Reader “O.E.” suggested Jim Willie’s recent commentary: Threat of Sovereign Wealth Funds [1]. O.E.’s comment: “This is an interesting article on these new contraptions. The fire sale of America has begun.”
o o o
Several readers sent us a link to a piece by economist Jim Sinclair: The Panic Starts [2]. Jim Sinclair is really ringing the alarm bells. In times like these I think that he has good reason to be an alarmist.
o o o
Nicole suggested this article by Greenpa [3] as a counterpoint to those who are touting switchgrass as an ethanol source. OBTW, since “Greenpa” has been living the life for 30 years off-grid, some of the bits in his Little Blog In The Big Woods [4] archives are quite instructive. Although our politics differ considerably, I recently added him to my blog roll.
o o o
“Costa Rica Jones” mentioned this bit of ethanol technology news : New GM Partnership Aims for Cheaper Ethanol by 2011 [5]