Connecting the Dots

As things would have it, it took the high price of oil to get Americans out from behind the wheel and into public transportation. There is one problem however, there is little or none in many places. [Read more →]

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America’s romance with the car lays in the balance between this century and the last. Last century oil was plentiful, this century the well is literally dry. [Read more →]

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Moving electricity from one point to another in the United States to the casual observer seems painless. You look up and see high voltage main lines running across the country. The problem is they are the proverbial leaking hose because they are so outdated. [Read more →]

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Now that President elect Obama has made it known that he plans to move away from oil, Connecting the Dots decided to look at what new technology will be looked at and ultimately what new jobs will come of it. What we found was a variety of things with technology already in various stages of development. [Read more →]

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There have been arguments as to how much influence the price of oil had on the state of the United States economy. The opinions range from some to significant. However in all cases there is agreement that the price of oil did play a roll. [Read more →]

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Now that the price of oil has been falling, it has become easy to watch what makes the price of oil go back up. Connecting the Dots has concluded excessive caffeine consumption must play a significant roll. [Read more →]

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As we watch the world leaders gather to attempt to stem this pending disaster, we must keep in mind that they are politicians and not economic experts. No doubt they have consulted with the experts, but the remaining question is who will win out. [Read more →]

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It has only been about 10 days since the world discovered the next President of The United States will be Barack Obama, and already there is a sense of less anti American rhetoric. Americans living and working abroad were the first to notice this almost before John McCain’s concession speech. [Read more →]

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It is a fact of life and death that if you don’t change, sooner or later extinction sets in. This is a fact of life not only in nature but in business as well. [Read more →]

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Humans being humans we have a strong desire to find someone to point the finger of blame at with this global economic crisis. The issue is the truth is already known but nobody wants to admit the obvious. Because of that the scapegoat search goes on so we can feel good and continue to ignore the unspoken truth. [Read more →]

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As the days tick by, people are starting to see this problem may be bigger than the collective efforts of governments combined can handle. Some of the major factors that will help set the direction of recovery or crash are completely out of the hands of the governments. [Read more →]

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It has not exactly been front page news, but the now open waters of the arctic that are a direct result of global warming are becoming a bit of a territory issue. If there is any sure fire thing that can lead to war, it is a dispute over real-estate. Planting a Russian flag in the sea bed at the north pole seems to say “MINE!” [Read more →]

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Unfortunate as it was, Connecting the Dots was on target with predictions about global economic meltdown in June. Now 3+ months later part 2 of this series is outlining more of the same dire predictions. [Read more →]

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As the world oil supply continues to dwindle, countries are taking a more aggressive posture to fight for the scraps. As the hunger for oil continues to grow, diplomacy will slowly give way to fighting. Brazil is one such country. [Read more →]

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