huskerbob

Peak Oil as a Function of Earth's Volume

I think people are objecting to including the entire volume of the earth because the oil-containing crust is only 0.5% of the entire mass of the earth. If you were writing about a nickel or iron shortage then it would make more sense.

Jim Rogers Believes World Is Heading for Depression

Sigh. It seems to be common sense, yet the amount of comments on this site supporting "quantitative easing" is disheartening. I suppose Mr. Rogers will have more and more listeners as time goes on.

Grain Prices Require Substantial Support to Overcome Bearish Fundamentals

Take the report with a grain of salt: this early the planting season in the corn belt is not yet underway, so changing inputs and crop prices can still have a major influence.
Manuel: Many farmers use cheaper inputs as a justification to plant soybeans, which will gross less $ per acre than corn. Often beans are planted with a bare minimum of fertilizer. Ground planted to corn can see nitrogen and other nutrients applied three times over the course of a year. Corn is massively more bullish for all crop input producers.