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I was actually hoping for something more upbeat in my inaugural address, but why beat around the bush? In the past few years, other nations have caught up with, and in many ways surpassed, the United States in reaching important milestones, and the future is probably going to get worse.
Part of the reason I cover international technological trends is to suck up to my future masters. Here are just some of the ominous signs:
Asia became the center for industrial manufacturing several years ago and is now making inroads into high-technology, cutting-edge manufacturing for things like chips, according to George Scalise, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association, which keeps tabs and sends out alarms on America's decline. (I came up with this gloomy prognosis after speaking with Scalise. Because of the nature of his job, he can have that effect on people.)
A decade or so ago, roughly 35 percent of the investments in leading-edge chip technologies were made in the United States. In the last five years, only about 10 percent to 12 percent of those investments landed stateside.
"We're falling behind rather rapidly," Scalise said.
Many of these overseas investments are made by U.S. corporations. Initially, many of the engineers running an overseas operation are U.S. transplants, but soon, by osmosis, these plants become the creations of their native lands.
It's not just China, either: Thailand is the No. 1 producer of hard drives, according to Joel Weiss, president of the International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association.
U.S. universities are going international. Cornell has a medical school in Qatar, and Carnegie Mellon and Texas A&M have four-year engineering programs there. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is currently helping Abu Dhabi build a graduate school dedicated to alternative energy. In Singapore, the government has enticed several big-name professors to come to its Biopolis biotech hub and has enlisted Duke University to build a United States-style medical school.
For the universities, this is a way to get students who otherwise couldn't get to the States because of financial issues or visa problems. It's also a way to take advantage of well-known brand names in nations filled with ambitious and wealthy people. But for U.S. citizens, it's not the best news: now you don't have to live here to attend our best schools.
Pop culture has gone global. Except for a few weird exceptions, like ABBA and that Turkish guy who played ping-pong, cheesy pop culture has been a monopoly of the English-speaking peoples. Not anymore.
Anime dominates cartoons. In China, more than 200 companies have taken the YouTube model and outdone it. Google is losing to Baidu there. That golden opportunity to expand into emerging markets has already vanished.
Because I'm a San Francisco journalist, some of you will conclude that I'm inherently biased against America. You couldn't be more wrong. When I come through customs, I want to hug the security guards. In Dubai, citizens have to deal with an omnipresent secret-police force. (A plainclothes agent even followed me one morning.) In India, there's relentless bureaucracy. China has aggravating censorship. And in Germany, they are still trying to wrap their minds around the convenience store concept.
I grew up in Reno, Nevada, land of the free and home of the 99 cent breakfast. There's a lot that the world can learn from us. Is there any way out? Here are some ideas:
1. Embrace failure. In Silicon Valley, venture capitalists and others often say, "Failure is a badge of honor." Failure, it's said, teaches an entrepreneur how to avoid mistakes on the next start-up. In reality, it means, "We went to Stanford B-school together, and he needs a job."
Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. He has worked as an attorney, travel writer and sidewalk hawker for a time share resort, among other occupations.
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Join the conversation! Add your comment- FUD
- The same FUD that was written in the '80's when Japan was
taking over the world and Japan was making all the computer
chips and....
1) When we have a budget deficit, we have a trade deficit. When
we have a trade deficit, many of the things of which you are
speaking happen.
2) All your examples of investment are for making hardware.
This should be expected. See (1). Also, and perhaps less
obvious, if you look at modern economic history, as 2nd world
nations industrialize, they go through cycles that repeat
themselves. First they make clothing, then tvs, then cars...then
they become a first world country. A first world country
generally is a service economy. That the US is becoming more
and more a service economy should not be surprising.
3) International trade is not a zero-sum game. If you treat it as
such you end up with bad analysis and bad policy.
4) Most importantly, I actually do think this country is in
trouble! It is just that your article points to facts that have
nothing to do with such a thesis, or are actually arguments
against it. - Like Reply Link Flag
- Good article
- Thanks for pointing out the insanity that is going on in this country.
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- It's even worse...
- Great article that only frames the beginning of the problem. Our economy thrives on innovation. It's what we do best, but when something gets commoditized we either offshore it ourselves or surrender it. We invented cars and assembly lines and were good at it for a while now it is a dying industry in the US. Same thing with chips. Now we offshore writing software. It's all OK as long a we keep inventing the next big thing. Only it's not looking that good. Cleantech? Well China will need 90 million barrels/day in a decade to support their economy; the world currently only produces 80ish for EVERYONE. They are likely to lead that revolution while we screw around doing corn ethanol for the Farm lobbyists. Genomics? There is an artificial Biology revolution on the horizon. Engineering microbes that can manufacture fuels, materials, and powerful new pharmaceuticals is just over the horizon. Look at the absurd debate of stem cells. All of our best talent will move to China, Singapore, Israel etc. This revolution will happen elsewhere while our dysfunctional Government argues about it for years.
We are rapidly being outnumbered. Last year China and India graduated together graduated 500,000 engineers and scientists while the Us graduated 60,000. Our K-12 public schools rank among the lowest in Industrialized nations. Our Universities are the best. Everyone comes from around the world for their grad and post grad. They USED TO STAY. Now they go back to China and India and start companies to compete with us.
But fear not. All is not lost. We have a secret weapon that creates lack of motivation and star lust. It's a virus called "Generica." And it's acute symptoms are Starbucks, MacDonalds, and Pizza Hut. - Like Reply Link Flag
- Why foreigners come to study in the US
- People from other countries don't come to US because they think the education is better here. They come because studying here presents an opportunity to end up working and living here.
I'm not saying schools in US are not good, but there are good schools elsewhere too. - Like Link Flag
- But the other part of it is...
- The cycle of innovation in the U.S. has led to each and every one of us living in a state of luxury that others only dream of...go to your local supermarket or WalMart and compare that to life in say rural India. Americans have not had to live a hard life in over a couple of generations and if anything, want life to get progressively easier. This is a major issue and we owe it to our kids to let them know that life doesn't get easier...they need to work for that first car. We aren't instilling the values we were raised with in our kids, or even worse, our values related to hard/smart work were corrupted by the land of plenty from the outset.
