User 183217

Energy Independence Isn't a Supply-Side Issue

mandatory fuel mileage increases should be restricted to cubans, chinese, and n. koreans, where the sheeple are used to government controls. freedom of choice is the american way. if voluntary acceptance of incresed fuel mileage dosesn't occur to your satisfaction, cajole and convince the doubters, but forget about prohibition, rationing, reducing freedom.

Should We Listen to Boone Pickens on Oil?

if pickens' plan was competitive, he would just do it, rather than promote. how many tax funded dollars does he want for infrastructure and operating subsidies and tax credits?

Tuesday Options Outlook: XLE, LEH, NSM, DRIV, MVL, RIGL, QCOM

"short put butterfly strategy, buying 20,000 lots at the June 83 strike for $2.23 and selling 10,000 lots at the 84 strike for $2.23 and against at the 86 strike for $3.15, initiating the trade with a 4-cent credit per contract"

does "buying 20,000 lots" mean buying puts?
does "selling 10,000 lots" mean selling puts?
does "against at" mean selling 10,000 puts?
does "4-cent credit" mean $800?
how do $2.23 and $2.23 and $3.15 end up at 4 cents?

Toward a U.S. Energy Policy

No, no, no to taxes, subsidies, credits, reduction in freedom of choice, reduction in standard of living, and government planning and regulation.
Look at the government-created ethanol boondoggle.
Yes to "market signals" to a free capitalisc economy for the"transition."
Please don't force your vision of dinky electric cars and increased taxpayer subsidies for public transportation on me by prohibiting my market choices. American can decide for themselves when to buy golf carts and ride trains. As oil prices increase, more marginal sources become available. If I want to run my a/c for weeks in a row, or fill up the tank on a 300 hp car, I don't need extra taxes to increase my anger towards a mostly incompetant government.

Lesson From China: A Swift Decline in Commodities Could Happen

I try to avoid consideration of the opinions of the illiterate, so I support attacks, in the hope that the uneducated will post on some forum that I don't follow.