Sunday August 3, 2008, 7:02 pm
Well, maybe we can get more US citizens back to work then.

Sunday August 3, 2008, 11:48 pm
Thanks Michael
If you look at the footprints of products you know how insane this world is!
All business is local? All business should be local!!!!
Think global act local!

Monday August 4, 2008, 12:49 am
I couldn't agree more, Cate.
When we get right down to it,
the cost of fuel is the cost
of everything, and the consumer
always pays the added cost.
Thanks, Michael.
noted.

Monday August 4, 2008, 2:12 am
Well there is a thought!!

Think about that: In Europe we ship butter back and forth. Here in Greece - German butter is cheaper than the same brand in its' home land Germany. Greek butter is more expensive than German. ----

Just an example, because Germany has so much butter that they are thinking of using it as an industrial lubricant.

Question is: If you can sell a cotton towel here in Greece for 50 cent - produced in China, with the raw material actually comming from Greece - how much would it cost to produce locally? And further more - the argument of labor cost might be valid - BUT - I do not need to earn 10$ lets say per hour if I need to pay only 50Cent for something that cost now 5$.
Loss of work places - just the oposite. Logistics are usually nowadays outsourced anyhow...

Monday August 4, 2008, 2:30 am
Products will be more expensive if they do not travel around the world first.... If all products would have footprints we would know how insane this world is...
http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/footprint/index.jsp

Tuesday August 5, 2008, 8:15 am
Some products and services should be more expensive like flying!
We do not need all the products everywhere on this planet....
Lets hope that we all learn from this new crisis!

Tuesday August 5, 2008, 3:35 pm
we wont learn till the oil is gone.

unfortunately, it would appear there is more and more discovered, like in newly melting north.

oh well.

Wednesday August 6, 2008, 12:12 am
All I can keep saying: START THE REVOLUTION OF ONE!!!

Stop buying what you can not personally, conciously endorse. - That is all that it takes. Start with all processed food.

Thursday August 7, 2008, 8:30 pm
I keep hoping it will get us back to community. Here in my small home town we used to have neighborhood stores every few blocks. These places made a liveing for at least 3 people, owner and 2 employees. You could get general necessities here, beer, wine, eggs, milk, ice cream and most important of all Chocolate. Now you don't walk to the store for milk or beer, you drive to the big grocery. Yeah, we're still small enough that if you don't know someone there it won't be long before you're calling them by name. But still, I miss the fresh meat butchers that cut it the way you liked it, and sometimes held something back just for you. Of course, most of the factories have moved out of country too, so not as many beer drinkers left, don't need as many places to buy it I guess.