If we don't force our kids to take education more seriously, and stop buying them cell phones and other distractions, then they will not be employable down the road. I'm afraid that we've already crossed a major threshold and things will continue to get worse...but the opportunity is built on the fact that all in all, we still work hard and innovate as well as others.....and must at least maintain our current position and values. But even that will be a struggle at this point. The problem is that I don't think most people realize where we're at and are not preparing themselves or their children for what comes next or what is needed to turn the boat around. So we will likely see a continual decline until some political leader gets wise....if we can ever elect a good one! - Like Link Flag
- Minor historical errors
- Not to be troll or anything (and it really doesn't effect your
argument), but We (the U.S.) didn't invent automobiles (the
German's did, Karl Benz in 1885 for the gasoline internal
combustion engine version; steam versions go back to the 17th
century) nor the assembly line (mass produced parts using
standardized, interchangeable parts were each worker only
works a portion of the finished product - goes back several
centuries and came into common usage throughout
manufacturing in the Industrial Revolution). I presume you're
referring to Ford's dramatic application of the assembly line to
produce inexpensive Model-Ts and As on very large scale to
bring automobiles to the masses rather than being a plaything
of the wealthy.
The invention of the airplane (again you have to be specific here
- the powered, heavier-than-air version) and the loss of market
share to foreign manufactures like Airbus would be a more apt
Equally important to the original tech., is it's application and
commercialization (all three of which are required for
"innovation"). We seem to be stagnating in that as well. - Like Link Flag
- There is more....
- The huge expenditure in arms and wars all over the world depletes the resources for science and investigation. Imagine how much EEUU can gain if it reduces the military budget say by 10%. The war on terror is a misleading way of saying the war for oil..Its bigger gain is generating enemies al over the world. The moral issue of steem cell investigation I just can´t imagine what it is all about. You will loose precious time and edge with the political and religion interfiering with research. I thought that was part of past history. I dont think is a question of greencard lottery only. You have to stop and breath deeply...solve the huge internal problems that EUA has (Example: huge oil consumers´which generates wars, drugs, etc), then you can talk about a pleasant enviroment for study and investigation and living there
Sincerelly yours
(sorry for my English) - Like Reply Link Flag
- Issues
- Don't sweat the English, you handle it better than the people who, for some reason, claim to be "English".
 A lot of people in the US agree with you on those points. I don't.
 The main winners in the "war on terror" are the oil producing nations as this keeps the oil prices high. These nations are mainly Moslem or (claim to be) Socialists, and are doing all they can to drag out the fighting.
 As for "making enemies", that's the news media at war with the US. What we get in the US is that everyone hates the US, everyone thinks the US is wrong no matter what the US does or does not do, and so on. I'm fed up with the constant bashing, and don't care what the nosy busy bodies in the news media say. I'm not alone in this.
 The stem cell mess is the news media attacking Bush. The US federal government cannot fund human embryonic stem cell research because the usual method of collecting cells kills the human embryo.
 But parse out what I said. "US federal funding", "Human", "Embryo". Private funding is not outlawed. Other governments can fund research. Chimpanzees are close enough to humans to stand in, and that's eligable for US federal funds. Other forms of stem cell research can get US federal funds. The fuss is created from lies through exclusion by political activists.
 BTW, human embryonic stem cells are the cause of a really nasty type of cancer women can get if they have had a miscarriage or abortion. Embryonic stem cells are dangerous.
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- Please join Codonology Society
- As a part of countless threads talking about future technology or say "knowledge industries", I like draw your folks attention on Codonology. Please visit my web site at www.Codonology.com. Then, let's discuss what the future knowledge related society should look like. I mean the society of whole world. Thanks.
Hua Fang MD - Like Reply Link Flag
- Moment of truth?
- Here's a moment of truth.
Take your kids and go to India and get rich with your fellow nabobs!
Stop trying to take jobs away from Americans and stop trying to hype your political education as being worth anything.
Feel free to throw around all of the bogus statistics you want. - Like Reply Link Flag
- ...and?
- It boils down to two items:
* Thanks to globalization and international scientific
cooperations, it doesn't matter too awful much... technology
progressions outside the US finds its way into the US. IOW,
technology, discovery, and innovation is almost 100% fungible.
* There is still a HUGE inflow of people from outside the US
wanting into the US (see also the political H1-B Visa brawls in
the US Congress and Administration).
Like it or not, we're slowly becoming a global community, where
politics will matter less and business will dominate. Where once
nations spent the majority of their efforts on things like war and
treaties, now they spend most of their time wrangling w/ each
other over economics. There are few exceptions to this (which
we all get to hear about on the nightly news), but for the most
part, these involve small belligerancy by and towards out-of-
the-way nations.
In, say, 100-200 years, nation-states simply won't matter if
things continue as they are. By then we'll likely become a single
global political entity.
/P - Like Reply Link Flag
- What?
- So because India and China manage to graduate so many more engineering students we should encourage them to come to the U.S. and stay. The law of averages says that graduating thousands of engineers doesn't mean you get thousands of top level workers. Do we really need hundreds of candidates applying for jobs here in the U.S.? It's no wonder that fewer U.S. students bother to enter into the sciences. All the spots at the university and corporate level are getting snagged by foreigners. Don't get me wrong, this is what has made the U.S. so strong in the past, but we are dealing with a sinking ship now and can't take on more passengers without fixing it. What are we American's supposed to do. Emigrate to China and India and then apply for jobs in the U.S. as H1B's?
The notion that we have to go outside our boarders to fill low-skill and high-skill jobs in our country is bogus. We produce enough talent here to fill any and all jobs. The corporations prefer to hire foreign workers because it means a lower bottom line for them. Our middle-class is getting squeezed out. The boomers are set, but gen X and Y are going to wonder what the hell happened to their American dream.
We have all failed miserably to hold our elected official accountable. The education system is getting worse, because we allow it to happen. The corporate and political powers that be don't want us to realize that we do have the power to vote these jokers out of office. The media is expert at keeping us divided on trivial issues so we don't see the big picture.
Check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU
to see how skilled U.S. workers are being passed over for positions they are qualified for so business can hire H1B's.
