tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4548921383451573188..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The Political Economic Basis Of The Egyptian UprisingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-78986903111728446772011-02-06T07:25:02.649-05:002011-02-06T07:25:02.649-05:00"The UN estimates that tens of thousands of p..."The UN estimates that tens of thousands of people die each year in Egypt from water borne diseases or dehydration." (17th July 2007)<br />http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2007/07/2008525184645341324.html<br /><br />Seems like the limit has been reached in Egypt on human intelligence, imagination and wonder.<br /><br /> "<i>“There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder” </i>"<br />Ronald ReaganMyrtle Blackwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427043367624101075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-62220798982440724632011-02-04T12:30:52.230-05:002011-02-04T12:30:52.230-05:00Brenda,
You are right that there is probably mi...Brenda,<br /> <br />You are right that there is probably mispricing of water for cotton in Egypt. OTOH, Egypt has been an exporter of cotton for a very long time, centuries.Barkley Rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13114257724762074636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-46825182230316079342011-02-04T09:14:11.839-05:002011-02-04T09:14:11.839-05:00Egypt is experiencing an energy and a water crisis...Egypt is experiencing an energy and a water crisis, as are many other nations.<br /><br />In Egypt cotton exports are reported (as of last month) to have risen 52%. Egypt is one of the most inefficient places to grow this crop due to its dry climate and the high rate of evaporation. there are currently no consumer signals in the developed world to price the water used on cotton adequately. Ditto energy and other resources, I should add. So 'governance' issues cannot be constrained to those within Egypt itself.<br /><br />The list of nations experiencing energy shortages appears to be growing quite rapidly. See:<br />www.energyshortage.org/<br /><br />It figures that the social dislocation from global peak oil, peak water etc would be felt first in the 'developing' world.<br /><br />Peaks of resource depletion accelerated by unsustainable levels of urbanisation and unproductive lifestyles I tend to think.Myrtle Blackwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427043367624101075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-76486195969391139942011-02-01T09:43:05.498-05:002011-02-01T09:43:05.498-05:00Juan Cole reports this morning that the Ikhwan has...Juan Cole reports this morning that the Ikhwan has withdrawn its support for El-Baradei. That is not a good sign, although the "march of millions" seems to be going peacefully so far.Barkley Rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13114257724762074636noreply@blogger.com