LCACM's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/167397/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/176252-reich-don-t-expect-lost-u-s-jobs-to-return?source=feed#comment-787717 787717 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:33:40 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/175615-weekly-forecast-for-november-30-and-december-7-2009?source=feed#comment-783689 783689 The Food Stamps are paid for by the US government, who in turn is borrowing the money from the Chinese Communists via US Treasuries. In other words 25% of US children and 1 in 8 adults are indirectly being fed by the Chinese Communists. And don't forget they also manage to feed 1.3 billion Chinese.
US is forever boasting about Human Rights and conveniently forgets Human Responsibilities. This line of thinking has brought the country to this sad state that it is depending on the Chinese to feed a percentage of it's children and adults. What makes it even stranger is that US population density is a third that of China and a tenth that of India. If these populous countries can feed their own populace, US families should definitely be in a position to earn sufficient amounts to feed themselves.
It is high time for the US citizens to reexamine naive US Government policies, that make it impossible for US citizens to feed themselves.]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:00:47 -0500 The Food Stamps are paid for by the US government, who in turn is borrowing the money from the Chinese Communists via US Treasuries. In other words 25% of US children and 1 in 8 adults are indirectly being fed by the Chinese Communists. And don't forget they also manage to feed 1.3 billion Chinese.
US is forever boasting about Human Rights and conveniently forgets Human Responsibilities. This line of thinking has brought the country to this sad state that it is depending on the Chinese to feed a percentage of it's children and adults. What makes it even stranger is that US population density is a third that of China and a tenth that of India. If these populous countries can feed their own populace, US families should definitely be in a position to earn sufficient amounts to feed themselves.
It is high time for the US citizens to reexamine naive US Government policies, that make it impossible for US citizens to feed themselves.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/175607-lithium-ion-batteries-and-gevs-false-gods-for-the-new-millennium?source=feed#comment-782101 782101 Now a century later the same dynamic is playing out. IC car is the dominant transportation technology being challenged by GEV. Naturally accountants and lawyers are against the new technology with similar arguments.
Remember that a century ago, when cars were first introduced, there was no technology for making clean gasoline. Gasoline was prone to knocking, belched black smoke and supply lines did not exist. As they say, the rest is history... ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:32:09 -0500 Now a century later the same dynamic is playing out. IC car is the dominant transportation technology being challenged by GEV. Naturally accountants and lawyers are against the new technology with similar arguments.
Remember that a century ago, when cars were first introduced, there was no technology for making clean gasoline. Gasoline was prone to knocking, belched black smoke and supply lines did not exist. As they say, the rest is history... ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174456-rapid-transition-to-grid-enabled-vehicles-not-possible-or-desirable?source=feed#comment-781343 781343 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:59:27 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/175114-the-electric-car-will-usher-in-smart-grid-2-0?source=feed#comment-781318 781318
Comment: " just love America's coal powered electric cars! " It is true that some of the electricity used by electric cars will be generated by coal burning plants. CO2 sequestration research is showing rapid progress. So even though the power plant will be burning coal, the fumes will be sequestered underground and not irritating your lungs during morning commute.

Comment:"40,000 electric cars in the States? What's that, golf carts?" Toyota Prius cannot be classified as a golf cart.

Comment: "Most everything in this article is nonsense unless you believe that the governments...Grid 2.0 will un-employ people, raise the cost of living " Building the smart grid and creating the large scale storage systems to store Wind and Solar power will only increase the number of employees. US has a chance of saving $700B a year in oil imports going to unfriendly countries, who in turn fund Talliban and other terrorists.

Comment:"No it won't. Natural Gas, not electric, must be the future."
Natural Gas will be very much part of the Electric future. Natural gas is the cleanest fuel to generate electricity at the Electric Power plant. Secondly, fuel cell technology can be used to convert NG to electricity directly, though this is not suitable for cars but home appliances. ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:23:55 -0500
Comment: " just love America's coal powered electric cars! " It is true that some of the electricity used by electric cars will be generated by coal burning plants. CO2 sequestration research is showing rapid progress. So even though the power plant will be burning coal, the fumes will be sequestered underground and not irritating your lungs during morning commute.

