Comments on: Links 11/2/09 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Moopheus http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html#comment-63540 Moopheus Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:47:02 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=6057#comment-63540 To Martin: Yes, they want the houses moved. Chicago isn't the first place to try this. One of the older suburbs around here was trying to save some older houses--at the height of the bubble--that were at risk of demolition and replacement by McMansions by practically giving them away with the same conditions. The cost of moving a house can range anywhere from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands. It depends on the size of the house, how far it is going, and whether obstacles (such as power lines and that sort of thing) have to be moved. Sometimes the houses are actually worth more disassembled and sold for architectural salvage. Personally, I like old houses--the house I live in now was built in 1868, and we had one before that that was built in 1783, so I always find it funny when someone says that a 30-year-old house is "old." To Martin: Yes, they want the houses moved. Chicago isn’t the first place to try this. One of the older suburbs around here was trying to save some older houses–at the height of the bubble–that were at risk of demolition and replacement by McMansions by practically giving them away with the same conditions. The cost of moving a house can range anywhere from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands. It depends on the size of the house, how far it is going, and whether obstacles (such as power lines and that sort of thing) have to be moved. Sometimes the houses are actually worth more disassembled and sold for architectural salvage. Personally, I like old houses–the house I live in now was built in 1868, and we had one before that that was built in 1783, so I always find it funny when someone says that a 30-year-old house is “old.”

]]> By: Peripheral Visionary http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html#comment-63456 Peripheral Visionary Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:17:01 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=6057#comment-63456 Re: Tuna, this is likely to spark something of an internal conflict in the environmental movement. The science is solidly in support of reducing consumption of wild fish, but I for one would not want to be the person getting in between an environmentalist and his or her daily hit of sushi. Re: Tuna, this is likely to spark something of an internal conflict in the environmental movement. The science is solidly in support of reducing consumption of wild fish, but I for one would not want to be the person getting in between an environmentalist and his or her daily hit of sushi.

]]> By: MyLessThanPrimeBeef http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html#comment-63423 MyLessThanPrimeBeef Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=6057#comment-63423 A simple 2-step solution to the tuna problme and other food related environmental problems: 1) Stablize the current human popultion size (thinking about reduction will only lead to very inhuman ideas). 2) Produce shorter and thinner humans. Why? Less food consumption. We are making progress on the 'thin' front. So, we have to make it socially glamorous, politically advantageous and economically favorable for shorter people to reproduce - this doesn't benefit me personally but we are talking about altrustic ideals here. So, basically we have stigmatize basketball or tall runway models, etc. A simple 2-step solution to the tuna problme and other food related environmental problems:

1) Stablize the current human popultion size (thinking about reduction will only lead to very inhuman ideas).

2) Produce shorter and thinner humans. Why? Less food consumption. We are making progress on the ‘thin’ front. So, we have to make it socially glamorous, politically advantageous and economically favorable for shorter people to reproduce – this doesn’t benefit me personally but we are talking about altrustic ideals here. So, basically we have stigmatize basketball or tall runway models, etc.

]]> By: Martin, the Netherlands http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html#comment-63413 Martin, the Netherlands Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:24:44 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=6057#comment-63413 About those houses in Chigaco that wouldn't sell for a dollar: do I understand correctly that the buyers would have to relocate the houses, i.e. put it on a truck and move it to a different plot of land? How much would that cost, approximately? About those houses in Chigaco that wouldn’t sell for a dollar: do I understand correctly that the buyers would have to relocate the houses, i.e. put it on a truck and move it to a different plot of land? How much would that cost, approximately?

]]> By: DownSouth http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html#comment-63399 DownSouth Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:10:08 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=6057#comment-63399 Wow. Thanks for the link. That's really an eye-operner. What can I say? "There but for the Grace of God go I." Wow. Thanks for the link.

That’s really an eye-operner.

What can I say?

“There but for the Grace of God go I.”

]]> By: dearieme http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html#comment-63388 dearieme Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:24:33 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=6057#comment-63388 It's cruel of you to post an antidote that shows Goldman Sachs and its little placemen, raptors all. It’s cruel of you to post an antidote that shows Goldman Sachs and its little placemen, raptors all.

]]> By: Matt http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html#comment-63387 Matt Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:40:04 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=6057#comment-63387 I recommend highly Frontline's "Close to Home" if you haven't seen it: http://video.pbs.org/video/1311087223/ Heartbreaking stuff about the impact of the recession on ordinary Americans. I recommend highly Frontline’s “Close to Home” if you haven’t seen it:

http://video.pbs.org/video/1311087223/

Heartbreaking stuff about the impact of the recession on ordinary Americans.

]]> By: Skippy http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/links-11209.html#comment-63385 Skippy Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:45:49 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/?p=6057#comment-63385 Re tuna link. Hay just another bullet point on the collapse chart ie: large fish off the menu due to depletion. Re tuna link. Hay just another bullet point on the collapse chart ie: large fish off the menu due to depletion.

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