On May 21, 9:31*pm, "Simon Brown" wrote:
"harry" wrote in message

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On May 20, 1:56 am, "Simon Brown" wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
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On 19/05/13 17:07, harry wrote:
When/if the recession ends we will see the true price of energy.

the recession isn't a temporary pause in growth: It is the start of
'this
is as good as it gets'.

No, all recessions come to an end eventually.

The Roman one didn't.

That wasn't a recession, they got overwhelmed.

Plenty have lost wars too.

Rubbish.
Their currency became worthless and there was economic and political
collapse.
Almost the same as the USSR.