Comment:"40,000 electric cars in the States? What's that, golf carts?" Toyota Prius cannot be classified as a golf cart.

Comment: "Most everything in this article is nonsense unless you believe that the governments...Grid 2.0 will un-employ people, raise the cost of living " Building the smart grid and creating the large scale storage systems to store Wind and Solar power will only increase the number of employees. US has a chance of saving $700B a year in oil imports going to unfriendly countries, who in turn fund Talliban and other terrorists.

Comment:"No it won't. Natural Gas, not electric, must be the future."
Natural Gas will be very much part of the Electric future. Natural gas is the cleanest fuel to generate electricity at the Electric Power plant. Secondly, fuel cell technology can be used to convert NG to electricity directly, though this is not suitable for cars but home appliances. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/175545-the-dubai-default-and-oil-prices?source=feed#comment-781109 781109 Some commentators have suggested that Dubai might try to deny responsibility for the loan. This would cause a complete loss of creditor trust, which would be expensive not only for the current generation in Dubai, but for future generations as well. Potential future cost of loan denial is likely to dissuade the Dubai government
from such a step, in which case, again the scenario presented by the author might hold.]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:03:04 -0500 Some commentators have suggested that Dubai might try to deny responsibility for the loan. This would cause a complete loss of creditor trust, which would be expensive not only for the current generation in Dubai, but for future generations as well. Potential future cost of loan denial is likely to dissuade the Dubai government
from such a step, in which case, again the scenario presented by the author might hold.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/175198-is-local-actually-greener-than-global?source=feed#comment-779028 779028 Total Transportation Costs = (1) Cost of Transportation to Distribution Point + (2) Cost of Local Transportation. In the case of Chinese goods it is clear that the goods need to be trasnported all the way to California(1) and then distributed to local markets.
When computing the transportation costs of Chinese goods the author has ignored the costs of Local Transportation, since these costs still apply, because goods need to be transported from California to your local Walmart in Peoria, Illinois. In the case of local goods the Cost of Transportation to Distribution Center is significantly less because the distance is far less. Secondly, there is nothing preventing the transportation of local goods by train instead of by Trucks. For example in India, a mixed mode is used. From the distribution point the goods are tranported by train and then distributed locally by truck.
To do a meaningful comparison the author needs to compare apples to apples. ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:55:37 -0500 Total Transportation Costs = (1) Cost of Transportation to Distribution Point + (2) Cost of Local Transportation. In the case of Chinese goods it is clear that the goods need to be trasnported all the way to California(1) and then distributed to local markets.
When computing the transportation costs of Chinese goods the author has ignored the costs of Local Transportation, since these costs still apply, because goods need to be transported from California to your local Walmart in Peoria, Illinois. In the case of local goods the Cost of Transportation to Distribution Center is significantly less because the distance is far less. Secondly, there is nothing preventing the transportation of local goods by train instead of by Trucks. For example in India, a mixed mode is used. From the distribution point the goods are tranported by train and then distributed locally by truck.
To do a meaningful comparison the author needs to compare apples to apples. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174993-fed-interest-rate-policy-transfers-wealth-from-savers-to-debtors?source=feed#comment-774818 774818 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:23:11 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/174461-if-u-s-stopped-issuing-treasuries-would-it-go-broke?source=feed#comment-771713 771713 Feasible systems have to work in the real world and are always less than 100 percent efficient. ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:05:25 -0500 Feasible systems have to work in the real world and are always less than 100 percent efficient. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174231-historical-bull-market-returns-duration-suggest-more-upside-for-the-current-rally?source=feed#comment-767294 767294 This low wage competition is likely to impact US wages which in turn will negatively impact the US economy and the US stock market.]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:39:07 -0500 This low wage competition is likely to impact US wages which in turn will negatively impact the US economy and the US stock market.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/173543-china-nixes-obama-s-balanced-trade-rhetoric?source=feed#comment-762972 762972 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:25:31 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/173429-u-s-job-losses-demystified?source=feed#comment-761358 761358 Considering the fact that Asian countries have been succesful using Government directed economies, US will need to rethink it's traditional Laisses Faire, anti-Government thinking, if it wants to survive economically.]