Another site to check out:
http://www.kickthemallout.com
Wake up! Vote. Contribute time and/or money to issues you believe in. We can make things change. - Like Reply Link Flag
- Evidence of discrimination against U.S. citizens applying for U.S. jobs
- Listen Kannellos,
U.S. employers openly discriminate against U.S. citizens in the hiring for U.S. jobs. Don't believe me, just look at the evidence, the motive, and the video:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199905192
Patni associates underpays its h-1b Visa workers, so much that the U.S. government has fined them million of dollars:
http://news.cbsi.com/8301-10784_3-9727975-7.html
That the Indian government calls the h-1b Visa the "Outsourcing Visa":
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/27/H1B.TMP
That h-1b Visas are used heavily by Indian IT Outsourcing companies to remove whole departments:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17048048/
Let's also not forget that when 2 congressman asked these outsourcing companies a question about their hiring practices, India started threatening the United States with Trade sanctions.
The reason, Karmal Nath and Nasscom want to continue to discriminate against U.S. citizens. They don't even look for U.S. citizens to fill jobs. Only hiring one class of people (h-1b holder from India) is discrimination, and has to be stopped.
Currently there is open-discrimination against the U.S. workers for U.S. jobs. The reasons are clear. H-1b workers earn 20% less than their U.S. citizen counterparts:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1967955.cms
Employers like to hold the Green Card over their h-1b employees. You see the Green Card must be sponsored by the employer, and if the employee leaves before the process is complete, the Green card process must start over again with the new employer. This amounts to indentured servitude. And when employers learned that the new immigration bill took away their Green whip, the started actively working against the immigration Bill:
http://news.cbsi.com/Tech+seeing+red+over+green-card+proposal/2100-1028_3-6188899.html
Look people, we've all got write our congress people and get some meaningful immigration reform. Don't let industry buy your congress.
Americans face a hostile employment environment from employers who will not hire them. This open discrimination against U.S. citizens has to be stopped. - Like Reply Link Flag
- I agree
- I agree. I'm a foreign worker myself and I think that the situation is not fair for US workers and for foreign workers either. The difference is that 99% of the time a foreign worker does not care to be paid 20% less than the US worker because that is still a lot better than anything that can be done in their home country.
It's hard to say what should be done because so many factors are involved. But a good start would be to enforce the current regulations for h1b. - Like Link Flag
- Thank You!
- Excellent summary Jake! I coudn't agree more. Thanks for taking the time to backup your points with references.
Poeple like the author of this article like to talk about bringing over high educated, qualified individuals but they flat out ignore the reality that the system to do so is highly abused and needs further work before the flood gates of H1B and green cards are opened. - Like Link Flag
- Reason for US falling behind is lack of REAL democracy
- Number 1 reason that the US is falling behind the rest of the world, specially Europe, is that US
does not really have a democracy. Instead what the American people have is a dictatorship by Big media who are made up of a handful of people that control every source of media/information in US, ranging from WallStreetJournal, to CBS, to NBC, to CNN, to Google, Yahoo, Hollywood, etc., lying to us over & over & over, as exemplified about the war on Iraq. Anyone with half brain and half a consciousness would have seen that the
war on Iraq was unnecessary, unjustified and criminal but the Big media in US portrayed
it as completely opposite of that and 5 years into this Genocidal war 95% of reporting is
how brave our soldiers are and support them and how "sectarian civil war is raging in Iraq...".
Of course failing to state that if you really want to support the troops then bring them home
from this unjustified and criminal war and that there was no "sectarian civil war raging in Iraq..." until US invaded and destroyed that country. In fact of all Arab countries Iraq was the most secular and non-religious based country until this Genocidal war that US/UK waged on them.
Now of course the unjustified and criminal war on Iraq is just one example of how the US government
acts against the interest of average American, the other clear examples are that although we
Americans pay as much if not more TAxes than Europeans, specially when you consider
property Taxes, we get non of the following:
1- Universal Health Care for free
2- Higher Education, up to PHD, for free
3- Day care for free
Instead what we get is a Government much bigger than any European Government controlling
many more aspects of our lives than European Governments control their citizens lifes but
giving us few of the social benefits, as listed above, which are essential for a society to succeed. After all if you can not have Health care and access to education for free, well for MASSIVE, taxes that we already pay, while Europeans have these for free, for taxes they pay, then what do you think is going to happen to American people? Of course I am not talking about the minority that has received VC funding or been a part of an IPO or is a CEO like Google CEO
who gets $500Mill compensation via stock options, etc,. I am talking about average American
living with $60K or less in Annual income. What is going to happen is that the Europeans, and
all countries that follow the European model, are going to get further and further ahead, they are
going to get richer & richer while Americans will get poorer and poorer, as evident by many
indicators with the best and clearest one being the ever falling Dollar against the Euro.
Now do we have to "be doomed"? Is there nothing that we can do to change the situation in US? Sure there is. But 1st and foremost we need to realize that at the root of all problems here is the control of the media by a handful of people as a result of which they will tell any lie that they want to us. So what we need 1st and foremost is to not get our information from Big media but from independent sources, such as these Blogs for news:
http://www.dailykos.com/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
and this search engine for searching:
http://www.anoox.com/
Since all of the above are powered by the knowledge of the People rather than the Big media.
If we the people wake up to the damage that the Big media lies are doing to the American people
and society, we can put in place a government in the next election which will end the war in
Iraq in 2 weeks, make sure we will not engage in another unjustified and criminal war, and provide
us with such essential services as free Universal Health Care, free Higher Education, free Day care, etc. for the HIGH Taxes that we already pay and still cut the size of the US government down by 30% by cutting the size of the US military down by 50% and operating Health Care and Education as non-profit organizations as Europeans do, and as a result we will not be "Doom anymore.."
and in one generation will surpass Europe.
P.S., For sake of honesty I should state that I am a proud community member of Anoox search engine, the "People Powered search engine". - Like Reply Link Flag
- You were doing so good until you got to the part about the news media and Hollyweird supporting the war in Iraq, and then you go on to push the very memes that Hollyweird and the MSM are pushing.
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- Here's another one,,,,
- should we also include the percentage of Gross Domestic Product that the Military Complex & allied industries contribute?
Bottom line - Reduced Military Spending could trigger a series of Economic Recessions.
Perhaps your Global Competitors don't have to carry this burden. - Like Link Flag
- TOO MUCH Democracy is one reason why America is falling behind.
