Also, the system is self fueling.

But I also am in the fueling business.

Why not a self fueling cycle in which we all can participate?

This is fueling a massive shift from where usage trumps possessions or as Kevin Kelly, the editor of Wired magazine, puts it, where access is better than ownership.

Make no mistake China s territorial creep is contributing to Asian insecurity, fueling political tension, and turning the world s economically most vibrant continent into a potentially global hot spot.

In the longer term, European leaders must work together to redesign the monetary union so that it supports shared prosperity, rather than fueling mutual resentment. This is a daunting task.

By fueling Japanese insecurity, US policy risks bringing about the very outcome a return to militarism that it aims to prevent.

Fueling this violence is growing hopelessness in the absence of a diplomatic agreement. While international leaders fill the airwaves with talk of peace, they have failed to address the conflict boldly and resolutely.

But the role of external regional forces is almost as important in fueling the domestic bloodshed as what is happening internally. If Syria could break free of the negative influences of regional politics, genuine change without continued violence might become possible.

But, as the US economy recovers, technological change is accelerating, fueling demand for more skills at a time when the workforce s educational attainment levels have plateaued. This is the real skills gap that existed before the Great Recession, and it is getting worse over time.

But worries about potential deflation scenarios are unwarranted. On the contrary, by increasing Spaniards real disposable incomes, low inflation is helping to stimulate private consumption, fueling a corresponding improvement in economic sentiment indicators, including consumer trust.

The region s modernization crisis is being compounded by the partial withdrawal of an exhausted force for order, the United States. This is fueling tremendous anxiety in the region and has contributed to the overthrow of existing alliances and the search for new ones.

Although Greece was bailed out a year ago, Plan A has now clearly failed. Greece will require another official bailout or a bail in of private creditors, an option that is fueling heated disagreement among European policymakers.

By contrast, the Egyptian government s struggle to suppress the banned Muslim Brotherhood is fueling seemingly endless turmoil. And Tunisia is still without a prime minister to head a caretaker government, further delaying the national dialogue that the Tunisian General Labor Union has agreed to mediate.

Millions of others, however, are ill prepared for the new age. And it is their growing anxiety that is fueling the rise of identity politics, with populist leaders and movements appealing to ethnic or religious solidarity in the face of the impersonal forces of change.

Policy asymmetry is greatest for the countries most acutely affected by the sovereign debt crisis. There, the private sector has essentially been left to fend for itself and most households and companies are struggling, thus fueling continued economic implosion.

Furthermore, the decline in the working age cohort would squeeze labor supply, fueling wage growth and eroding the country s economic competitiveness. Already, in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas, where manufacturing activity is the densest, labor shortages have appeared.

For example, tax evasion is pervasive, so increases disproportionately hit those who already pay, fueling a widespread perception of unfairness. Monti attempted to address this, but moving from the current equilibrium to a better one, in which tax evasion is the exception rather than the norm, is a long term project.

Another round of bank bailouts is politically unacceptable and economically unfeasible most governments, especially in Europe, are so distressed that bailouts are unaffordable indeed, their sovereign risk is actually fueling concern about the health of Europe s banks, which hold most of the increasingly shaky government paper.

The myth of sovereignty has been perpetuated for far too long in the EU, fueling dangerous nationalist sentiment and fear of the other. Member countries, beginning with Greece, must acknowledge that interdependency is unavoidable and, indeed, desirable, if managed properly.

The City of Brisbane, Australia, is moving towards a fleet of natural gas buses, and fueling existing diesel buses with ultra low sulfur fuel,15 which has resulted in an 80 per cent reduction of a range of air toxins.

Cheap money with limited investment outlets now risks fueling property bubbles and industrial overcapacity. Without fundamental change, China faces slower economic growth, inadequate job creation and innovation, and popping bubbles.

The key difference in the UK is that UKIP is gaining ground with voters despite rapid economic growth (more than 3 annually, the highest rate in the EU). Between now and May, Cameron must persuade voters that the British economy will continue to perform strongly, fueling an increase in real incomes.

Another indication of the role of wealth in fueling higher consumer spending is the decline in the household saving rate. Total household saving as a percentage of disposable income fell from about 6 in 2011 and 2012 to just 3.8 in the most recent quarter.

LONDON As Europe s financial crisis goes from acute to chronic, the dispute over who will bear the costs of resolving it is fueling the emergence of a new generation of political movements. In the so called periphery, political upstarts promise citizens an alternative to austerity.

