October 31, 2008
Thomas Friedman Explains a Bar Fight
It was then that I realized all power came from the Sun. As I stumbled from my car to a roadside saloon a PowerPoint graph slid into my head of what organisms need to do to achieve PhotoSynthesis. I call them the PhotoSynthesis Superchargers:
- Be a living organism: Sitting on the fence between “dead” and “not dead” won’t cut it any more.
- Maximize your access to carbon dioxide and water investment.
- Be willing to absorb solar energy and change.
In the post 9/11-world, there are what I call Plants and Animals. Animals can’t make Glucose and Oxygen from the Sun. But a Plant can. I was thinking about this as I ordered a drink from the bar, when I ran—literally—into German finance minister Peer Steinbrück. Mr. Steinbrück demanded an apology.
“It doesn’t look like the Thai baht is going to recover any time soon,” I said, slamming the business end of my Zima bottle into his head.
~ Alesh
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