Growth is gone. Over. Kaput. Finished. Get used to it.

[hawver]

Here is your weekly dose of doom:

1. Grain piles up in ports
"There's all kinds of stuff stacked up on docks right now that can't be shipped because people can't get letters of credit," said Bill Gary, president of Commodity Information Systems in Oklahoma City. "The problem is not demand, and it's not supply because we have plenty of supply. It'

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[bloodstones]

I got some doom just for you.

[peamasii]

yes, but gas is now a whole 40 cents per gallon cheaper. rejoice!

[flynngrrl]

It always used to weird me out when people would be all like, "This year there was X percent growth in the GNP! Whee!"

THE WORLD IS FINITE, PEOPLE.

The only things that do constant growth eventually kill their host system and themselves. Cancers, deer that live on islands, etc.

[smandal]

That's a little pessimistic -- unlike cancers and deer, we can introspect and be more efficient.

You might have a case when our energy requirements exceed the power from the sun and the power we can harvest from radioactive nuclei in our crust.

Then again, I'm assuming that people realize that wealth is built on technology, not printing money ...

[pasquin]

You used to be so much fun. Lighten up. There's opportunity in Armageddon.

Stockpile condoms, wine spritzers, and beef jerky, and you'll have a harem by New Years.