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Toyota Tests and Rejects Lithium-Ion Batteries for the Prius

Toyota is going to be overtaken by sitting on its laurels.

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Toyota Tests and Rejects Lithium-Ion Batteries for the Prius

Great! I'd much rather have a Chinese company (like BYD) be on top of LithiumIon technology for cars.

Questioning Baidu's SEC Filings

You are right that they are mis-stating their mp3 traffic. But you are wrong that their stock will fall. They are in tight with the government.

China Is Pulling Ahead on the Environment

What is benevolent is the policy leading to the rise in living standards over the past 30 years. It's funny.. only people in the West care much about Tiananmen, Dali Lama, blah blah blah. The Chinese care about increasing income, doing well for their kids, and standard of living.

Natural Gas: The Next Big Thing

What do you think of this NG play? EPEX

Six Reasons Natural Gas Is Better than Oil

i'm investing in EPEX for natural gas

Natural Gas ETF (UNG) Activity Catching Up to Oil (USO)

what do you guys think of epex? they're a natural gas producer in the US

Dollar Chart Tells a Much Different Story than Pundits Do

On May 21 05:17 PM User 353732 wrote:

> We have 6 great national strategic assets that the governing elites
> will not be able to destroy. They are:
> 1. A population of over 300 million people and growing. People are
> an asset(when properly led and motivated). Our national demographic
> profile is greatly superior to Europe, Japan, Russia or China

Our growth mostly comes from illegal, uneducated immigrants from Mexico.

> 2. Vast arable land(and excellent ,if poorly managed, water resources)
> to feed a world that wants more and better food

The land is getting worse, fast, due to unsustainable practices. Talk to any farmer. Global warming will also have an effect.

> 3. A tremendous endowment of natural resources, esp. energy resources
> ( no nation matches the diversity, quality and sheer quantity of
> America's energy resources.)

We have lots of coal, but no oil. We do have lots of renewables, though.

> 4. A depth and diversity of technolgical skills unmatched by any
> nation in history and well ahead of our competitors

We are losing our edge to competitors. The best scientists and engineers are skilled immigrants, but better opportunities are keeping them or are luring them back home. Domestic americans are not motivated enough to study hard sciences.

> 5. A physical infrastructure of communications, logistics, housing
> and basic education that none of our Asian rivals come close to
> possessing: the fact we do not use this infrastructure well is,of
> course, a liability but that is the fault of the governing classes,
> not a flaw in the infrastructure.

Basic education in Asia is leaps and bounds better than that in America. Where they are lacking is in higher education - and they are quickly closing there.

> 6. Millions of entrepreneurs and potential entrpreneurs, capable
> of astonishing achievement when allowed to perform

Millions here, but tens of millions elsewhere. America has become complacent with its high standard of living. Nationals of other countries (esp. Chinese) are striving much harder to succeed and that is going to be the difference in education, technology, innovation, and success. Effort is rewarded.

> I suggest that after we very painfully reach bottom, whenever that
> is ,these 6 great national assets under new national, state and local
> leadership will form the basis for not just renewal but true greatness.

China's Economy: Last to Weaken, First to Recover

The US is done. I'm switching out of US stocks to Chinese ones.

Focus on Electric Cars as Oil Prices Rise

or maybe the battery technology was not there yet but is now is within reach... duh...


On May 07 03:07 PM Steve in Greensboro wrote:

> Of course, higher oil prices will certainly lead to the widespread
> adoption of pure electric vehicles, just like they have done in Europe
> with their almost universal use of electrics.
>
> Wait, there are no electric cars in Europe? Well, heck! That must
> mean that high oil prices won't lead magically to electric cars.

Focus on Electric Cars as Oil Prices Rise

None of those companies are any good. Focus on this Chinese auto startup instead: 1211.HK

The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

Patent law would be pretty sweet for you. Guaranteed 180k income for several years at least, at a top law firm. Go for it!

On May 06 03:33 PM Gross Profits wrote:

> I have a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and do research on micro/nano
> technology, which is said to keep the US competitive in the global
> economy. I hear from the politicians that the future lies with high
> tech innovations. Most of the students in my graduate program were
> foreign born. Many are now going back home. My wife is an employment
> lawyer and makes three times my salary. I'm looking to switch into
> patent law or put my quantitative skills to a more selfish use with
> an investment firm.

The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

I'm sympathetic, but maybe you should have read up and understood your 401k before getting laid off?

On May 03 11:23 AM OldFordTruck wrote:

> Since being laid off in January, I have been home reading extensively
> trying to understand what has happened to my 401k and what was going
> on in the markets. I spent all my time before trying to become the
> best Manufacturing Manager I could be and assuming the buy and hold
> stagey for retirement would work. Being an "average Joe" in terms
> of the stock market, this author hits the nail on the head as far
> as I am concerned.
>
> I have lost all faith in the markets, banks, government, and the
> dollar! I have worked my entire career investing my time and retirement
> money into companies that make stupid decisions with that hard-earned
> money. I now understand why and how the federal reserve is devaluing
> the currency and feel completely betrayed as a result. If I ever
> do return to a good paying job, I will invest my family’s financial
> future in gold and silver that I hold. Never again will I feel like
> a victim of the system! I might not have the biggest nest egg, but
> I will be able to purchase food for my family when the author’s scenario
> above comes to pass.

The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

haha.. I guess someone is bitter about the election.

Boohoo.


On May 06 02:14 PM The Original Iconoclast wrote:

> Dealbreaker 5/5/09
>
> It is time to really expose this poser. Liberal "smart money" (a
> new oxymoron!) that backed Obama deserves their no lube a$$ fcking.
>
>
> Wake up and lets buy up the media while its cheap and expose the
> Halfrican-American for what he is. A fascist.

The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

Lawyers, the American legal system, and the Constitution are key to this country's greatness and economic prosperity.

Think twice before characterizing lawyers so poorly. If you look at America and its historic rise of the past few centuries, you will notice that it has been lead by lawyers -- of America’s forty-three presidents, twenty-five have been lawyers.


On May 03 10:11 AM Doc 224899 wrote:

> "...people will have less money to spend on lawyers..."
>
> Finally. We actually need about 5% of the lawyers we now support.
> Lawyers feed off the carcasses of just about every person and corporation
> that is productive. Lawyers make money off people with personality
> disorders, the individuals who would have been kicked out of the
> wago train 130 years ago, or chased away from the cave and fire 20,000
> years ago.
>
> It's time to subject the legal profession to the same critical reviews
> we apply to health care (a service we can't live without), to reduce
> wasteful spending on legal services (which we can hardly tolerate).