Forget the Recession, it’s a DEPRESSION coming our way.

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Today is Monday June 23, 2008. A year from now you can return to ridicule, scorn and laugh at me, fair enough? If I’m wrong, then I’ll eat crow, humble pie and my hat. If I’m right, it really won’t matter.

You are free to post your rebuttals.

I’ve crossed to the dark side, I’m no longer readiness and preparedness, now, I’m strictly doom and gloom. Here’s why:

Hi Gordon,

I agree that times are not the "best" at the moment... Floods of course are very tragic for those in flood-affected areas...

On other fronts, most people are "hurting" too... The high price of gas, and rising prices of everything else too... Food is a big one, because everyone has to eat food.

If you are in the midst of a disaster, the best you can do is survive...

But - as long as you're not in the middle of a disaster - where there is change, there is always opportunity for someone...

(As you have often pointed out in your recent products, and in your "Income and Happiness" blog!)

For example, with rising gas prices, there is opportunity.

Some opportunities are for vehicle makers, to make more fuel-efficient vehicles... Although they're still a "niche" market, this vehicle niche (of hybrid vehicles) is poised for explosive growth...

There is opportunity for bicycle sellers, to sell "fuel-efficient" bicycles. Bicycles use no gas at all! I predict we'll see a boom in bicycle-riding, as gas prices get higher and higher...

There's opportunity in selling motorbikes and scooters. They run on a lot less fuel than cars do. I also predict we'll see a lot more people riding motorbikes and scooters as a result of higher fuel prices...

That also leads to an opportunity in teaching people how to ride motorbikes and scooters, to help them get their license...

There's also opportunity in showing people how to drive in a more fuel-efficient way. There's a movement called "Hypermiling"... There's opportunity there...

See...

http://news.google.com/news?q=Hypermiling

http://www.google.com/search?q=Hypermiling

And there's also the opportunity to sell those fuel additives that are supposed to make your car be more fuel-efficient... (I don't know much about 'em, but I'm sure the demand for those has increased...)

This is not to devalue in any way the pain and suffering that many are going through. But instead, to show that in times of change, there can be a "silver lining" for people who are prepared to change their thinking a little bit....

- Dien