Tractors and cars eradicated this huge demand on farmland (while ridding cities of manure pollution).

The increased profits are not a result of their mining prowess, but of China s huge demand for steel.

Still troubled financial systems and huge fiscal deficits are keeping the West s deficit countries (especially the US) from expanding domestic demand.

This explosive growth was made possible by huge advances in science and technology.

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Now, we know some of the technological facts that are driving this change in our lifestyle the uptake and diffusion of mobile devices, the exponential improvement in data storage and data processing, and the remarkable improvement in human biometric sensors.

After all, the Chinese economy can no longer rely on external demand and exports to sustain its remarkable growth, and Chinese consumers, who are still poor on average, deserve a break and should be encouraged to spend rather than save.

Instead, the main threat to the long term sustainability of energy supplies is the mismatch between investment in additional capacity and energy infrastructure, on one hand, and growth in demand for energy on the other.

These partly reflect China s sheer size and impact.

Why are these trajectories so different?

Stupendous growth hides deep pockets of poverty.

So would it be humanly possible to save this many oiled penguins?

And I am depressed at the damage being done to the idea of India.

This led to a price explosion and massive external deficits.

Those who borrowed recklessly during China s credit boom are not small private firms or average consumers (household indebtedness in China is very low), but local governments, SOEs, and well connected real estate developers (many of them family members of government officials).

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The other thing that was so striking was the sheer number of volunteers.

In Iraq, free elections have revealed the enormous influence of Islamist currents.

Episodic muddling through may be the best that can be hoped for.

The final problem contributing to weakness in global aggregate demand was emerging markets massive buildup of foreign exchange reserves partly motivated by the mismanagement of the 1997 98 East Asia crisis by the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury.

In terms of energy use, peak demand describes a period of simultaneous, strong consumer demand or a period of highest demand in a billing period.

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Statistical improbability in the direction of good design complexity is another word for this.

Despite this massive shrinkage, the reality on the ground is unchanged.

Of course, many Americans recognize the scale of the country s debt burden.

With too little electricity, blackouts are common.

Japan, however, stands alone with its massive debt.

There are, no doubt, errors in those pages.

So its trade surplus continues to soar at the expense of other countries.

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The solidarity of others is therefore crucial and indispensable.

With its huge domestic economy, China would never have been able to accumulate such an enormous external surplus if its growth had not been confined to such enterprises.

And thirdly, public demand.

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To offset the collapse in demand from industrial countries, they had stimulated domestic demand.

So I spent about three trips to the Three Gorges Dam, looking at that massive transformation of a landscape.

There are a few clear points amidst the large uncertainties and confusions.