AbsolutKazakh

Nissan are bringing out an electric car for the American market in 2010. Should be interesting how sales/demand goes for that venture and whether it expands. Japan has a car that can run on water. Through a chemical reaction, it splits the hydrogen from the oxygen and runs the car off the hydrogen. The future will be very very interesting.

I hope they research the Arctic before they drill it. Apparently the life in it has been sealed off for more than 26 million years. They found a ridge that is not volcanic, so the new earth comes directly from the core. It could give us some great insight on the beginning's of our planted. Supposedly the living creatures near the ridge will appear more like alien creatures than what we've studied on Earth. They found a fauna miles away from the ridge that was 70% different than the fauna in the Atlantic and Pacific. It's a very interesting area, so for the sake of science and our understanding, please don't ruin it. Anyways, they could divide it up and there would still be plenty of oil to make the three happy...but we're greedy creatures.

This is a little off topic, but we need to do away with coal. According to NASA's lead climatologist, if we don't find a way to clean up the emissions from coal, in a few decades we will see major ecosystem collapse. Not to mention the melting of the ice caps. Whether it's for political reasons or not, alternative energies need to be researched and employed. I'm not a fan of nuclear power because it's not that safe to store, but it's cleaner than some. Russia seems to be giving up on the nuclear power and shifting towards hydrocarbons.

How rude.

Yeah, that's why the United States is trying out Iraq.

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. If you say so. I think Europe and its natural gas demands over the next few decades may prove that wrong. Perhaps I need to define what it means to have a false bottom No, I got that thanks. I think you need to define nothing spectacular though if you think potentially having Europe by the short and curlies won't make a massive impact on the world economy, etc. Everyone thinks Putin created an economic miracle, but I don't buy it. Most of the gains were accomplished by protectionism. Corporate debt is on the rise, and most of the hyperrich are taking their money abroad. Where did I indicate that I thought that? I meant influence and power when I talked about the rise of Russia. In the past Western Europe's only real concern with Russia (or the Soviet Union) was the (unlikely) threat of war. Now we're increasingly reliant on their natural resources. I'm not talking about you exactly, but it's playing up the economy. I'm going to be honest, we were never taught about Western Europe...but aren't you guys also becoming more involved in alternative fuels?

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. So long as they have oil they will stay afloat. Not sure who these days has a diversifyied economy. Military arms complex yes...making bits of plastic yes... Yes. AbsolutKazakh probably knows about the topic more than I, but Russia has enormous amounts of natural resources. She can survive on this alone imo, although I have no idea how big there reserves are, but I'm pretty sure they have many untapped resources they can exploit in the future. Sure Russia may have no manufacturing industries (apart from a military one obviously) that can boost its economy like China, nor a strong finance sector but it doesn't need one. I could be wrong though. Time will tell, and if they do go bust and nationalism really gets into the psyche of the everyday Russian, we could really find ourselves in a new Cold War, if that hasn't already started already. They still have a lot of reserves and are claiming most of the Arctic, but drilling and getting those resources out is a hot mess. It requires a lot of skill and a lot of technology they don't have, which is why they call upon the West.

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. Russia now had massive energy resources that are being tapped and paid for by Europe. Russia will move into the EU and the final hand will have been dealt on U.S. hegenomy. They're a nuclear petrostate that has failed to modernize. How is that a good thing? Why is that do you think? Because they bank on their natural resources as exports. 63% of their exports is oil and gas vs .3% being high-technology. As they become more dependent on natural resources, the Kremlin has been focusing more on power, antagonizing the west, and bullying their neighbors. If their ambitions weren't so global, it wouldn't be a bad thing, but since they are, it's terrible for geopolitics. Wrong. Cause they are frozen out of the Western banking system and financial tools needed for development. This is being done purposefully to strip it of its assets on the cheap and is why they kicked BP out. It's not wrong. You are in part, correct, but I have seen what they have done first hand. Most petrostates avoid modernization, that includes Russia. The state influences the economy and so do the wealthy business owners.