Little did these countries know that their divergent paths would end up fueling large global imbalances, and eventually trigger a financial crisis that has shaken the prevailing international economic order to its foundations.

Europeans should have the chance to regain their footing. Transferring fiscal responsibility back to national authorities would not only mean the end of counterproductive efforts to manage fiscal affairs centrally it would also diminish the sense of frustration and lack of control that is fueling Euro skepticism.

But the same scenario might well be repeated with the euro in a few years. Large fiscal deficits and slow growth might convince foreign exchange markets that there is little future in the euro, fueling a wave of selling and hence losses for central bank holders.

It risks fueling a civil war and encouraging regime loyalists to dig in. In addition, arms provided to fight the regime will be used by factions to fight one another if and when the regime is removed, thereby making the aftermath in Syria that much more violent.

Some have accused Japan of fueling a global currency war. Anticipation of aggressive monetary expansion has sharply weakened the yen, which has fallen by almost 20 against the dollar in just over four months.

By its very nature, war creates innocent victims, and this even more likely when it is waged against terrorists, because terrorists tend to keep their whereabouts hidden. The deaths, injuries, and humiliation of civilians generate rage and resentment among their families and communities, in turn fueling support for terrorists.

In all of these cases, economic failure and a lack of opportunities and hope for the poor and young are fueling political and religious extremism, resentment of the West and, in some cases, outright terrorism.

In 1979, the United States embassy was also attacked by angry students, fueling enmity between the two countries that continues to this day. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was not aware of the students plan in 1979.

This is another important consequence of cheap oil lower prices make it more difficult to judge the point at which wage pressure becomes inflationary. Because wages can increase to a greater extent without fueling inflation, the US Federal Reserve Board might be inclined to delay hiking interest rates, which it is now widely expected to do this summer.

China s slowdown, coming after years of over investment in real estate and infrastructure, is also causing a global glut of manufactured and industrial goods. With domestic demand in these sectors now contracting sharply, the excess capacity in China s steel and cement sectors to cite just two examples is fueling further deflationary pressure in global industrial markets.

Given this, it might seem premature, to say the least, to announce the return of the West, especially at a time when the US economy remains fragile, Europe s financial crisis is fueling an existential funk, and Japan s deep structural malaise continues. Still, across Europe, particularly in the south, one is witnessing a willingness to learn from others.

More ominously, crime is on the rise and a breakdown in state controlled health care is fueling the spread of various types of infectious disease. Kim s hope must be that, by showing off his nuclear arsenal, he can bully the US, Japan, and South Korea into helping him to resolve some of his regime s domestic crises.

Indeed, it was Erdoğan s divide and rule strategy fueling religious populism and nationalist sentiment, and inflaming ethnic tension with the Kurds that carried the AKP to victory. Arguably, it was the only strategy that could work.

Israel, the occupying Power, continues to use excessive, indiscriminate and lethal force against the Palestinian civilian population under its occupation, causing more civilian deaths and trauma and constantly fueling the vicious cycle of violence and tensions.

None of this facilitates the political reconciliation and national unity that Egypt needs to complete the most difficult of all revolutionary pivots from dismantling an oppressive past to building a better future. Indeed, having suffered from post revolutionary institutional and political dysfunctions, economic decline is now itself fueling these destabilizers.

This brings us back to the interactions between economics, politics, and finance, which are now fueling a tailspin that is harming Egypt s citizens and threatening their children s future. Appropriate political reforms must come first when they do, Egypt s economic and financial revival will surprise many with its buoyancy and speed.

What the German government had not reckoned with is that every refugee who manages to make it to Germany immediately texts the good news back to the home country, fueling a fresh wave of migrants. The UN refugee camps in the countries surrounding Syria are thus being gradually relocated to Germany.

In China and other emerging market economies, delays in policy tightening could fuel a rise in inflation that forces a tougher clampdown later, with China, in particular, risking a hard landing. There is also a risk that capital inflows to emerging markets will be mismanaged, thus fueling credit and asset bubbles.

In Myanmar, Buddhist racism is at the root of a virtual civil war in the state of Rakhine and is fueling a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled their country by land and sea. Most ominous for Myanmar s future, given that all genocides are linked to official action, this racial and religious antagonism is in no way spontaneous.

Today s emerging intifada demonstrates the profound danger implied by this approach. Fueling Israelis fear and resentment of Palestinians does not only undermine the chances of a political solution it also exacerbates Palestinians frustration and anger with Israelis.