So, you’re one of the lucky ones and you’ve got a few bucks in the bank and you’re one of the few that still believes they may be able to retire before you turn 80. You are asking yourself and perhaps others, where can I safely put my money? You could turn to a [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Where should I invest my money during this financial crisis?
Posted in economy, investing, tagged bailout, depression, financial crisis, invest, investing, investment advice, real estate, stock market on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When did we start expecting the government to do everything?
Posted in economy, government, tagged economic meltdown, economy, financial crisis, politics on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When did we start expecting the government to do everything and pay for everything? Wall Street implodes as it was bound to and when it did, everyone expects the government to make it all better. Real estate hit the inevitable meltdown and the government is supposed to prop it up. Bernie Madoff rips off thousands [...]
Sensible Renewable Energy
Posted in energy policy, renewable energy, tagged bio-diesel, eco-house, environmental friendly, geothermal, passive solar, reneable energy, solar, solar house, wind on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been ranting and raving about the financial crisis and thought I’d return to renewable energy. Of recent I have run into a number of articles on various projects that promise to free us from our dependance on fossil fuels and all that.
One was a guy in Canada that built a super energy efficient [...]
When did everything stop making sense?
Posted in energy, financing, investing, politics, renewable energy, tagged 1929, corporate greed, economy, energy independance, global warming, PRE-Plan on December 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Do the financial markets make sense to you? Do you think it’s just possible we are being manipulated by Wall Street? Does it bother you that car companies can offer $8,000 discounts. Does that imply that they’d been making $8,000 in excess profit? Does it bother you that whenever companies go bankrupt that the guys [...]
California and Climate Change
Posted in energy, energy policy, government, renewable energy, tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, California climate change, global warming, renewable energy on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Congratulations California for doing the right thing at a time when the right thing in the form of new fees and regulations may not be popular.
When should I buy a house?
Posted in financing, government, investing, public policy, tagged financial bailout, financing, investing, Obama policy, real estate on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are fortunate enough to be in a position to purchase a home when so many millions of others are losing theirs, now is the time to act. Prices may fall a bit further, but not much, but price isn’t the only factor. Speculators that have long been sitting on the sidelines are starting [...]
Generate your own electricity
Posted in energy, energy policy, renewable energy, tagged electriciy, renewable energy, solar, wind on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a question. If you could spend $5,000 on a wind turbine to generate your own electricity for the next 30 years and the turbine would save you upwards of $30,000 in electric bills over that same period, would you do it? Let’s eliminate some of the objections by stipulating that you wouldn’t be able [...]