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. If you say so. I think Europe and its natural gas demands over the next few decades may prove that wrong. Perhaps I need to define what it means to have a false bottom No, I got that thanks. I think you need to define nothing spectacular though if you think potentially having Europe by the short and curlies won't make a massive impact on the world economy, etc. Everyone thinks Putin created an economic miracle, but I don't buy it. Most of the gains were accomplished by protectionism. Corporate debt is on the rise, and most of the hyperrich are taking their money abroad.

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. Russia now had massive energy resources that are being tapped and paid for by Europe. Russia will move into the EU and the final hand will have been dealt on U.S. hegenomy. They're a nuclear petrostate that has failed to modernize. How is that a good thing? Why is that do you think? Because they bank on their natural resources as exports. 63% of their exports is oil and gas vs .3% being high-technology. As they become more dependent on natural resources, the Kremlin has been focusing more on power, antagonizing the west, and bullying their neighbors. If their ambitions weren't so global, it wouldn't be a bad thing, but since they are, it's terrible for geopolitics.

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. Russia now had massive energy resources that are being tapped and paid for by Europe. Russia will move into the EU and the final hand will have been dealt on U.S. hegenomy. They're a nuclear petrostate that has failed to modernize. How is that a good thing?

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. If you say so. I think Europe and its natural gas demands over the next few decades may prove that wrong. Perhaps I need to define what it means to have a false bottom

Ian Thorpe? He retired.

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future.

America is. I saw a McDonalds in Azerbaijan. Controlling the world one Zebu burger at a time. They're just planting their Grade-E seed

I'm a bit too tired to read it as is now. When I get home from work I will reply.

America is. I saw a McDonalds in Azerbaijan.

That tables wrong. Shouldnt China be top? I see it as 2. China- 25 (17g, 3s, 5b) 1. United States- 28 (10g, 8s, 10b) 3. S. Korea- 12 (5g, 6s, 1b) 4. Australia- 12 (4g, 2s, 6b,) 6. Italy- 10 (4g, 4s, 2b) 5. Russia- 12 (2g, 7s, 3b) 7. France- 9 ( 7s, 2b) Even then there are countries with Golds missing. I was doing it by total medals. I just think it is strange to do it by gold medals. You think it's strange to do it on who has won the most events? Going against the Olympic motto there I'm close to mathematics...it just makes too much sense to do it by total accumulated.

Turkey has a pact with Israel and 2 U.S. airforce bases. Doubt they're doing anything for Russia. russian - Turkish emnity goes back a long way before NATO the Azeris like to snuggle uo to the Yanks without straying too far out of Russia;s circle Georgia has a little oil & gas but S Ossetia has bugger all of anything as far as I know Neither have much of anything. And if Russia were to bulldoze that pipeline, they'd be stabbing us in the back for no apparent reason. I don't think that makes sense, but Russian politics don't make sense anymore. We send the majority of our oil to China, but Chevron and BP have been in our Tengiz region and shipping that oil West.

That tables wrong. Shouldnt China be top? I see it as 2. China- 25 (17g, 3s, 5b) 1. United States- 28 (10g, 8s, 10b) 3. S. Korea- 12 (5g, 6s, 1b) 4. Australia- 12 (4g, 2s, 6b,) 6. Italy- 10 (4g, 4s, 2b) 5. Russia- 12 (2g, 7s, 3b) 7. France- 9 ( 7s, 2b) Even then there are countries with Golds missing. I was doing it by total medals. I just think it is strange to do it by gold medals.

1. United States- 28 (10g, 8s, 10b) 2. China- 25 (17g, 3s, 5b) 3. S. Korea- 12 (5g, 6s, 1b) 4. Australia- 12 (4g, 2s, 6b,) 5. Russia- 12 (2g, 7s, 3b) 6. Italy- 10 (4g, 4s, 2b) 7. France- 9 ( 7s, 2b) I am anticipating Aliya Yussupova. She is our best chance at a gold medal:

I actually feel bad for her. She has probably been training her whole life for that. She looked young so she probably has more opportunites but damn...that hurts. But hey, maybe she should do boxing.

Not to be mean, by that looks more ugly than unhealthy

That's scary, especially the highest weight class. It gets scarier. She is the same age as me and she looks 60: I don't want to lose a medal, but I think she is on something.