Rodent Regatta

By the indicators I place most confidence in, we’re looking at individual economic pictures that won’t begin to resemble the trend of the 1990’s. Passbook savings rates may look like stellar returns during the next few years.

We are also terribly dependent on foreign oil that comes from increasingly unreliable suppliers. As this country prepares to escalate the war on terrorism, we should launch a (privately-funded) all-out assault on the technology that makes us a completely self-sufficient provider and consumer of energy.

Take a look at this pointer about our economy. Then, see what Dan Gillmor is saying about energy, bandwidth and decentralization.