CaptBob

Want Lower Gas Prices? OK, Let's Increase Supply

The answer is not A. B. C. or D. It is all of the above!
It's going to take 10 dimes to make a dollar and the quicker we scrape them together the better.

No, you can't run a car on Nuclear but all cars-(&transport) will eventually run on electricity, and that, you can get from Nuclear.
That's not the light you see at the end of the tunnel it's the end of crude oil, which nature takes a few million years to replenish.

We bought the Chinese goods, enabling him to go from a bicycle to a scooter and now we yell "hey Woo Fat don't buy all that gas, it drives up the cost to run my Hummer"---how sick is that??

This plague of grasshoppers better take a new approach to "The good life" winter's coming.
If we don't evolve to wind and sunlight we'll revisit this scenario--cause--every... else---runs out!!

The Triple Play: Oil Addicts, The Credit Crunch and Deflation

Over the past few years, diesel's popularity as an automotive fuel has grown significantly. Thanks to its higher energy content and its efficient combustion process, diesel performance enables cars to travel at least 30% farther on a gallon of fuel than comparable gasoline models.

The improved efficiency of diesel engines can also help reduce oil consumption. It should be noted, however, that it takes about 25% more oil to make a gallon of diesel fuel than a gallon of gasoline, so we should really look at how a vehicle does on fuel efficiency in terms of "oil equivalents." Thus, we need to adjust the mileage claims for diesel vehicles downward by about 20% when comparing them to gasoline-powered vehicles. There are diesel four passenger cars in Europe getting 90MPG see VW & Audi 1.2 TDI. They are not and never have been imported here--WHY???---.

What we use now is nothing but solar energy converted to plant matter by photosynthesis. That process took millions of years, the technology exists, right here right now replicate and accelerate this process to produce bio-diesel that will run a truck or fly a plane in --24--HOURS, and clean the emissions of co2 from a coal burning generator as a fuel source---ALL at the same time!!!--(see bio-diesel algae).

Just connect the dots folks the path is clear, lets stop debating the rules of the race. That's just politico-speak for how I personally can benefit.

Who's Wrong About Inflation?

M. Editor:
That may be true, but let’s take a look at what actually happens with consumer prices. As Always, we need to point out that there are four different Consumer Price Index readings released by the Statistics Bureau each month. These are the ‘general’ index, ‘general’ excluding rent, the ‘core’ index and the ‘core’ index without energy prices included. Some like Japan includes energy costs in core CPI.

* General nationwide consumer price index:
* General nationwide consumer price index (excluding rent):
* Nationwide core CPI (excluding fresh food):
* Nationwide consumer price index (excluding fresh food and energy):

Don't-cha just love that last one?? Well the govt. sure does cause that's what you get as an inflation measure!.
Wouldn't want things that are too "volitile" linked to "Inflationary" increases in program payments like Social Security now would we??.
Gotta love that "Core inflation"
Reminds me of an apple where all the meat is gone and you're left with the "CORE"!!

The more complex you make it the Less Joe taxpayer-(with the deep pockets) is gonna understand it and the more he's gonna love you--just like a 1040 with accompanying rules.

Oil Bubble? Nope

The worlds oil supply-(short of a miracle) will never increase.

Our greatest use is for transport, and that we can substitute for.

Corn ethanol will stop as soon as the Politicians start to look foolish for backing it. It is a blunder, hurry and move to something that works.

One thing we know works is electric. Bio-diesel has great promise.

What we need is time. Since we can't recoup the time we wasted we have to --1. Conserve the oil that's left. 2.Drill to supplement.
3.Stretch using ethanol. But not corn--sugar.

Since everyone has beaten us to contracting with Brazil-(Japan).
90 miles from our shores lies what was once the worlds largest sugar producer. In the late 1980's still third and the largest exporter.
It's a desperate country, desperate to improve it's economy, desperate for jobs, and desperate to rejoin the modern world.

