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fyi, davidw - your open source point is waaay off base. the point of my post was that solving big problems = big $$$, so we should be investing in them.

just my opinion, but cynicism is a great way to never have the imagination to fix these problems.

guys,

0) if you want responses from me, it would help if you commented where the original post is.

1) these shocks are distinctly not "random fluctuations". they are long-term shifts.

2) what should you be doing? like i said - redress the imbalances these shifts point to. whoever can find a solution to food or water imbalances, for example, is going to be bidding on private islands with larry and sergey.

3) we are very definitely not fixing these problems: the level of cleantech investment is tiny, etc.

4) i appreciate that it's a lot to handle. but aren't you guys supposed to be revolutionaries?

thx to everyone for the comments.