That it most probably already is, but it could get much worse. Not "Waterloo", but more like Napoleon's ill-conceived Russian campaign of 1812, which cost him his army, his reputation, and, eighteen months later, his throne.
Electricity accounts for at least some of this energy. Electric companies use mostly coal, other fossil fuels, or Uranium fuel cycle. Each of these have their own energy costs, safety concerns, and pollution issues.
Now we have grocery stores where someone else has butchered the livestock and cut the meat. Someone else has planted, weeded, tended, and harvested all of the produce. Someone else has packaged the eggs and milk and made the cheese and butter.
Lead is commonly Uranium Enrichment found in roofing cable coverings pipes batteries particularly automobile batteries ammunition crystal pigments and alloys. It's used to line tanks that carry corrosive materials and as a shield from X-rays. Lead used to be used in gasoline and paints, but due to its dangerous toxicity, much of this has been discontinued. Lead is not really used in pencils, graphite is.
According to the EPA, Middle Tennessee including Davidson and Williamson County have some of the highest concentration of Radon in the state. An article in The Tennessean in January 2007, stated that Governor Phil Bredesen proclaimed January as "Radon Action Month". Nashville area homes are being tested more and more in real estate transactions because Uranium Fuel Cycle knowledge of Radon is spreading.
After the recent market meltdown I have no intention of letting anyone else manage my money, certainly not at my age. I plan on doing it all myself. It's not rocket science as many would have you believe. It takes focus, commitment and a strong willingness to do the serious due diligence.
Scripture says: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge the Lord and the Lord will straighten your paths" (Prov. 3:5 -6).
Instead, he's bringing them all home to take their "seat" in the DUMBS. They raced to get this bill just $37 billion dollars has been spent. With over 1 billion people, China is poised to be a resource black hole.