If we can't make something work with Cuba that they desperately want---Then shame on us, we deserve to walk. Think about it.

Gold and Oil Price Limits

An epicurean delight for the mind. It's verbal flavors only exceeded by it's unerring accuracy. Why should intelligent information always by flavored "Dry Yawns"??
Bravo!

Gold and Silver Are Still Bargains

Food has first call on disposable income and food is rising leaving less for everything else, including gold.
As a percentage of income it is rising more in the huge emerging economies of Asia, which will have the greatest impact on gold as an unnecessary commodity. They may "desire" to buy gold but a lot of other things come first, and that's a big demand base which can ignore "guarding wealth".

Should We Force a Housing Bottom?

The only meddling Govt. should do in ANY segment of the economy is regulation, oversight and prosecution of the speculating meddlers in the private sector, no matter the size of their campaign contributions--(bribes... buying).

And NOT under any conditions be bailing them out, and letting them keep the gains to reinvest in their next scheme.

Rising Prices, Rising Crises

Paul: "The World" does not hang a price tag on gasoline. There are more Chinese that can afford $5 gas that are bidding against us, + other emerging economies as well.

More refineries yes, more drilling yes even if we sell it to Japan like Alaskan oil now.
Use strategic reserves?? Iran will vote for that one.
We have entered the Alternative energy age!, it may be painful but get used to it.

Why Inflation Is Lower Than You Think

What foolishness! It wouldn't matter if oil was $5000--They don't include it in the CPI!!! Do you think they want fuel boosting Social Security payments??
"Everybody has to eat" Well guess what? "Eats" don't count either!!

We've doubled the dollar liquidity with printed fiat dollars--That alone should have doubled inflation---that also is kept from the Public!!
What a joke!!!.

The U.S. Dollar: A Marathon, Not A Sprint

As long as we are paying trillions in debt with 1/2 value newly printed fiat dollars, any thought of a "strong dollar" will become a distant memory, never to be seen again.

The Nature of the Current Gold Correction

Boris: You wrote that today?/ What time zone??
My records shows your gold "correction" (Spot) in the past 4 days has gone UP-^$30. and the dollar "Rally" has gone from (Index) $73. to $73.. Help--I'm confused.

Playing the Economic Numbers

"What if"--Get real!. Political spin +phony stats+"inside the beltway" buddies reports call for tons of "Pixie Dust" to garner belief outside the asylum.
Just check your week to date gold/stock charts to rate your accuracy!
Try throwing darts without the blindfold!

U.S. Recovery Could Push Oil Much Higher

If you owned X barrels of oil and when it was gone--(all sold off)--so were you:
Would you:
A. Pump/sell at a rate that maximized your return over the longest period of time. Keeping prices high as other sources depleted and went off line?.
B. Deplete your supply faster by selling greater quantities at a faster rate thereby lowering, the price, total return on your oil and the time you stayed in business?.
Think a second! The Arabs aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer, plus they hate our Guts--(mutual). But this is a No-Brainer!
The only reason they don't cut back and destroy us is they're afraid we'd attack and take the oil for nothing. And Iraq reinforces that feeling. They not only understand force, they live by it.

And stop using IF-in context with a recession--we're there!! The only thing that "Technical" refers to is just how phony the stats really are.

We're Nearing Crunch Time for Oil

Speculators only wish they could effect prices:
Only the actual sellers and users set the price of oil which the speculator never "lays hands on" but only bets on how much the seller will have and what the user will be willing to pay for at some future date. That price is known the day the speculators oil contract expires, and he has nothing to say about it--he either wins or loses, depending how close he pitched his penny to the curb.
I'm tired of Pundits, talking heads and even high ranking politicians with their "Show trials" and proclamations of evil price fixers.

The 'Death of Gold' Revisited

Good basic philosophy: But be proactive not reactive.
Sell a falling dollar and take payment in gold.
And vice versa.