- The United States of America is not supposed to be a Democracy, it was founded as a Constitutional Republic (hence, "...and to the Republic, for which it stands...). A democracy is basically majority rule. This may sound good, but it hurts the individual. A Constitutional Republic gives the people the power to limit government and protects the individuals' rights regardless of economic or societal circumstances. What's strange is that it's not the majority of citizens driving us towards a democracy, it is a very vocal minority and politicians using all their time in office just trying to stay in office.
We are letting government get too much control over every little aspect of our lives. This is happening because of Democracy. Free health care would be great, but not everybody wants it. Democracy sees it as good for society at large and tramples on the rights of the individuals that may not want it by taking tax dollars away from them to cover the plan. This is pretty much the same scenario for every existing government hand-out program. Besides, based on the Walter Reed fiasco and the Hurricane Katrina debacle ? do you really want this same government controlling YOUR health care?
America has become far too litigious as well. Corporations have to spend millions of dollars a year retaining lawyers for the inevitable lawsuit. I'm still looking for solid facts to back this up, but I've read that some doctors have to spend up to 60% of their annual pay on malpractice insurance. Why spend all this money to do business in America when you can go to another country and not have to deal with it?
Manufacturing is really suffering in our country because of environmental concerns. I'm not condoning spilling raw sewage into rivers or dumping trash in the forests, but we need to ease up a bit on the environmental regulations. If a manufacturer goes over some arbitrary amount of pollutant specified by the government (again Democracy sees it as good for society) and they have to pay big bucks. Then the lawyers for the environmental groups swoop in to pick the carcass as well. Other countries ? especially developing countries ? do not have the same restrictions, so companies will do business there cheaper than they can do business here in the US.
It all comes down to where companies can make the biggest profit. Because of all the government involvement in the United States, they cannot make as much profit here, so they pack it up and move overseas. - Like Link Flag
- I'm gonna be honest here...
- I didn't read all that. However, I must agree that a republic is really just an oligopoly using "democracy" as a catch phrase in the same way soviet russia was a dictatorship using "communism" as a catchphrase. I also must admit that I'm a proponent of direct teledemocracy. And yeah, I want the MaFIAA to, well, keel over and die.
That aside, I have to say you may want to cut down on the conspiracy-looking stuff a little, if you want to be taken seriously. In part because this is, well, not a... conspiracy debate forum... Yeah.
Live long and prosper. Above text typed in colemak. - Like Link Flag
- Real Democracy
- Since when do we need to fear Europe because of their economic strength? Check the unemployment numbers in the countries that have the social benefits that you promote.
Nothing that you mention in your response has anything to do with the subject of the article.
By the way, the system that you espouse is socialism, not democracy. Even more important is the fact that the United States of America is a REPUBLIC. Look up the definition of each word. You may as well look up socialism, too, while you have the dictionary open.
Check out the Pledge of Allegiance for confirmation of the system of government under which we live.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, with liberty and Justice for all." - Like Link Flag
- I Agree too
- It works like this, most Indian outsourcing firm low pitch the contract job that companies want and send their best staff there, after couple weeks or months they will replaced them with some new H1B or L1 fresh from India, so they can send the original best programmer/project manager to another company. And they will introduce more cheap labor there until they take over all the jobs. It works because those poor engineers salary 40K/yr is about 8 times of their salary in india and the green card is the final trophy, so they worked 40 - 50 hours weekday and sometimes worked through the weekend. We should assign visa quota to all countries, for country that keep on breeding like India should get less visa or green card, this is to punish them from over populating the earth. Or else US will be soon be India ver. 2.0, I'm serious.
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- Bell Initiative: American Technology Agenda
- Bell Initiative, first introduced in 2003 and now topping Google ? search list, outlines the US Technological agenda and, among other ideas, it provides balanced and constructive approach to the H-1B and outsourcing issues. In a simple form its main provisions include:
1. Mandatory Certification of non-immigrant foreign IT Workers.
2. Creating the nationwide Government-supported Job posting Web site and USA Technology Workers database (?Talent Pool?)
3. Increasing the social obligations of the C-Level folks (CEO and likes) of all publicly traded US Companies by trimming their compensations depends on the corporate layoffs and outsourcing (in inverse proportion, of course, i.e., for example 10% layoffs and 15% outsourcing should lead to 25% decrease in C-Level annual compensation).
The full text of Bell Initiative is available online at: http://www.alexanderbell.us/Initiative/IT.htm
Alexander Bell, US - Like Reply Link Flag
- Things will balance out over time
- As nations continue to develop, like India and China, and as their standard of living improves, wages will increase over time, making the disparity with the U.S. in terms of employee costs smaller and smaller. This is already happening in software production where the savings from outsourcing is shrinking as labor costs go up as competition for good workers becomes more intense overseas. No need to panic about globalization. Economically, it is good for everyone in the long run.
Protectionism is fools gold. Capital can go just about anywhere on short notice. This includes excluding the best and brightest from other countries from entering the U.S. to "protect" American workers. In this sense I agree with the author. - Like Reply Link Flag
- Deprive Other Countries of Talent?
- This sounds vaguely like a middle-class white male complaining about affirmative action... America may be becoming less competitive but is still exponentially larger than the economies it claims to compete with. The idea that America should actively work to deprive other countries of talent they need to build sustainable infrastructure and IT developments is a roundabout way of saying one wants to oppress other countries in the process of defending one's own. While many of the points in the article are good, that one stuck out as poorly thought-out, callous and short-sighted. How someone can in good conscience wish to perpetuate the massive disparities of income in a place like India, or the exploitation of labour in a place like China is utterly beyond me.
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- An unthoughtful analysis
- The proposals for stemming the decline in the US ranking in
technology are shallow, fraught with bad ideas and actually
1) It's wrong to support issuing green cards to PhD holders in all
areas of science and technology. Fact is, there are many bright
American math PhDs who are unable to find suitable positions -
it's been that way for years. If industry were interested in hiring
such people, all they need do is recruit them. It would even help
stimulate the role of mathematics as a potential career.
2) The idea to promote how easy our schools are is oxymoronic.
Bright people value education more than anything else, and the
idea that they'd be attracted to a country where their children
would not receive a top education is a sure way to dissuade
them from coming here.
