Wesley thanks for such a though provoking letter ... !!!
Now with due respect to you, Petrik did get recognition from the USA for removing the gasoline additive MTBE from ground water..
..........and he has found a way to make the nono-size Graphene carbon by the multiple "TON'S...
link posted to his filter Mfg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh4kxK9A8Nc
as to the home builder there exists a market as $ 20.00 will get you garbage size amount to this nano stuff..
now the amount that is needed is a transparent amount to make power, say 4'x6' x 4 sheets will make you 10Kw's with NO Sun !!
The only the solar mgf. and wind guys will try to stop this..
THIS IS A "REAL MAJOR" discovery that will change humans.. as to Russia "who the hell cares" maybe it's citizens ??
and here is a chap in the UK that fell in to this NONO stuff by accident and will have a make a company..
Cheers ... Acca
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Viktor Ivanovich Petrik. has got 2.6 millions dollars from Putin to launch his invention .
in 2010.In Russia you can make as much progress with that money as in USA with:
5000 : 200=25( factor derived from average salary that is approximation to spending for similar everyday needs.It pictures price of goods vs cost of labor)
2600000 x 25=65 000000 dollars
If we take inequality in material cost between USA and Russia it would be smart to cut that in half to be correct in calculation.
65 000 000 : 2=
32 500 000 of American equivalent of investment.where is he now?
what did he achieved in the business world?
where is his recognition?
WEST PLAYS BY WEST RULES.... to compare how much money that is 2.6M?:
That is not enough to buy old house in bad condition in Greenpoint Brooklyn area of New York,
and less than price of just small empty lot in Bedford Brooklyn just few minutes from my house.
There is plenty of money here I could find for Petric or anyone to make good fast start.
One telephone call, and I could have guy with 6 million dollars "ready to invest". ( it is true but do not be fooled by that statement) heeeee
Typical street in New York of middle class neighborhood ...every house is more than 1 million dollars.
So typical owner of the house there is a "millionaire."
( it is true but do not be fooled by that statement) heeeee===============================================================================
You can take money against your house or business and "tomorrow" have few millions ready for Petric.
"Money is easy" ......
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The statement from the above is 100% true. and when you picture it in your head -
that picture is very much misleading. This what is said below is important to both Western world and Russians..
It makes very much clear how to deal with Russian when you are tempted by Russian inventor or Russian product.
If you are average Western Man and you want to invest your life saving to make more. ...be careful...
For Russian it is important to know how West works....
surprising is that (most of them) , THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW WEST WORKS...
they will not even agree, to that what I write here.
That what they know is how to grab and get away...Please Do not get confused.
In average:
Russians are very valuable , honest, moral, cooperative, friendly, smart easy interacting, dedicated, inventive, ..... everything has the price of temptation...
Typical Russian statement :
For this little money I would not risk to go there or do that....
So you should understand that for right amount of money "they" will do that!!!!!!!!!!!
So to have healthy relation with Russians you need to understand
WHAT IS RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEYand how that relates to western world risk of losing big time.
You, the
regular guys from WEST ..
..you can make yourself very wealthy or you can lose everything including your life..
I'm just giving you a guide:
Typical for both Russian and American:
Typical Russian makes per month less, than earnings in some third world African countries (e.g
Nigeria=$200/mo) . = to two hours( to four) of work of Sanitation worker in New York.
The cost of life is surprisingly not much different when earning is divided by typical food price in both USA and Russia.
And even more... Russian can have more free time and more social life than American guys.
The drastic problem for Russian is to buy anything - from everything ......that is outside of Russia in Free Western World.
Typical Russian needs to work around 1 year, just to be able to put money on the side for 1 single computer ( not fancy one)
to compare -
typical low.. low salary for Trader Joe/ Starbucks young boy is $15/h
and typically they get $20tip) in Strbucks (up to $100tip) per day.
that makes them able to buy such computer
every two days = over 150 computers per year , while they still in their parents houses.
However typical Russian makes often more than 2x of his salary "on the side"( bribes,corruption, theft... and so on)
And that still does not make him better.
