If you haven't read The Ultimate Resource by Julian Simon, now might be a good time. He was an Economist who died a few years ago.
His point is that the human brain/ingenuity is the ultimate resource that can solve any problems that come along.
Bring on the "Oil Crisis"....
Over the years there has been a wood crisis (an early fuel), a coal crisis (the next fuel) and about a hundred oil crisises.
In all those times the prices have risen then slowly returned to lower levels than before- relative to income- due to increased efficiency and a change to a newer system. Coal largely replaces wood. Oil largely replaces coal. The old systems don't go away but the new ones surpass them in volume.
That's not to say that conservation and living within our means isn't a good idea (or a bad idea).
Jack Messman was CEO at the old Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP) before it merged with Novell. Somehow, he became CEO at Novell and has held the position for 5'ish years.
During his time on the board at CTP, then as its CEO and now as CEO at Novell, company value and performance has gone down. Way down.
I'm doubt his pay has. Though, his stock options must be underwater.
Somehow he weathers these storms as he drives these companies into the ground.
His previous experience was with Union Pacific Railroad, which seems quite different from these here technology companies. If he's in charge of a company then I'd short it.
http://www.novell.com/company/bios/jmessman.html
There's talk of how the e-WSJ is much cheaper to produce (no trees killed, no drivers to deliver it, etc.), but go into any bathroom at any brokerage firm and the stalls are littered with copies of it.
The hard version makes the copy version cheap to produce because they already have the infrastructure available to easily produce it online.
There aren't many web-only publication names that we trust, yet. The old school names legitimize the new school medium (WSJ, NY Times, Wash Post, AP vs. DrudgeReport).
I'd be interested to see how accounting divides up the costs of reporters, editors, phones, office space, etc. between old and new media.
The/. effect happened and the Caltech site is down so I can't read the report right now.
I've done quite a bit of research into Strawbale housing. If it's built correctly and sealed properly then you're using an easily renewable resource which is generally used as waste. (straw is (generally) the leftover stalk after hay is harvested.
There are some older structures that have survived with proper maintenance in Nebraska (fairly harsh environment) and other northern climates.
There is quite a bit of planning being done to use strawbale on Native American Reservations and in Mexico and Central America.
The $/squarefoot is much, much less than stickbuilt and compares favorably with other eco-friendly materials.
Sample info here.. http://www.eere.energy.gov/EE/strawhouse/house-of- straw.html
Or google it...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie =UTF-8&client=google&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-49,GGLD:en &q=strawbale+housing
Having worked at Cambridge Tech Partners (which was where Messman was CEO before merging with Novell and making him CEO there) it became apparent to many of us that Messman didn't understand technology (he's old industry- Union Pacific, I think). He finished running that company the rest of the way down.
If you're putting too much belief into what he says, prepare to be disappointed.
This is not to say that I like SCO either or believe them. I just don't think Messman always knows what he's talking about.
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If you haven't read The Ultimate Resource by Julian Simon, now might be a good time. He was an Economist who died a few years ago. His point is that the human brain/ingenuity is the ultimate resource that can solve any problems that come along. Bring on the "Oil Crisis".... Over the years there has been a wood crisis (an early fuel), a coal crisis (the next fuel) and about a hundred oil crisises. In all those times the prices have risen then slowly returned to lower levels than before- relative to income- due to increased efficiency and a change to a newer system. Coal largely replaces wood. Oil largely replaces coal. The old systems don't go away but the new ones surpass them in volume. That's not to say that conservation and living within our means isn't a good idea (or a bad idea).
Jack Messman was CEO at the old Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP) before it merged with Novell. Somehow, he became CEO at Novell and has held the position for 5'ish years.
During his time on the board at CTP, then as its CEO and now as CEO at Novell, company value and performance has gone down. Way down.
I'm doubt his pay has. Though, his stock options must be underwater.
Somehow he weathers these storms as he drives these companies into the ground.
His previous experience was with Union Pacific Railroad, which seems quite different from these here technology companies. If he's in charge of a company then I'd short it. http://www.novell.com/company/bios/jmessman.html
I believe that's what happened to Ameritrade's backup tape that went missing recently...
Courier company my foot.
There's talk of how the e-WSJ is much cheaper to produce (no trees killed, no drivers to deliver it, etc.), but go into any bathroom at any brokerage firm and the stalls are littered with copies of it. The hard version makes the copy version cheap to produce because they already have the infrastructure available to easily produce it online. There aren't many web-only publication names that we trust, yet. The old school names legitimize the new school medium (WSJ, NY Times, Wash Post, AP vs. DrudgeReport). I'd be interested to see how accounting divides up the costs of reporters, editors, phones, office space, etc. between old and new media.
The /. effect happened and the Caltech site is down so I can't read the report right now.
I've done quite a bit of research into Strawbale housing. If it's built correctly and sealed properly then you're using an easily renewable resource which is generally used as waste. (straw is (generally) the leftover stalk after hay is harvested.
There are some older structures that have survived with proper maintenance in Nebraska (fairly harsh environment) and other northern climates.
There is quite a bit of planning being done to use strawbale on Native American Reservations and in Mexico and Central America.
The $/squarefoot is much, much less than stickbuilt and compares favorably with other eco-friendly materials.
Sample info here.. http://www.eere.energy.gov/EE/strawhouse/house-of- straw.html
Or google it...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie =UTF-8&client=google&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-49,GGLD:en &q=strawbale+housing
Having worked at Cambridge Tech Partners (which was where Messman was CEO before merging with Novell and making him CEO there) it became apparent to many of us that Messman didn't understand technology (he's old industry- Union Pacific, I think). He finished running that company the rest of the way down. If you're putting too much belief into what he says, prepare to be disappointed. This is not to say that I like SCO either or believe them. I just don't think Messman always knows what he's talking about.