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:49:59 -0500 Considering the fact that Asian countries have been succesful using Government directed economies, US will need to rethink it's traditional Laisses Faire, anti-Government thinking, if it wants to survive economically.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/173401-is-the-bernanke-doctrine-a-disaster?source=feed#comment-760996 760996 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:29:31 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/173320-is-the-u-s-headed-down-the-same-path-as-japan?source=feed#comment-760662 760662 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:00:24 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/173153-what-does-it-take-to-become-a-truly-competent-investor?source=feed#comment-758532 758532 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:02:15 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/171973-elliot-wave-the-dollar-is-set-for-a-major-rally?source=feed#comment-753759 753759 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:53 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/171080-forget-bric-your-portfolio-needs-tick?source=feed#comment-747312 747312 Of the 4 BRICK countries, all four have significant natural resources and large internal markets. They do have current poliical risks, but not insurmounatble in comparison to their size/potential.]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:13:08 -0500 Of the 4 BRICK countries, all four have significant natural resources and large internal markets. They do have current poliical risks, but not insurmounatble in comparison to their size/potential.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/168662-trade-tensions-surfacing-between-emerging-markets-of-the-global-south?source=feed#comment-729117 729117 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:13:35 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168490-the-socialist-calculation-problem-and-regulation-of-financial-markets?source=feed#comment-727192 727192 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:19:22 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/168349-nasdaq-sale-why-would-schapiro-and-finra-lie?source=feed#comment-726425 726425 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:55:58 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/167075-u-s-public-assault-on-renminbi-peg-likely-to-backfire?source=feed#comment-720168 720168 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:27:18 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/167101-american-austerity-is-about-to-begin?source=feed#comment-720153 720153 US and other World economies have been sucked into the economic black-hole, first promised by Russia's Kruschev (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...) in his "We will bury you" speech. It appears that the Communist threat has instead been made good by today's Communist China, using Free Trade as their weapon of choice. Corporate CEOs have been willing collaborators of the Communist regime, investing billions in China to shift manufacturing plants there.
Even if Americans started to save, CEOs would figure out a way to plough those savings into China, unless the US government takes steps to prevent that.]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:43:24 -0400 US and other World economies have been sucked into the economic black-hole, first promised by Russia's Kruschev (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...) in his "We will bury you" speech. It appears that the Communist threat has instead been made good by today's Communist China, using Free Trade as their weapon of choice. Corporate CEOs have been willing collaborators of the Communist regime, investing billions in China to shift manufacturing plants there.
Even if Americans started to save, CEOs would figure out a way to plough those savings into China, unless the US government takes steps to prevent that.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/166209-opportunity-in-the-brazilian-real-and-chinese-renminbi?source=feed#comment-718245 718245 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:34:55 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/164797-how-can-we-get-the-economy-back-on-track?source=feed#comment-703515 703515 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:20:10 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/164610-wasted-olympic-dollars-what-about-real-job-creation?source=feed#comment-703208 703208 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:13:50 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/164555-will-this-economy-ever-create-job-growth?source=feed#comment-701054 701054 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:56:49 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/164282-is-india-a-benchmark-bet-on-the-global-economy?source=feed#comment-698444 698444 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:31:53 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/163511-julian-robertson-is-warning-us?source=feed#comment-693147 693147 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:43:41 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/163599-g20-urges-balanced-global-demand-china-says-no?source=feed#comment-693127 693127 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:26:40 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/162209-financial-meltdown-china-blames-west-west-blames-china?source=feed#comment-683875 683875 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:54:58 -0400