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    • Thu Jul 17th 18:44 PM
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      An In-Depth Look at Solar Stocks
      Geez. It is such a waste of time reading the vast majority of SeekingAlpha articles. There are about 3 really competent authors, and then hundreds who are rank amateurs who put maybe a week into reading some books and articles and think they know enough about a sector as huge as solar power to write an "in depth" article.

      No more for me, thanks. Goodbye, SeekingAlpha.
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    • Thu Jul 17th 18:15 PM
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      Expecting Strong Earnings Upside from First Solar and Solarfun Power
      "US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Mccain's strongly support solar and wind energy,"

      This is half true. Obama strongly supports alternatives to fossil fuels. However, McCain has never stated specific support for either solar or wind. Since he would like to retain his long-standing massive backing from Big Oil, he is unlikely to.
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    • Thu Jul 17th 14:43 PM
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      SCE Contracts Push First Solar Ahead
      Wayfarer,

      Assuming SCE has sufficient space for either one, the solar efficiency is immaterial to their decision; what matters is dollars per watt.
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    • Thu Jul 17th 14:40 PM
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      Lithium-Ion Batteries and Centerfolds
      "Size, weight and energy density are critical in cell phones and laptops, but far less important in transportation and alternative power applications"

      In the sentence above you betrayed yourself as either ignorant or a liar. No need to care which; I stopped reading your drivel right there.
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    • Wed Jul 16th 15:22 PM
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      American Superconductor: An Ultimate Winner in Wind Power
      For another, purer play on wind and wires, look at CPTC.
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    • Mon Jul 14th 17:20 PM
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      Solar Shorts Keep On Rising Even As Oil Surprises
      "Number of shares short" has no value for comparisons. How about showing short shares as a percentage of the float? And include STP, please!

      Thanks!
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    • Mon Jul 14th 14:32 PM
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      Canadian Solar: The Next Solar Takeover Target?
      "More importantly, both US presidential candidates are leaning towards renewable energies, especially solar and wind."

      Absolutely false in the case of McCain. Do your homework, check his voting record when it mattered (close votes). He's in the pocket of Big Oil, just as Bush was.

      If you invest in alternative energy, this is your biggest risk factor. Research deeply. Consider who will be put in cabinet positions, heads of agencies etc.
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    • Wed Jul 2nd 10:46 AM
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      IEA's Oil Market Outlook: Off the Mark
      "I'd like to see the indexers and those circumventing current trading rules removed by the CFTC."

      As would many others. Two problems:
      1) The CFTC is corrupt, starting at the head placed there by Bush the Oil Pusher.
      2) The CFTC is disabled, due to the Enron Loophole and other problems introduced by corrupted legislators like Phil Gramm in 2000-2001 and being actively preserved today - and prevented from being exposed via debate by Republican filibusters.
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    • Tue Jul 1st 18:21 PM
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      On Oil and Its Manipulation
      Andrew,

      GREAT job with this article! Please stay on this topic and keep digging and keep posting. Make sure you see all the Senate Commerce Committee hearings from June; the video is at the cspan web site.

      Some things you can dig into:
      - Intentional conflation by Big Oil sycophants of the terms "speculation"... and "manipulation&quo... to mislead listeners about what's being stated and discussed by experts
      - Republican use of filibusters to prevent debate (on CFTC-related legislation) which would clarify the manipulation issue and expose the current crop of Phil Gramm wannabes
      - Conflation of sweet crude (for which demand is outstripping supply) with sour crude (of which supply is abundant) by Saudi Arabians and Libyans, to hide their inability to increase supply of sweet crude
      - Ignorant conflation of sweet vs. sour crude by mainstream media (including online sources like MarketWatch), exacerbating misunderstandings of Saudi and Libyan statements
      - Israeli cabinet members helping Goldman-Sachs and Morgan Stanley further drive up WTI oil futures by hyping mideast tensions, thereby manipulating more retail investors and fund managers into buying more USO, XLE, etc.
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    • Tue Jul 1st 17:57 PM
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      Adjusted for Income & Fuel Efficiency Increases, Gas Today is Almost 50% Below Record High
      This article should be linked into Wikipedia as an example of "lying with statistics":
      1) Why does the "Average MPG" chart cut off at 2005? Hint: SUV sales peaked in 2006.
      2) Why consider improvements in Average MPG, unless you also consider increases in average miles driven per year?
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    • Tue Jul 1st 17:28 PM
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      Promising Solar Power Technologies
      Road Runner,

      Did you even read the article, much less follow any of the links? Evidently not. Ausra's technology is good - but it has room for further improvement. This can lower the cost of Ausra's technology.
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    • Fri Jun 27th 09:05 AM
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      TTM Speculative Activity Actually Decreased on the NYMEX
      jjason,

      You're exactly right.

      Be aware that speculation on NYMEX has moved to the unregulated "London" ICE (actually run by a USA company and using terminals here in the USA) and greatly expanded. Those who put out "speculation is down" stories are at best being misled.
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    • Fri Jun 27th 09:03 AM
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      Kling's Oil Speculation Question
      Beware. There are two kinds of oil. There is currently an excess of sour crude, and a shortage of sweet crude. This is what allows Libya and Saudi Arabia to say there is an abundance of supply and that the price is higher than it should be, yet the price to continue higher. The Iranian tankers are full of sour crude.

      This conflation of the two kinds of crude is being purposely planted by various players - the same ones who are hiding their manipulation behind the word "speculation"... This is the latest favorite style of lying: use an ambiguous word. Various media that should know better are happily playing along to attract eyeballs.
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    • Thu Jun 26th 11:17 AM
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      How Big a Contribution Comes from Oil Speculation?
      "So-called speculative net long positions fell to 25,867 contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange in the week ended May 27 from a record 127,491 on July 31, according to a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission report on May 30.""

      That trading moved from the NYMEX to the ICE to dodge regulation. Bush's head of the CFTC is in on this con, which was originally set up as Enron's loophole by Phil Gramm (McCain's chief economic advisor) and his wife. I believe Senate Commerce Committee testimony before I believe anything on SeekingAlpha (although Mr. Hamilton seems to have an excellent understanding in my humble opinion).
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    • Thu Jun 26th 11:02 AM
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      The Oil Speculator Myth
      user 216976,

      I'm afraid you don't have a lot of room for criticizing others' spelling or proofreading, I count 2 grammatical/structural errors and two spelling errors in your tiny post.

      The fact is, the term "speculation"... is being (intentionally, I suspect) conflated with "manipulation&quo... The latter is going on at two levels:
      - direct, via dominance of trading on ICE by several i-banks and their proxies
      - indirect, by creating and pumping ETFs tied to the long side of commodities futures

      Thanks for the great link, ManGolfer.
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