3) Offering business more tax breaks is stupid - they don't need
them, and besides, their penchant for offshoring that reached
even white collar jobs always considered to be safe is a major
reason we're in the position we find ourselves, with so few
Americans pursuing science and technology as a career.
That, by the way, is the real problem - ever since the tech wreck,
enrollments in CS in particular, and in science and technology
has fallen to the point that the CS enrollments are now where
they were in the mid-1970s. The cure is not to open the doors
to import the expertise we aren't generating ourselves. That's a
short term papering over of a long term problem. To really solve
the problem, government and industry should do more to entice
students to pursue science and technology careers - it starts by
making sure everyone who earns a science and technology
degree in this country gets a good job. It's also necessary to
stop bribing business with more tax breaks, try giving them
incentives to generate real jobs in this country, instead of
outsourcing them, and penalize them when they send such jobs
elsewhere. - Like Reply Link Flag
- eye opener
- Its true that America instead of improving the
schooling standards is looking out for people
from Outside.I also know that people on H1 are
paid lower compared to American counter parts.
I am surprised by the fact that In India where there is lot of protest to allow WalMart to open the store how can American companies hire lot of Indians.I myself many times felt sorry for many
of the good American engineers getting laid off for cheap indian labour.In Indian companies for each American job outsourced they allocate 0.9 person and with the horrible infrastructure and travel times i believe any company is interested
in just making profits nothing else.Country and its citizen should be guarded first and then all this globalisation etc .. - Like Reply Link Flag
- Booooooooooooooring
- I'm thinking CNet will publish this guy's shopping list. Oh wait, they just did.
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- http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?062207/062207_sr_garrett&Special_Report&Cheap%20Labor%20101&Cheap%20Labor%20101&Politics&-1&News&154&&&exp
This is a Utube posting that shows the business practices of various employers across the nation. - Like Reply Link Flag
- A Hard Choice
- Your essential premise is that the American tech industry has enough benefits that if subsidies and full openness to global labor are required for its success, then America should provide them.
I'd love to have a long enough discussion on this not to be dominated by sound bytes, but I'll take a quick stab at the issue.
By point:
#1. Full openness to global labor
PRO: It will improve competitiveness of the American tech industry and its global integration, generating jobs and possibly new industries. Caveat: "body shops" and other non-open hiring practices do not have these benefits, either for the industry or the company that employs them.
CON: For a qualitvative analysis only: While increasing jobs, it will reduce payscales in the industry, reduce border security, and discourage those in America from planning to enter tech (feeding a long-term cultural dependency on imported labor -- if you doubt it, stop and consider why there are some jobs "Americans won't do"). Also consider seriously that the practice helps reduce information security: for example, Chinese industrial and military espionage through employees is both real and effective, and I doubt they're the only country employing the practice. The global integration this encourages also leads to global information storage.
#2. Improve American Education
While a common target, the American education system is fairly effective at what it is designed to do, given the climate in which it exists.
The American education system is designed to give a "general" education to a minimum standard, where that standard is what >95% of the students can be expected to meet in an environment where a sizable minority of the customers don't have perceived need or interest in the product (because they don't expect to need most of the skills they are being provided in the workplace). Further complicate this with the fact the primary, secondary, and tertiary recourse to performance or disciplinary problems
is pure psychology, yet schools are still expected to provide self-esteem over performance.
We can't improve education without rethinking the goals of education, and without having a very hard public discussion about priorities in a country where we can't have a hard public discussion about values for fear of offending others. Plus, what the industry is increasingly demanding is pre-trained employess, requiring a very specialized rather than generalized education, something the American educational system is not remotely prepared to offer except in a college atmosphere (and a couple of the reasons why are good ones). I mean, the simplest "solution" is we could completely privatize all schools and no longer enforce attendance if we were willing to totally dump on the poor and "working class". That would probably work for everyone else. But a decision that the majority of people in America could be convinced will work for everyone? Don't hold your breath.
In short, don't look for a solution here anytime soon, and don't think money will help much.
#3. Subsidies and tax breaks
PRO: The tend to work
CON: They're expensive to taxpayers, they produce dependencies (like any welfare can), and they're essentially predatory behavior. In the future, we'll hopefully understand economics well enough to come up with standard rules of behavior that are fair. The WTO is an utter failure in this regard because it treats trade as a wholly political rather than scientific process, and so the current rules of engagement are a conceptual disaster. In the mean time, current variations of "free trade" are far more damaging than they appear, again largely because there is insufficient dialog about values to allow us to plan to serve those values.
To sum it up: the actual level of dialogue required to understand the problems at hand is several levels deeper than I've actually encountered, and any solution is predicated on either agreeing on what we actually want or having government butt out completely (and fighting it out in a different arena than discourse!). That's one reason why business tends to run the show in America: it exists for the sole reason of profit (generally short term profit), and it's not too hard to optimize decisions for one simple variable. - Like Reply Link Flag
- OK points but premature conclusions
- It all comes down to the will of the people. Right now, people are completely lacking in self reliance. It's going to take time to free ourselves from dependence on foreign oil, socialist laws that have no meaning other than political and an education system that is politically subverted.
Dumping tenure sounds like a bad idea but until teachers can demonstrate a will to grade without political prejudice, they don't deserve it. Reorganizing job descriptions so that mechanics and IT generalists don't need a college diploma just to get their first job is also in order.
I'm one of those IT generalists (with some college but not a diploma) and I know that I see a lot of "IT Management" degree programs that are little more than a base education on using Microsoft Office combined with the typical Liberal Arts "Political Indoc 101" drek. Heck! A few years ago, I was taking some of those courses. The Economics class was %100 open book!
The reason that American schools are in the gutter is because of unions and government social programs. We have a lot of technically talented kids but our guardians of tenure drive them away.
It's purely political and the people should make it an absolute mandate that businesses which seek markets in America should employ Americans.
Of course, it's long overdue for Americans to stop paying into the country club school systems and get the education they deserve.
Checkpoint met!
Toss the political hacks out of the higher education system while forcing businesses to hire local and sooner or later, the schools will start paying attention to quality education again.
