by MattSavinar » Sat 12 Mar 2005, 19:05:11
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Elijah', 'T')his is it folks, the chance of a lifetime, the scenario every poor wage slave dreams of, the chance to get in front of the biggest change to confront civilization since fire was tamed.
The best part is we know it and they don't. We can see the big picture. We see the great pendulum beginning to swing the other way. They, on the other hand, are in denial. They refuse to see the obvious.
And that, my friends, spells opportunity. It's better than finding money in the couch. It's as if we know the final score of the Super Bowl before the coin toss! Can you say richer than Bill Gates?!
Oh, sure, in the long run it will all be futile. Humans are doomed to revert to a Stone Age existence. But if we play our cards right it ought to be a slam dunk to rack up enough wealth to make a few generations of our heirs very happy indeed. They'll go to bed and wake up every day thanking their lucky stars their forefathers saw Peak Oil coming and invested accordingly.
So let's put our heads together and come up with some good ideas. I guess we could write books and go on the lecture circuit, but that's peanuts compared to what we could make playing the markets knowing what we know. Situations like this come along only once in the lifetime of humanity, and we're in a position to profit from it because we see what's happening while the whole world is foolishly living status quo. Their loss will be our gain.
So where should we invest? Oil services? Solar? Wind? Coal? Nuclear? Various energy-conservation products?
I don't know about you, but if civilization as we know it is coming to an end, I don't want to spend it's last days working may ass off for some soulless company. So let's get rich and retire. If any of us doesn't retire as a multi-millionaire in five years, then he's a fool!
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Let me guess, you only began seriously researching about PO within the last 2-3 months?
Posts like this are one of the symptoms of "PODS": Peak Oil Denial Syndrome. There are about 4-6 type of posts that indicate somebody has the syndrome. Yours falls into the category of,"Sure, it will be bad, but if I invest accordingly, I'll make a killing and will be able to insulate myself from the collapse."
This isn't to say that some jobs or industries will fare better than others. Obviously, working in the alternative energy industry is going to be better than owning an SUV dealership. Owning a garbage dump will likely provide you with a more secure income than owning a popurri (sp?) store. Authors who write about sustainability and survival issues will fare better than those who write about "getting in touch with your inner-child" or "how to detail your muscle car!!!"
Likewise, some investements are will do better than others. (Precious metals versus stocks in the auto industry).
But if you're thinking your going to get rich off this, you're not really understanding what is going on around you.
In order to get rich off something like this, you need to have been one of those people who saw it coming 5-10 years ago and began arranging their finances/investments accordingly. (See Jim Puplava of
http://www.financialsense.com)
Johnny come latelys (which includes almost everybody on this board, including myself) aren't swift or insightful enough to have seen this coming until it is already upon us.
If you're not swift enough to have seen this coming LONG before it became obvious, you're not swift enough to make a killing off of it.
At this point, your best investments would be an organic garden with lots of extra seeds, a sturdy bicycle with lots of extra spare parts and probably a shotgun with lots of extra ammo.
Best,
Matt
P.S.
Nothing in this posting is to be taken as financial or legal advice. Consult with your financial or legal proffessional before deciding to make, or not to make, any particular investments.