What stocks/ETFs to AIM in light of Peak Oil and Weather Wars (Hurricane Katrina)
Originally posted on Tom Veale's iHub AIM forum
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=949
/// My Original Post -- 2005-09-04 ///
"What to AIM for". Every so often we need to be and ARE reminded that we are skating on thin ice, and that it is cracking beneath our feet.
If you think things are going to be A-OK if you just get YOUR choice of President and/or Congress installed, if you think that we can continue to overpopulate and strip resources bare, you need to WAKE up.
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/
The war in Iraq *IS* for oil. "Democracy"? There (or here) -- Fuggedaboudit. Hurricanes can be steered. Katrina New Orleans was likely merely "collateral damage" in an effort to take out drilling and refining capacity. "Let the games begin?" They already have.
Google "Peak Oil" and "Weather Wars".
So think about what is in your AIM portfolio beyond the "latest and greatest" and the "kewlest" (coolest/hippest).
In Lichello's day, we could possibly be excused for thinking about long-term investments. Now? Possibly LD-AIM is more suitable for all? If not outright speculation.
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Regards, DB
/// Response from RetireOnCSCO -- 2005-09-04 ///
>> The war in Iraq *IS* for oil.
Maybe not for oil, but certainly not for Democracy. It was payback for 9/11, lets be real.
>> Hurricanes can be steered
Now this is very amusing! You have lead me to a great series of websites that reminds me of the X-Files. All Government conspericies [sic] and all.
You are actually suggesting that the Government of the US steered Katrina into New Orleans to kill 100's of people, cause Billions of $ damage, for what? Who's going to help the Feds pay for all the $ they will now POUR INTO that area? I can see a business burning down buildings for insurance, but not this!
I have worked with some of the Governments's [sic] top people, and trust me, they aren't that organized to pull something like this off.
Also, why is it that cool (seemingly imposible [sic]) ideas like steering a hurricane wouldn't be used for good? Just like the X-Files, these outragous [sic] ideas are always behind some govertment [sic] plot.
What I don't understand about the link I found to Tom Bearden, is why startup companies (like Ballard Power in Canada) wouldn't jump on the idea of 'free' power?
Very amuzing.
John
/// My response to RetireOnCSCO -- 2005-09-04
RetireOnCSCO: There are three types of people: There are those that 1) make things happen, 2) are aware of things happening, and 3) are NOT of aware of what's happening. I am in category 2). You, with all due respect, seem to be in category 3).
It was payback for 9/11, lets be real.
Simply wrong. If you accept the official government line as to the plane highjackers, "we" should have bombed/invaded Egypt and/or Saudi Arabia and/or Iran instead of Iraq. Maybe even Russia or China.
Now, if you want to get into conspiracies, it is quite possible 9/11 was financed and/or allowed to happen by "black ops" U.S. government. That doesn't mean a puppet like "Bush the Younger" necessarily knows what's going on.
Hurricanes can be steered
I doubt you are a meteorologist. I am not one. Several "real life" meteorologists and other scientists say it IS possible.
I didn't say it was the U.S. government. I did mention "Weather Wars". But it is not impossible that the U.S. government did do it. Disasters, after all, are a great excuse for governments to step in and "save" us, necessitating more control (exercise of power).
Who's going to help the Feds pay for all the $$$ they will now POUR INTO that area?
YOU will. Few people, including likely yourself, realize that this world now runs on fiat and credit, not "money". YOU will pay with higher prices, not only on gasoline, but everything else dependent on petroleum. Your (and all the uncontrolled breeders') consumption has to be curtailed.
(You could also Google "fiat money", "credit money", etc., and also the section in the link of the original post about how the banking credit system we have has for about 500 years has become energy (petroleum) dependent.)
I have worked with some of the Governments's [sic] top people, and trust me, they aren't that organized to pull something like this off.
Depends on what area of government. The hidden arms don't have to worry about P.R., re-election, and publicly scrutinized funding.
Also, why is it that cool (seemingly imposible [sic]) ideas like steering a hurricane wouldn't be used for good? Just like the X-Files, these outragous [sic] ideas are always behind some govertment [sic] plot
Let's see, those who take the trouble to get hold of power are doing it for YOUR good, right? How naive.
...why startup companies (like Ballard Power in Canada) wouldn't jump on the idea of 'free' power?
IF it exists, maybe it's just that they are not 'authorized.' I doubt the 'free power' bit myself. If it exists, where is the toy as a demo, or the home kit (like kit airplanes, home solar stills, etc.)?
The miracle energy source is the last refuge of the sleeping sheep -- "well, I don't believe that there is an oil problem, but if there is, then hamster treadmills and 'zero-point' energy will save us." Even if feasible, there is the problem of switching the infrastructure.
Ballard (BLDP) has been headed for the dumpster for years. I had if for awhile and dumped it. It is in the fuel cell business. Hydrogen "power" is going nowhere. Ballard is kept alive only by subsidy. ENERGY is needed to make (electrolyze the water) the hydrogen needed to run the fuel cells. (You can also Google that. Also check out Brain Food.)
A guy falls off the top floor of a skyscraper. As he passes an open window on the 4th floor, someone inside hears him saying to himself "Hey, no problem so far."
