I thought I would share this post as it is based on a presentation which may be a better intro for those less well educated on energy matters. You can see clearly that the world is a supply crunch when it comes to oil consumption. There simply isn’t much room for give in supply and we currently have some slack only from demand. If you assume that there is about a 4 million barrel a day surplus you can quickly decided that it will not take long for an economic rebound to usurp that surplus.

Furthermore, the U.S. only produces about half of the oil that it did in 1970. This trend (depletion of production) can be seen elsewhere in there world (especially in places like Mexico). I suggest reading this post from the Oil Drum as a primer to understanding the challenges that the world faces.

This is an absolute tragedy. I am going to assume that this was not a suicide. I can certainly understand discontent with government, but this simply goes to far. Murdering an innocent, working man. I don’t think I have anything else to say.

Get Your Bumper Sticker Here.

I just had to add this Bumper Sticker because I saw it on a car recently. I have to admit that I have always felt like Obama would be a decent President for Foreign Policy. However, his domestic policy has turned out even worse than I ever could have imagined. So here is the “I was Anti Obama Before it was Cool” Bumper Sticker. I sure thought it was a nice touch. And I intend to add many more of these as time goes on.

I have to give her credit, she believes in something. And doesn’t let partisan politics fool her. So good for her for proving that her stance isn’t purely political, it is a true heartfelt ideological position.

That said. I don’t necessarily agree with her. I am a realist and sometimes war is necessary. As much as I loathe Obama’s domestic policies, I always thought that he would be the most logical on foreign policy. He really has been nothing but status quo to that end. And that is partly a function of international realities being unavoidable. Sometimes you have to bomb stuff.

People always want to raise margins by cutting out the “middleman”.

Sometimes it’s that same middleman that can gain you customers, and revenue. Sometimes they have the irreplacable knowledge of the market that you need. A middle man can be an incredibly efficient thing.

Or maybe someone could start a service similar to Evite, specifically for wedding invitations. The invite could link directly to your registries, and easily link people to local hotels.

Just one easy solution to show that we really don’t need the post office anymore. The USPS is planning on closing down several hundred branch offices, and I really don’t see why we would need them anyway. Fed-Ex and UPS are solvent. I can get a post box at several other places, and stamps are easy to sell automatically. Drop off boxes work just fine for me, but I mostly email and work electronically anyway.

So get rid of those post offices. They are just a burden on the national budget anyway.