Right now, everyone is all caught up in the pay-to-play hype and all they have to show for it is empty "Green Day" style pop trash. OK. They are a bunch of "American Idiots". All they need is a beat and some non-specific innuendo on sexual preference and the magic is complete. - Like Link Flag
- We aren't serious
- In my county both the police and teachers reach six figure incomes with full retirement at an early age. There were 30,000 applicants to take the police exam to fill 100 posts.
Although both professions are vital to our present and future, the shipping of creative talent "over there" jeapordizes our very existence. Not only are we not building anything that we can ship out of the country and ship money in, but wars are won by technology.
So until we decide that a talented, home grown design and manufacturing techie is worth as much as a lawyer or doctor, you're going to see us donating our past lead to other countries. The quick fix is to take the best and the brightest from other countries while the real answer is to promise prestige (read money) to those who are our next generation.
Those of you who are techies, be honest -- Would you rather have your kids or grandkids go into a program that would make them a physician or lawyer or rather into the same field you now occupy? I have Phd computer scientist friends who can create saleable miracles but can't find work, while H1B visas are demanded by their former employers.
We meticulously track every penny in copier supplies but have no firm way of valuing intellectual property, nor is it reported on a regular basis.
Michael is right about the spineless "venture capitalists".
We ain't serious and won't be until we become France -- A pretty country that used to be influential on the world stage. By then it will be too late. Before the start of the twentieth century France was dominant in politics and technology. The US took over the crown in both through much of the twentieth century. It is no coincidence. - Like Reply Link Flag
- Could not be more wrong
- Americans are more than able to come up with the next technology breakthrough without having to give green cards to everyone on the planet. The question is not to continue Americans reliance on foreign students. The question is developing American students, by continuing America's reliance on foreign brainpower we just prevent ourselves from developing our own brain power. You have a corporate CEOs in this country actually staying away from American employees in order to find a cheap for an alternative. By eliminating America's green card industry will we be able to develop respect in our school systems are universities in our students and employees. We should not view the foreign countries that are accelerating their technology which events as a threat. It only enhances the importance of the American brain power.
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- Universities, Health...
- I agree with the comment made in the story about universities loosing students to other countries: it IS increasingly harder to come to the US as a student, and for the first time in a very long time, universities are seeing a decrease in enrollment by international students... what they are doing, establishing campuses offshore is a result of their attempt to stay competitive in the face of a reality they seem to have little chance of changing.
One element that was missing from the story, though (since pop culture was mentioned, I figure this one could also be addressed, given that it has the potential for causing some very serious damage to our economy). I am talking about our Health System. Not to beat a dead horse (considering this is the week that SICKO is scheduled to open, etc.) but it's not hard to see the problems with our health system around us and the need for a serious look at it to be taken by everybody.
I am a diabetic and I can tell you of many crazy health system-related stories that should not happen in a country like ours. This is one of them:
http://tudiabetes.com/video/video/show?id=583967:Video:3487 - Like Reply Link Flag
- No govt healthcare.
- I don't want the government handling MY healthcare. As I posted earlier, look how well they managed Walter Reed hospital.
Time and again it's been proven how incompetent the govt is when it comes down to matters affecting individuals. They all promise the moon and stars to get elected without ever thinking of the outcomes of their actions or how these promises will be delivered.
If we all get government supplied healthcare, you can look forward to longer waits for treatment and shortages of medication. The govt will view the healthcare money as "theirs" and will dictate how and when it can be spent. In order to get and keep votes, there will be favors given to certain groups or areas.
I also shudder to think of all the additional red tape involved with healthcare if the govt were to get involved. You think filling out insurance forms is bad now? Just wait for Uncle Sam to throw his hat in the ring.
Govt healthcare would also impose a huge tax increase on most Americans. Some people have no problem with this. Of course, if you rob from Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on Paul's support. - Like Link Flag


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An imprisoned drug trafficker told a jury on Monday that the defense lawyer Paul W. Bergrin supplied him with 100 kilograms or more of cocaine that he sold to dealers over a two-year period.
Testifying as Bergrin's murder and racketeering trial entered its fourth week in U.S. District Court in Newark, Rondre Kelly said he hopes his cooperation will get him a reduction in a 14-year sentence for peddling heroin in Pittsburgh and New York.
But under questioning by Bergrin, Kelly admitted there wasn't a single wiretap recording of them discussing drug sales or speaking in code.
Bergrin attacked Kelly's "selective memory," pointed to inconsistencies in his testimony and suggested that Kelly was framing him in a bid to buy his way out of prison.
Kelly testified that his first few transactions with Bergrin, involving about 10 kilos each, were done right outside Bergrin's former law office in Newark.
Kelly, 41, a Newark native who ran an auto body shop, said he called Bergrin then drove up to a side door where an employee of Bergrin's firm would emerge with a gym bag filled with cocaine and drop it into his car.
Each kilo cost him $21,000 and he made $1,000 profit selling it untouched, Kelly said. He then delivered the cash, minus his cut, back to Bergrin's office where the employee, Ramon Jimenez, would collect it and hand him another bag of cocaine, he said.
Bergrin tried to cast doubt on the routine by noting his firm's proximity to a police station and a restaurant packed with officers, and by getting Kelly to acknowledge that he drove off with 10 to 40 kilos on his front seat without concealing it.
Shown an FBI report, Kelly had to concede that he had previously claimed Bergin charged him $20,000 per kilo.
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Lower VOC limits, new rules for stripping operations, and new sales restrictions are likely in store for Southern California contractors, retailers and manufacturers involved in coating metal parts and products, under proposed rule revisions now being fine-tuned by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The proposed revisions to Rule 1107 (Coating of Metal Parts and Products) would be the first time the General coating category limit has changed in more than twelve years.
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Affected facilities would include factory paint shops that coat metal parts; operations that coat structural metal and hardware in a spray booth; and those that coat steel products and tools, boilers, tanks, shipping containers, and other metal products.
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Many of the proposed revisions reflect changes that have already occurred in coatings formulations since the last VOC changes in 2005, SCAQMD representatives say.
"The technology has been developed and being used on its own," air quality specialist Michael Morris said in an interview. "We're basically catching up with the technology."
At least two-thirds of facilities in the South Coast region that report data to the South Coast already comply with the proposed limits, said Naveen Berry, the agency's planning and rules manager.
