For Energy and Capital last week, I offered some big-picture energy investment themes for the next decade. Part 1 of a two-part series.
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For last week’s Green Chip Stocks, I critiqued the 2010 Annual Energy Outlook from the EIA, and wondered what it would look like if it were written by an honest person.
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For last week’s Energy and Capital, I critiqued an America in thrall to its illusions, unable to respond meaningfully to the challenges of peak oil, climate change, and population, and cautioned investors to be self-reliant in facing the challenges ahead.
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Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle is an outstanding little book by veteran journalist Chris Hedges, offering one of the most trenchant critiques of American culture and the media I have ever read. I found in it many things I had always wanted to say, and inspiration for my piece “Investing in an Empire of Illusion”. Instead of reviewing it, I’ll just suggest that you buy it and read it.
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For last week’s Green Chip Stocks, I contrasted Dubai World and Masdar City as icons of the past and future.
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