G20 show of unity April 02, 2009

I`m starting to get the feeling the leaders are taking this global economic situation seriously.
The following would have more to do with feeding the worlds population which in an expanding global economy putting more people to work they certainly need to be healthy to adjust to steady employment.
Although the direct implications of the following on the global economy is a little farther in the future than a recovery, I still rate the expressed urgency as very positive.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

G20 show of unity offers $1-trillion in aid, few specifics
April 02, 2009
The leaders, emboldened by the recent progress in prying open tax havens, said sanctions will be slapped on any sponsor country that refuses to sign international agreements to exchange tax information.

"economy of people not of factories."

Thanks to Linda for supplying the link. It`s a good read, well worth considering the message in its entirely.
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21896.htm

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos
Switzerland. Jan. 28, 2009
"The current situation is often compared to the Great Depression of the late 1920s and the early 1930s. True, there are some similarities.However, there are also some basic differences."
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In the 30`s people were out of cash and so couldn`t spend, today we`re out of credit and can`t spend. Similarities and differences all wrapped into one.
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"I believe that the 21st century economy is an economy of people not of factories."

A 25th century global transportation system is for the people, I`ve always read Mr. Putin at face value which is what he is saying nations now need to do.


"Therefore, finding this mutual trust is a key goal we should concentrate on now."

While I certainly agree I`ve put together comprehensive guidelines on financing and revenue of a global individual vehicle maglev.,,, just to enhance not only the trust factor between nations but the people and nations in this time of a global trust deficit.

Not the first time the people have run out of bread

Let them eat cake has morphed into don`t worry be happy, how far we`ve come.

The old global commerce system of cash and carry has morphed into todays borrow and buy.

The French revolution, the Great Depression and now, have a common thread, a lack of spending ability by the people. The great Depression lacked cash to buy while today lacks the credit to borrow and buy.
Not only has todays consumer over borrowed but global market wealth to the top consumers is evaporating.
It took a tax funded war to pull economies out of the trench in the 30`s so it seems very unreasonable to consider even the Obama $1T stimulus as more than a box of bandaids. Certainly it will slow down decent but unlikely to cause any assent until things turn globally. This is unlikely without WW3 increasing industrial production.

Muhammad Yunus, "We will create a new normalcy which will stay and keep on moving and change the world."

I would hope you try to find flaw in the foregoing then consider what needs to be done to turn the global economy around. Increasing industrial output, putting people back to work while creating new consumers through expanding industries. The current globalism model of expanding industry was based on global consumer consumption, now in retreat. A global maglev would create the demand to restart industry while creating new industry and consumers, on a very long term basis.
What if?
If you`re there try, why not?

Davos

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090201/davos_forum.html

No answer at Davos forum to global meltdownSunday February 1, 8:06 am ET
Cautioning that the G20 wouldn't be able to solve all the issues, Schwab announced that in a few weeks the forum would start a "Global Redesign Initiative" which he said was supported by almost every world leader who attended this year's forum

G-20 Summit

Although the indices won`t reflect the extent of the positive outcome with all the bad news on the horizon the positive results will push markets to find a higher bottom sooner. We should see the short side exercise a little more caution and play each news piece by issue rather than bulk up.
It`s a good start to a global solution so any info on possibilities will hasten the higher bottom.
Under the circumstances I`m weighing it in as a good news story. I believe a little more hope in a global strategy to ward off future bad news stories is warranted, good on ya.

"the summit attendees must be open to ideas from around the world"

http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/18102008/2/biz-finance-bush-says-looks-forward-hosting-summit.html

October 18, 2008

I`ve noticed a lot of interest in a global transportation makeover with an individual vehicle magnetic lift and propulsion transportation system.
President Bush said Saturday he will host an international summit in response to the global financial crisis of which global initiatives will be placed on the table. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon offered Saturday to host an emergency G-8 summit in New York.
After the financial reforms I`m pretty sure there will be enough space left on the table for a global mag lift to reverse the current economic trend.

We can wait and hope I might have more to post after this one.

Robert

Individual vehicle magnetic lift, propulsion transportation system.

I`ve sent a similar proposal to Impact your world but as the`ve set a time limit on any project having an effect in the next two years I doubt if it will be considered as I see a time line of four to five years before we see results.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/09/24/google.project/index.html

Individual vehicle magnetic lift, propulsion transportation system.

lol, please don`t shake your head, we have the technology.
The current transportation system has many problems, pollution followed by paving over the country while grid-lock continues to increase. With infrastructure continuing to decay the situation will only get worse even if we manage to eliminate pollution with 100% electric vehicles.
The system needs to be replaced in whole.
We have the basic technology now.
If this seems like a reasonable idea it needs to fund a team of engineers to complete the final prospectus. From this universities from around the world would compete for the best design.
As I`m a fiscally conservative populist the building, management including maintenance or upgrades is put to private tender while the infrastructure is owned by the people.
0 pollution, far fewer paved roads, no grid-lock, initial speeds of 300mph, more jobs globally than workers, with a very good chance the electrical transmission lines in need of about $1T in refurbishing could be replaced by using the maglift system for the transmission of electricity while powering the mag lift system.
Even if we took the crude we convert to gas and burned the crude in a scrubber burner to power a maglift we would not only reduce pollution greatly but increase the efficiency by eliminating the refinery process.
I have spent a few years studying this and have attempted to encourage the Canadian government to kick off a global university design competition with little success as I do not have any engineering degrees. Should you decide to fund this endeavor the money will be used to assemble a team of engineers to finalize the proposal into a format government will understand.
In closing the global economy is faltering, this project will create more jobs than workers and will set the right course for many decades on many fronts.
Should you wish more information of the guidelines for a global university competition or private funding/profit I would be pleased to answer any questions not included in the foregoing.
Thank you
Robert Smith.
British Columbia Canada---
The whole of the global population
Global university competition for the best design. As we have the best and brightest who will be building and using this the most they should also have the final say on all the design components.

-----------DUALMODE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMAugust 01, 2006Dualmode maglev cars will be physically independent, separately owned, separately powered, and will go their separate ways, just as vehicles on our highways do.----------------Maglev Quicklinks-----------------Professor Peter Peumans of Stanford University, whohas reviewed the U of T team’s research"Our calculations show that, with further improvementsin efficiency, combining infrared and visiblephotovoltaics could allow up to 30 per cent of thesun’s radiant energy to be harnessed, compared to six per cent in today’s best plastic solar cells."The power solutions to a mag lift transportationsystem may be closer than we think.Train magnetic levitation and propulsionPersonal Automated Transport (PAT)-------------------Different designs have been created, each having their own pros and cons.Technical informationhttp://home.wanadoo.nl/lex.molenaar/PAMB/PubliPDF/act96pap.pdf-------------Super conductor maglev experiment------------http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_levitation_trainMagnetic levitation transport, or maglev, is a form of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles (especially trains) using electromagnetic force. This method can be faster than wheeled mass transit systems, potentially reaching velocities comparable to turboprop and jet aircraft (900 km/h, 600 mph ). The highest recorded speed of a maglev train is 581 km/h (361 mph), achieved in Japan in 2003, which is 4 mph more than the conventional TGV speed record.