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Work on the revisions began about 10 months ago and has included considerable input from the American Coatings Association, which represents coatings makers, SCAQMD officials say. Although ACA has opposed tighter rules, a meeting Thursday (Sept. 22) found the parties "much closer in what the final proposal may look like," Berry said.
As currently drafted, the changes would affect only a few of the 22 coatings categories now covered under Rule 1107.
The primary changes would be to the General category, with limits on multi-component coatings reduced to 150 gm/L from the current 340. In a novel bit of rulemaking, waterborne coatings would have a coating VOC limit of 275 gm/L, but a material VOC limit of 150 gm/L.
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• Reduce VOC limits for certain metal coating categories; • Include operations that do metal stripping only (the rule already applies to operations that strip and recoat); • Prohibit the use of Group II Exempt Solvents in metal coatings or strippers; • Ban the specification of non-compliant coatings and strippers; and • Ban sales (with several exceptions) of metal coatings that exceed applicable VOC content limits.
• Reduce VOC limits for certain metal coating categories;
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Coatings makers had expressed considerable concern about the sales ban, Berry said, given the array of complex distribution channels, uncontrollable habits of end users, and multiple potential uses of a single product.
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Need to load x87-array!
Merge changes from utf16 branch to update to snapshot 2008-12.
Merge Snapshot 2008-12 to this branch. Some tweaks needed in boot-2008-05-cross-unicode-x86.lisp and the Config files. FreeBSD and Darwin/x86 untested, but Linux and Solaris build ok.
Merge in SSE2 changes from sse2-packed-branch (tag sse2-packed-2008-11-12).
Don't try to compiler or load x86-specific files if we're not building for x86.
Move the x87-specific version of array.lisp to x87-array.lisp. compiler/loadbackend.lisp: o Load up x87-array if we're not compiling for sse2. compiler/x86/array.lisp o Move out x87 stuff. compiler/x86/sse2-array.lisp: o Minor cleanup of comments. tools/comcom.lisp: o Compile either sse2-array or x87-array. compiler/x86/x87-array.lisp: o New file of x87-specific stuff.
Move the x87-specific version of sap.lisp to x87-sap.lisp. compiler/loadbackend.lisp: o Load up x87-sap if we're not compiling for sse2. compiler/x86/sap.lisp o Move out x87 stuff. compiler/x86/sse2-sap.lisp: o Minor cleanup of comments. tools/comcom.lisp: o Fix mistake in compiling float/float-sse2. We only need to compile one or the other. o Compile either sse2-sap or x87-sap. o Compile either sse2-c-call or x87-c-call. compiler/x86/x87-sap.lisp: o New file of x87-specific stuff.
Move the x87-specific version of c-call.lisp to x87-c-call.lisp. compiler/loadbackend.lisp: o Clean up some code o Load up x87-c-call if we're not compiling for sse2. compiler/x86/c-call.lisp: o Move x87 stuff to x87-c-call.lisp. compiler/x86/sse2-c-call.lisp: o Add alloc-number-stack-space and dealloc-number-stack-space, in case we decide to turn off the x87 precision stuff. compiler/x86/x87-c-call.lisp: o New file of x87-specific stuff.
Initial support for SSE2. This compiles itself ok on Linux, and should work on OSX. Much cleanup is needed, and still need to restore buildability without SSE2. Use bootfiles/19e/boot-2008-09-sse2.lisp as the cross-compile script. The key changes are in these new files: o float-sse2.lisp: implements all of the floating-point stuff with SSE2 o sse2-array.lisp: replacement vops using sse2 instead of x87 o sse2-c-call.lisp: replacement vops using sse2 instead of x87. o sse2-sap.lisp: replacement vops using sse2 instead of x87 code/irrat.lisp: o Basically turn off all the special routines that use the x87 trig, log, or exp instructions. We don't support that currently. (Would be nice, though.) o Turn on %%sin and friends, like on ppc. o Turn off %sin-quick and friends since we don't want to use x87 now. code/misc.lisp: o Register :sse2 feature. compiler/float-tran.lisp: o Disable transforms for x86 that use x87 instructions. We don't support that with sse2. compiler/loadbackend.lisp: o Load up the appropriate sse2 files for the compiler. This will currently overwrite existing vops with vops for SSE2. compiler/x86/float.lisp: o Disable various vops using the x87 instructions, since float-sse2.lisp doesn't have equivalents. (Just in case. Since this isn't compiled or loaded, we shouldn't need to do this.) compiler/x86/insts.lisp: o Add support for SSE2 instructions. Shamelessly borrowed from our SBCL friends. compiler/x86/vm.lisp: o Turn off some fp-constants that are not supported with sse2. o Print FP registers as XMM instead of FR. lisp/Config.linux_gencgc: lisp/Config.x86_darwin: o Enable FEATURE_SSE2 flag when compiling. lisp/Darwin-os.c: lisp/Linux-os.c: o Get the mxcsr status bits too when getting the FPU status from a sigcontext. lisp/x86-assem.S: o For SSE2, we copy any floating-point result (in ST(0)) to XMM0, so Lisp code can get it. tools/comcom.lisp: o Compile up the SSE2 files as needed.
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As a department, we strive for excellence. As part of that effort, we have developed and refined our student goals and learning outcomes. We propose that, by their senior year, all of our students can accomplish the following goals:
Goal: Understanding central concepts from classical and contemporary critical sociological theory.
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- Define theory and describe its role in contributing to sociological knowledge.
- Describe the historical and cultural contexts in which specific theories where developed.
- Apply theories or theoretical approaches to at least one area of social life.
Goal: Understand multiple dimensions of inequality in societies, including race, class and gender, and how they intersect with individuals' lives.
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- Understand the historical origins of oppression in the U.S.A.
- Understand contemporary struggles in South Africa.
- Understand how injustices manifest themselves in key social institutions.
- Understand inequalities as a result of colonial legacies, nationalisms, race, gender, and sexuality, among others.
- Ability to map linkages between structures of power, especially from the viewpoint of marginalized groups.
Goal: Attain facility in critical thinking and writing, especially through the intertwined lenses of race, gender, class, sexuality and nation.
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- Abilitiy to write analytically about social issues.
