what does it mean when something gets more and more expensive? Indeed it is scarcity which causes the rise in the price of oil. So if oil gets more and more expensive because it is scarce can we then use it to create a sustainable society? The second question is if oil is renewable, well it is, but how long does it take for oil to be renewed? Fossil fuel takes millions of years to be produced. The way we are using it now is obviously much faster than it comes back. When we use an energy source we cant use it faster than it grows back this is called Dynamic equilibrium (I will give an explanation regarding this on page 19). Is oil clean? Oil causes a lot of greenhouse emission and is off course not good for the environment. Another thing is plastic (made by oil) cannot be recycled which creates a lot of waste. This plastic waste goes to continents like Africa were it is useless, it also gets dumped in the Atlantic ocean which creates a toxic environment for the life in the ocean. Below is a depiction of the plastic island:

The information above all comes from a reliable source. Sources shall be given at end of the essay

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Resource List
What is needed now need is a list of the worlds resources apart from energy because we already did that above. I found a list on the website of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) there is no explanation why they are in possession of such a list put it still helped me a lot. The thing the list is to long it`s like 13 pages that gives a detailed explanation where all the resources lie and also in which country from A to Z it is incredible if you ask me. So thats why there I an extra PDF file so there is a clear description of the resource list. Below is a small piece of the list:

COUNTRY Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica

Arctic Ocean Antigua and Barbuda

NATURAL RESOURCES natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulphur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc pumice, pumice hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium salt, fish, lobster iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small commercial quantities; none presently exploited; krill, finfish, and crab have been taken by commercial fisheries sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic, nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales) NEGL; pleasant climate fosters tourism

The funny thing is that this page was actually down I dont know for what reason, but what I do know is that this is important information that can give a clear description how a Resource based economy operates. I opened this page by opening the page in Cache. The Cache is a place where data is stored, so what this means am I can goes back to how to website lets say a week ago looked and still being able to access the information even when the page is down.

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Dynamic equilibrium: What is Dynamic equilibrium? It means that we dont use our
resource faster than the rate that is grows back. So for example if we wanted to use wood it is logical to say that, if we keep want to use it in the future we need to make sure that we do not use it more than at the rate it grows back, or else we wont have any wood left sounds logical right? That way we will have a systems theory which keeps track of where all the resources are we also need to know the amount there is available so that we can see how much we can use from a curtain resource. This is why recycling is so important because it reduces the amount of waste we make by using the same materials again. So by creating less waste and using less resources we keep the resources of the earth in balance trough this we create a more harmonys planet and which in term will lead to a more prosperous civilization. So we have to accept that nature is a dictatorship, as harsh as this sound this is the reality in which we live, if you dont like it go somewhere else to another universe where the laws are less hostile. But unfortunately we are stuck in this universe so we have to live according to it laws. Because nature is the way she is, thats why there is no sense in when a scientists say I`m looking for the unifying law of everything. The problem with such a proposition is that it can turn out that there is no unifying law of everything and then you wasted your time on something which wasnt even there to begin with. We can only get better at our understanding of the universe by examining it and asking how nature works and get better as stated earlier, in approximating the way nature operates. This depiction shows how Dynamic equilibrium operates:

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Change the Direction of this economic Paradigm

When the realization emerges there can be alternative to this to this system. And standup, the system will change by itself. What is called the rich elite is more depended on us than people we realize. Remember that the only way the top of the pyramid can stand is because the lower sections are holding it there. You are the power behind society we create it. So start being self-sufficient, make your own things use your imagination and share it with other people. What can be understood is that the capitalistic system itself emerged trough demand for change and now it is obsolete. Everything that is obsolete should be replaced dont you agree. We can do this! Below shall be given a Quote from Carl Sagan to end this.

Ending Quote
Fundamental changes in society are sometimes labeled impractical or contrary to human nature: as if nuclear war was practical or as if there were only one human nature. But fundamental changes can clearly be made. We are surrounded by them. In the last two centuries abject slavery, which was with us for thousands of years, has almost entirely been eliminated in a stirring worldwide revolution. Women, systematically mistreated for millennia, are gradually gaining the political and economic power traditionally denied to them. And some wars of aggression have recently been stopped or curtailed because of a revulsion felt by the people in the aggressor nations. The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism and to rabid nationalism are beginning not to work. A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one planet. Carl Sagan, Cosmologist

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Footnote

Here is a link about the Nederlandse Bank more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Nederlandsche_Bank.
Here are some links about the Federal Reserve:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerated_powers http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/cc/NMfHC/chp6.html

And here a clip from Senator Ron Paul:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_G0MqAqq8 Laptop that can withstand water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgjqMqRwrq0&feature=related People being fete to lions in the roman era http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2841/were-christians-really-thrown-to-the-lions List from foreign contributors for Barack Obama: http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-illegal-donations/2009/12/12/id/341673

Link for the true contribution money Obama got

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/mar/15/republican-nationalcommittee-republican/rnc-said-unions-raised-400-million-obama-2008/ Source list for progress Solar Power http://www.zeitnews.org/energy-and-fuels-research/new-superstrate-material-enables-flexiblelightweight-and-efficient-thin-film-solar-modules.html http://www.zeitnews.org/energy/solar-powered-qswaterq-concept-collects-and-purifies-waterin-the-desert.html http://www.zeitnews.org/core-technologies/solar-roadways.html Source of Energy Resource of earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption List of commodities on this planet http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UL3hYX4QQAUJ:https://www.cia.gov/ library/publications/the-worldfactbook/fields/2111.html+list+of+the+worls+resourcs&cd=2&hl=nl&ct=clnk&gl=nl Jiddu Krishnamurti - Supreme Intelligence - A talks with students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FY4ItG3zec You don't like it? Go somewhere else! By Richard Feynman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDTcMD6pOw List of Oil price per barrel history http://www.ioga.com/Special/crudeoil_Hist.html

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