Mr. Math

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    • Megaprojects Predict Decline of Oil Production [view article]
      How do we measure the potential production from developments which are off limits solely for political reasons, e.g.- ANWR, the Santa Barbara Channel, and the Florida Offshore site the Chinese are going to drill for Cuba?

      How do we measure the potential production from countries which have confiscated their fields from international corporations & then ran the resulting operations into the ground through socialist mismanagement, e.g.- Venezuela, Iran, Mexico, & Russia?       Sep 02 11:46 PM
    • 10 Financial Entities On the Brink [view article]
      8/22 MBIA's on the brink - great call! Up 50% on the week. Aug 28 04:18 PM
    • The Risk Of A Run On The Banking System [view article]
      FDIC capital on hand is not significant. The guarantee behind all these institutions is the Federal Govt.'s willingness to spend taxpayer money.

      Anyone betting against that is going to have to cover sooner or later.       Aug 28 02:47 PM
    • Looming Financial Catastrophe: A Real Inconvenient Truth [view article]
      Mr Quinn, you wrote this:
      "Outlaw lobbyists and lobbying of public officials."

      I'd like to remind you of this:
      Congress shall make no law ... abridging... the right of the people ... to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

      The problem isn't the lobbyists. The problem is that government power is worth money.

      The only way to get the money out of politics is to reduce the power and scope of government.       Aug 27 06:51 PM
    • Credit Default Risk Chart [view article]
      I'd like to see this risk measure correlated with the VIX. Aug 19 07:29 PM
    • Benefiting from the Oil Correction [view article]
      What about WNR?

      finance.yahoo.com/q?s=...       Jul 23 01:32 AM
    • What We Can Do To Reverse the Oil Crisis [view article]
      Phil-

      On the topic of the refiners & idle capacity: let's say you're a small/medium refiner & don't have your own wells. Oil spikes to $145/bbl but retail gas is only about $4.50 so you're losing money on every gallon.

      Doesn't it seem like that's a good time to shut down & start making repairs?

      Take a look at the chart of something like WNR it's gone from $65 to $8 and it isn't even sitting on a pile of toxic subprime mortgages.       Jul 15 07:03 PM
    • The Dollar's Decline: Taking Responsibility for the Future [view article]
      Menzie Chinn-

      Other posters disclose their financial positions. You should disclose your political affiliations, so that readers can understand that your economic commentary is primarily dictated by your politics.       Jul 11 07:20 PM
    • How Much Will Drilling in ANWR Affect Oil Prices? [view article]
      The two differences between an ANWR barrel and a Saudi/Iranian/Nigerian barrel are:

      1) We pay AMERICAN WORKERS to drill domestic oil
      2) domestic oil is on the AMERICAN SIDE of the trade deficit       Jun 19 01:27 PM
    • Is There an Oil Crisis Looming? [view article]
      Nice to see a "Peak Oil Bull" engaging these websites.

      Isn't another possible reason for the "2012...falling off a cliff" effect simply that people don't make announcements for plans that far out?
       Jun 04 05:00 AM
    • The Oil Shortage, and Other Fairy Tales [view article]
      Dear Mr. Davis-

      The "evil speculators" drive up the price of Oil & other commodities - like wheat. While they are doing this, the wheat farmers make real money, correct?

      During this year's oil bubble, American oil producers are busy pulling marginal oil out of the ground, new production is being chased, and consumers are engaged in "permanent demand destruction".

      Once the oil bubble pops, won't all those "evil speculators" be the ones who get wiped out?

      And doesn't every barrel extracted in the U.S., and every whiff of domestic demand destruction lead to an improved balance of trade?

      If you're right and the oil bubble is temporary market excess, why complain about these things?       May 24 12:05 AM
    • America's Energy Policy: Coming to Terms with Reality [view article]
      Dear Mr. Davis-

      The "evil speculators" drive up the price of Oil & other commodities - like wheat. While they are doing this, the wheat farmers make real money, correct?

      During this year's oil bubble, American oil producers are busy pulling marginal oil out of the ground, new production is being chased, and consumers are engaged in "permanent demand destruction".

      Once the oil bubble pops, won't all those "evil speculators" be the ones who get wiped out?

      And doesn't every barrel extracted in the U.S., and every whiff of domestic demand destruction lead to an improved balance of trade?

      If you're right and the oil bubble is temporary market excess, why complain about these things?       May 24 12:04 AM
    • The Inflation Argument, and other Thoughts [view article]
      If the inflation statistics were "cooked" when they left out the housing bubble, why is it OK to leave out the housing crash now & conclude inflation is raging?

      Tell it to the people in Arizona who are trying to get out.       May 20 08:22 PM
    • Peak Oil and Climate Change: Re-Tooling Transportation [view article]
      What about the 116B barrels of oil in US territory which has been put off limits politically? May 19 05:56 PM
    • How Much Worse Can It Get For Oil? [view article]
      drill in North America May 08 05:59 PM
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