- Ability to construct a 15-20 page research paper on a substantive topic.
- Make an argument based on evidence.
- Understand to what extent the transnational approach relates to your personal life.
- View society for alternative or critical perspectives.
Goal: Possess the skills necessary to thoughtfully engage with social research and carry out basic research tasks.
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Help On New Car Purchase Please
Posted 31 March 2013 - 05:58 PM
The reason for joining this forum is because the old beauty is starting to cost me money now which is understandable given her age and I've decided to get a new car.
Having spent the last three weeks researching and trawling the web for a suitable replacement ( Mpv,insignia and mini amongst the favourites ) I've decided on another focus due to the fact I know it's reliable and safe , but which one ,
Diesel ? Maybe
Petrol 1.6 I don't think so
Oh what about the 1 litre 125 petrol the missis said ?
When I finally picked myself up off the floor and plucked up the courage to ask her if she was serious she then bombarded me with all this info and to my surprise I'm quite taken on it !
So if anyone can shine a light in the right direction I will be very grateful indeed because the forums just make it harder to decide because of the differing mpg figures .
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Posted 31 March 2013 - 07:01 PM
whatever you decide take the lowest figure qouted for the mpg and it will be around that mark 1.6 petrol you dont think so why its a good car with a good engine the 1.0 and all new ford engines are based on it
the insignia is a pile of junk theres two in my family and both relatives have had nothing but problems from the first week minis arent minis just bmws and they arent that reliable either depite what you may hear check any mini forum and they are over priced
given the price of diesel etc unless youre doing lots of miles many petrols will do the job pretty easily the 1.0 seems a popular choice though there are doubts on the engines longevity being so small and requiring decent revs, they are high revving engines
really its down to you none of us but heres a few notes to be aware of
07-08-11: Complaint of badly fitted nearside doors and DAB radio not staying on station.
29-1-2012: Complaint that stop/start function not working on 1.6 Ecoboost that regularly does 300 mile runs.
17-3-2012: One complaint of a sticking clutch pedal
on a 10,000 mile 2011 1.6TDCI. At first thought to be due to a faulty
return spring, but persisted so probably due to a lazy clutch slave
4-7-2012: Complaint of synchromesh failure on 5th gear of 6,000 mile 1.6 Ecoboost. At the time the parts to fix it were "on back order".
18-7-2012: Reports of 1.0 Ecoboost turbo failures
seem to be the result of owners switching the engines off when the
turbos are red hot. These turbos need to be idled for at least 20
seconds before switching off, and longer if the car has just completed a
long ascent or the engine has been revved hard.
21-7-2012: Report that ECU shuts down fuel injection of 2.0TDCI when clutch/DMF 'slip' is detected, preventing quick standing starts.
9-8-2012: 235x40 R18 tyres only last around 11,000 miles, front and back.
30-1-2013: Report of problems with 115PS 1.6 DV6C engine in Focus manifested in stuttering and hesitating. Fixed
by having 2 PCM updates and a replacement clutch master cylinder.
Apparewntly also occurs in same engine designated 'D2' in BVolvos.
16-9-2012: Powershift dual clutch automatic transmission requires fresh fluid every 3 years at a cost of £250.
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Hi, the 1.0l engine is streets ahead of the 1.6 in every department. Also there has been no reports of any turbo failures I've read about in any forum, or indeed in any of the motoring press, and I've owned a turbo focus since sept 2011. The bearings of the turbos are actually cooled by water not oil, as is usual. Google 1.0l ecoboost turbo failures and there is nothing in the first few pages only speculation...
Posted 02 April 2013 - 10:37 AM
9-8-2012: 235x40 R18 tyres only last around 11,000 miles, front and back.
My front tyres have lasted only 16,000 miles and they are not cheap to replace.
Posted 02 April 2013 - 12:20 PM
Posted 02 April 2013 - 06:06 PM
What about the Focus 1.8L not very good mpg but your never be short of nectar points LoL
Posted 03 April 2013 - 10:15 PM
I honestly don't think there is a bad engine in the currently Focus line up, they all seem to have good reviews.
People do say how the current 1.6TDCi isn't as bomb proof as the old 1.8, but I find it is a nice mix of economy, pace and refinement (except when cold!). Though if you do work it hard, it does like lots of trips to the pump!
The 1 litre Ecoboost is a cracking engine, very smooth and quiet for a three cylinder and surprisingly brisk. If I bought another Focus tomorrow, that'd be the engine I'd go for. You wont get as many miles to the gallon as the diesel, but if you're not doing the mileage to justify the diesel it really does make a lot of sense. There are concerns over the longevity of the engine leading up to say 80k-100k miles, but I doubt many people buying new now will still own theirs by then, its on the used market in 3-5 years time where buyers would have to consider that.
Enjoy your test drives, and let us know what you think
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Posted 04 April 2013 - 10:39 AM
honest johns actual mpg calculator may help decide its taken from actually driving the cars they did this over a year due to complaints about mpg not being what it was claimed and found big results for example if you have the 1.0 ecoboost 125 and do mainly town driving with the odd motorway journey do around 10k per year dont expect more than 32.2mpg the bar can be adjusted for driving types etc to give you a more realistic figure and covers most of the ford lineup
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Posted 04 April 2013 - 10:47 AM
Hi, the 1.0l engine is streets ahead of the 1.6 in every department.
Also there has been no reports of any turbo failures I've read about in
any forum, or indeed in any of the motoring press, and I've owned a
turbo focus since sept 2011. The bearings of the turbos are actually
cooled by water not oil, as is usual. Google 1.0l ecoboost turbo
failures and there is nothing in the first few pages only speculation...
thats honest johns reports not mine dont bite the messenger
Is the new Ford 1.0-litre engine reliable? Have there been promlems so far?
Yes. Turbo failures from drivers switching off when the turbos are red
hot. The turbo needs to be idled for 20 - 120 seconds after long
ascents, after towing, after long motorway stints and after driving at
high revs.
so its not an issue as such its mainly people who have never had a turbo car not allowing it to cool
Posted 04 April 2013 - 10:54 AM
Thanks again for all the advice being given much appreciated .
Posted 04 April 2013 - 12:01 PM
keep us informed on youre choice it will be interesting to see what you choose in the end who knows it may not be a ford
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