tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post116072326377074541..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: Fines: just another way to do business, Wal-Mart styleEli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1160801431647648112006-10-13T21:50:00.000-07:002006-10-13T21:50:00.000-07:00Frankly I had never really considered that, though...Frankly I had never really considered that, though now it seems obvious after having seen the way you have spelled it out.<BR/><BR/>Peak oil will doom WalMart. Soon it will be too expensive to manufacture goods overseas and transport these thousands of miles to high-maintainance big-box stores in remote rural towns throughout America.<BR/><BR/>Already there are <A HREF="http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/487765.html" REL="nofollow"><B>hundreds of empty Walmarts.</B></A> Soon there will be thousands, most cannibalized by other Walmarts.shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.com