Theft in Russia is not welcomed and punished,
but bribes compensation is in 90% of cases, sufficient enough when given, to police officer or any other guy to get away from the trouble.
think of it as:
officially Russian makes
= x money
non officially Russian makes =
x+ 3x "not reported" money or more............ much more. ( not always that much and not always that little)
bribes are 90% present = (
unknown) -sometime it is favor for favor , some time you pay many times more than the cost x.. just to have what you want to have
In their system,(( their brains) that is nothing wrong with that.. it is just the way to manage their life, and there is not to much of other alternative present.
They have to support their families the best way the can.
Theft should be understand differently. They do not try to take advantage of their friends ( mostly) .
However what is in the job side is mostly own by government, ( by communism agenda that means own by everyone.)
They try to "compensate" low wages with side jobs often using "available materials" on hand . They often, put more attention to that side job than to their everyday activity in work place. (Sometimes all of their activity is do side job and pay to supervisors to cover him up.)
They have to give "something " to keep supervisor quiet , and "something" to keep "security" quiet, and if caught on it they have to pay a lot to "quiet it down"...
If they have not enough of money than.. they are from now in official system of punishment.
As most of the structure is corrupted the managers and officers including principal of that government business, means everyone is doing money on the side.
The net production from such business is often in deficit while " everyone is happy" making " good life, nice houses, cars,and so on)
suffice it to say : if I say that all Russia is made like that?
I would not be far from the truth.
In Russian reality bribe is often replaced with hooks.
Hook is something that you know about somebody who wants to keep it quiet.
In the country where almost everyone is doing "something" it is very much handy to know more about others
If there is a need than hook can be used . That makes things moving much faster than bribes and often at no expense
That structure makes unfortunate individual to be entangled in the web of the spider..... of money and and fear.
with little chance to get out.
Nobody is going to invest in dreams.
American are not stupid.
Yes money is there, but if you do not have solid product checked by american professionals you going nowhere.
Americans do not care if they have made mistake by not investing in good Russian opportunity.
If it works than the same guys will come to you and will pay you 100 times more for the same, they could of have for 100 times less. a year ago.
If there is money to be made there is always money to be invested.
So Acca no problem for me to make Mr. Petric wealthy , man
* in no time.
without me......in it !!!!I'm not for sale nor I have pleasure to be a part of Russian American business relation.
I might be willing to help for free, to any one who has valuable product and
I do not intend to be a part of that business..
I do not care... nor it is my goal.
*( "no time"- is idiom check vocabulary)
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Russians are not the people whom you can gain trust:
You keep your money tight,
never give them all
and never give control over that money to Russians.
With the time you will have all of benefits of great Russian potential..
Do not be fooled by that.... never let the leash go out of your hands..
Russians are good people but temptation is even "better"...
so how it works in USA:example of legitimate business
It happened to me many times-
example:I go to the guy who never see me , or never hear about me before,
and 5 minutes later I have $25000 in my hand. No contract, no paper... needed )
I was not even close to the guy who recommend me,
And that was not any special recommendation...
.....It was just -
" yes Wesley is OK"
That is all.
But Wesley has no comfort of making mistake even one time...
he must remain crystal clear for rest of your life, or he done for good... rejected , finished kaput...
You can not do it with Russians..
Some of them uses this american trust to recommended person to take advantage.
If they are successful than their comments between them-self is often:
-how Americans are stupid and naive and how easy is to fool them.
Well Russians often attack levels - that no typical guy would be interested with..
such as SS benefits, housing benefits, grands opportunities,
They are anywhere where check of performance is delayed till later in time...
Yes, they often burn the bridges behind (- idiom) and yet plenty of them comes back to Russia with some insignificant money but quite good one for Russia..
At the end
I know how to deal with them and I have not much problem to understand their problems, expectations, dreams of better life.
Naturalized Russians ( Citizens of USA) are just like everyone else. They know the price for not fallowing the rules.
and yet
they often shine with their Russian Potential, utilized properly without fear in american land.
Wesley