With the deficit dropping dramatically, can our resilient government now create jobs, improve education, fight CO2, whatever? [...]
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WHAT’S AHEAD - storiesOur groundwater sources are being depleted at an accelerating rate. If they can’t be kept sustainable, the costs and dangers to American families will be great. [...] Where you live affects when your hometown reaches grid parity and you can can profit from residential solar panels. [...] Medicare pays for less than 7% of dementia care. With dementia predicted to become much more prevalent, family savings are bound to suffer. [...] Graphene shows promise of high-efficiency photovoltaics. Choosing to live where there’s lot of sunlight will maximize the benefits. [...] Reports of a drop in average wind speed suggest that alternative energy source might weaken. [...] Calculating your potential tax impacts from the Fiscal Cliff ignores other consequences to the family budget. [...] Austerity Crisis is a more useful phrase than Fiscal Cliff. It tells us what we can do to reduce the pain. [...] Like migrating birds, you may need to move your home to find the things your family needs. [...] Would you watch a news show that just reported on long-term, distant-impact trends – the stuff that won’t affect our wealth and well-being until years in the future? [...] The risk of losing wealth in weather-related disasters is increasing faster than that wealth is being created. [...] By David Stookey, on July 30th, 2011  Ideas for allergy sufferers to avoid being triple-teamed by the growth of healthcare costs, budget deficits, and climate change. [...] By David Stookey, on July 29th, 2011
Many seniors don’t understand how much retirement savings they need, jeopardizing themselves and their kids. [...] By David Stookey, on July 18th, 2011
 There are money pits America needs to fill. There are money piles we might use. America needs to pay these obligations – or duck them. $14,350,000,000,000 Our national debt, most will agree, is too big for our national income to support. Slowing or stopping its growth means significantly cutting the federal deficit, currently $1.65 trillion [...] By David Stookey, on July 5th, 2011 For many who are expecting to be Raptured, global warming seems like part of God’s will. They won’t try to prevent or even mitigate it. [...] Building new urban and Interstate roads does not reduce traffic on existing ones. We need to resist America’s road-construction urges. [...] Alternatives to automobile and public transportation, like jitney, flex, and shared services, are becoming more popular. [...] If America isn’t going to fight climate change, the least Americans can do is to change our grandchildren’s habits and expectations. [...] Most of us don’t realize how shaky most predictions are – and how useful they can still be. [...] Prepare so we won’t be surprised? No. We need to prepare to be surprised. [...] Does it make sense to pay off your mortgage at a time when job security is low and inflation is predicted to increase? [...] The real danger is not flooding; humans are good at building things. The real danger is fiscal; we’re not so good at paying for them. [...] Population growth has been pulling the rug from under per-capital improvements. Maybe that is about to stop. [...] |
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