Like the recent credit bubble, the boom and bust in gas were driven in large part by tens of billions of dollars in creative financing engineered by investment banks like Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Jefferies & Company.
Or what if the Aswan Dam had to be financed, engineered and constructed exclusively by Egyptians?
Mr. Foggo relied on C.I.A. finance officers, engineers and contract workers to build the jails.
While pipeline company executives say they are confident they can finance and engineer the projects, environmental problems remain unresolved and some conservation groups vow opposition.
Lawdingo has raised about $100,000 in seed funding from Yodle founder Nathaniel Stevens, Safe Shepherd founder Robert Leshner, Rohan Srinivasan of Google Finance, Causes engineer Adam Derewecki, and others.
Over half of the world's mines are operated, serviced, financed or engineered by Canadians.
Governments, international organisations and water utilities are trying to find solutions that provide for growing global populations, but traditional financing of engineered structures cannot get us there alone.
After all, a certain level of capability is required to close business deals, manage finances and engineer the best ways to attract customers.
Mr. O'Neill's legal background is rare among auto industry executives, who are generally marketing and finance experts, or engineers.
It's gotten somewhat better in corporate responsibility, and its record on environmental standards is relatively strong, but overall it remains behind the curve - its decisions and policies in Africa, for example, are more shaped by engineers, finance men and lawyers than by creative thinkers or business visionaries.
