A coming industrial revolution and golden age of America.

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golden age of America

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IF YOU JINX US...

I believe the key to the entire house of cards will be the rise of the Chinese middle class. Our competitiveness will only increase as the Chinese population shifts more towards consumerism and they demand workers rights the same as we did.

Natural gas prices were the initial catalyst to get this ball rolling but I believe our growth will be able to sustain rising NG prices that are comparable to the growth of the global economy. This boom and expansion will be based on manufacturing and goods, not the financial sector as displayed over the past 20 years.

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India and Taiwan

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This.

This is what gives me hope. We could be on the brink of something big here.

I recently told our SIL that he and his children will reap the benefits of our excesses and that their future is very, very bright

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Is anyone betting on the agriculture side of population boom and better economies?

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There is a very big problem in our future in agriculture due to water shortages. We are taking 10x more then what is being put back.

That is something to consider. I need to invest in the water industry?

My thinking is more people will be middle class, meaning less people farming, meaning more equipment to run the same, or bigger farms. That and government equipment subsidies.

The gulf coast, in particular, is going to experience significant industrial expansion in the next 10-15 years. You will see people moving from other parts of the delta and the south to secure jobs along the gulf coast, and of course those heavy manufacturing jobs have significant multiplier effects on regional employment.

Cheap natural gas is driving that regional boom.....thought that's not entirely what the article was about obviously. I am very optimistic for Louisiana and Texas.

I've thought the same thing. I'd imagine in the future LA will pipeline water to the west. Just imagine the freakin money LA would make off of that, oil, NG...wow

meh, desalination plants will solve most of our water issues. the technology is already available, it's just energy intensive. once solar becomes more viable in the next decade, you will see desalination plants pop up all along coasts. Los Angeles won't have to steal from the Colorado River any more. Texas can use water from the Gulf of Mexico. North Africa can use water from the Mediterranean. etc. etc.

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