Archive for January, 2008
Scientific American: A Solar Grand Plan
January 3rd, 2008Expensive? HA. They could have built this out FIVE TIMES OVER for what the war in Iraq will ultimately cost. Put another way, Chart: The Cost of the War in Iraq vs. Spending on Solar Energy Research: Clean energy is expensive? Hmm. Via: Scientific American: A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear […]
Solar Cell Production Jumps 50 Percent in 2007
January 3rd, 2008“If this society doesn’t come down, if the genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics and surveillance research all continue apace, your children are going to inherit a dystopia that is so incomprehensible that science fiction authors will be struck dumb by it. A total, systemic collapse would be extremely bad, and it’s the best of all […]
Sandia’s Sunshine to Petrol Project Seeks Fuel from Thin Air
January 3rd, 2008I’d love to know the funding allocation for this project, in terms of the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan per second. Now, you might be asking: Why not just put the money and effort into developing some kind of solar electric system. Two reasons: 1) They want to extend the profits that […]
Shell’s $30 per Barrel Oil Shale Process
January 3rd, 2008For years, I wanted to believe that Peak Oil could bring this horror show down. My problem, of course, was that I couldn’t ignore simple, observable realities and the fact that evil people have many plans up their sleeves. Some of you view collapse due to Peak Oil as a given. I understand that desire. […]
U.S. Will not Tap SPR
January 3rd, 2008This, almost certainly, isn’t temporary. They know it, since They engineered this crisis. So, there’s no point in easing the pain a bit for a couple of weeks by emptying the SPR. There’s plenty of oil to go around at $100, or more, per barrel. Via: Bloomberg: President George W. Bush doesn’t plan to release […]
OIL HITS $100
January 3rd, 2008Via: AP: Crude oil prices briefly soared to $100 a barrel Wednesday for the first time, reaching that milestone amid an unshakeable view that global demand for oil and petroleum products will outstrip supplies. Surging economies in China and India fed by oil and gasoline have sent prices soaring over the past year, while tensions […]
GOLD SMASHES THROUGH ALL TIME HIGH TO $861.80 INTRADAY
January 2nd, 2008“From a technical analysis perspective, a move above $850 will probably set off buy triggers as shorts move to cover.” —Cryptogon, December December 29, 2007 Ok, support is now $850. Let’s look for consolidation anywhere above $850.
GOLD COULD TEST ALL TIME HIGH TODAY
January 2nd, 2008It was a Guesses for 2008 post, not a Guesses for Later Today post! Sheesh! Congrats to all gold longs. Via: Reuters: Gold swept to a 28-year high on Wednesday driven by surging oil, a weaker dollar and simmering geopolitical tension, making a test of record highs at $850 an ounce a real possibility on […]
Ireland: Stock Market Crashed in 2007
January 2nd, 2008Via: Wall Street Journal: Ireland’s decade-long Celtic Tiger economy not only ran out of steam in 2007, it bled copiously, judging by the woeful performance of its stock market. After faring better than most major global indexes over several years, the benchmark ISEQ index was one of the worst-performing markets in the world this year, […]
RiverGlass
January 2nd, 2008I bet my nga.mil reader will click the link, and all the other spooks who finally started masking their IPs. Via: RiverGlass: Keeping pace with new data has emerged as the critical issue facing government intelligence operations. The variety and volume of incoming data and the responsibility to respond appropriately now more than exceeds the […]
