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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

THE OSCAR MAYER ECONOMIC STRATEGY*

Dear Readers:

Recently, George Bush came out with an aggressive, accusatory announcement, which, of itself was entirely unremarkable in its predictability and consistency. It was notable in its Oscar Mayer Factor* however. He stated that the "Democratic-controlled Congress is responsible for the oil crisis and for the high price of oil because of their resistance to offshore drilling." To me, this is not unlike the recently-released child-molester pointing to the elementary school across the street and saying "Those people are responsible for getting me labelled a sex offender! They shouldn't allow them to build elementary schools near our houses!"


While "Dubbya" may be a molester of a different stripe, his statement has no basis in either logic or fact, and is just about as reasonable as the child molester's lament cited in the preceeding paragraph. And, even worse (or "far worser" in keeping with our President's unique "command" of the English Language), is the ironically self-serving egregiousness of the notion. Some facts:



  • There is, at present, no shortage of oil supply, nor is their anticipated to be an oil shortage within the next ten years based upon current consumption forecasts;

  • Tankers and other storage units are swollen with oil, as they have been for these past several months;

  • Drilling for offshore oil would not yield any appreciable results for five to ten years, and the contracts for the drilling, transport and refinement would go to the same oiligopolists who are controlling and manipulating the oil prices now;

  • Congress is not truly Democratically-controlled. All governmental decisions and functions (including legislative, judicial and law enforcement), are nowformulated, carried out and overseen by the Executive Branch under the guise of National Security, Executive Priviledge or some other dramatic means of bypassing all checks and balances. Congress does little, if anything, except talk and take vacations. In Congress, generally speaking, Republicans are powered by manure, and Democratics are powered by wind. Neither has any policy power, however, at all;

  • The oil crisis was manufactured by a small group of American-based international oil companies acting in collusion with the tacit blessing of the current administration;

  • As a young syndicator of oil exploration deals, our President, raising a great deal of investor money and produced more dry holes than a bargeload of Immodium. People used to joke about this. Other people used to even be jailed (but not necessrily at Gitmo) for that kind of thing. It is good to be a part of a powerful family;

  • Our President wants to put in his "last licks" at the evil Democrats for the benefit of his family's investment interests, and as a lubricant (ahem) to slide Mr. John McCain into the presidency, which could at very least, help the incumbent to maintain some status quo profits in armament, major international construction, and the "awl bidness".

As for THORIUM ENERGY, INC., our philosophy is somewhat simpler. Put succinctly...


FORGET DRILLING AND START DIGGING.


We are winning friends daily. We build bridges instead of fences.


--THORIUM ENERGY, INC.


p.s. Jack Lifton has noted that a promising and propitious pro-thorium article has been posted in a highly-conservative but very well-regarded and extremely popular blog which has been resistant to acknowledge the seriousness of the Thorium Proposition for a long while. http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/ is one of the most widely-read and acclaimed conservative blogs in the realm of the Blogosphere. Read the first article entry for August 23rd. Keep thinking Thorium.

*p.p.s. The well-known and oft-used "Oscar Mayer Strategy" has to do with the offering up of baloney for the public's consumption.






Friday, August 22, 2008

IT'S LIKE DEJA VU (ALL OVER AGAIN)

Dear Readers:

In any economy, each variable is dependent upon a series of others. For example, when interest rates (yields) increase, bond prices, and the prices of other fixed-income securities, tend to decline. Additionally, equity securities and variable-rate investments tend to increase in value, and funds go from one "bucket" into another. We are forever switching "buckets" in response to changing economic data and indicators.

In a more sophisticated economy, with a speedier exchange of information, accelerated transactional capability, and complex investments (such as derivatives, futures contracts, and the like), economic responses tend to happen faster and more precipitously. In fact, the economy responds more to expectations than to occurrences. If oil prices rise, speculators jump on the bandwagon (which, by the way, is one of my least favorite metaphors), and actually enhance the effect. Modern markets are studies in propaganda and self-fulfilling prophesies.

A classic example: If you believe that you're in an economic depression, you might help create one. If a great many people feel as you do (let's presume that you have a great deal of influence), a depression will surely ensue, as confidence in the markets is lost, and people start selling out of their investments in a panic. In a sophisticated, complex economy, this collapse happens very quickly and to a greater extent than in the (sigh) good old days of pads and pencils, and meatloaf with mashed potatoes for dinner.

Despite this phenomenon, which has been proven time and time again throughout history, people tend to refuse to accept it. I heard a fellow mention just last week (as he heaved a sigh of relief at the prospect), "I think oil's going to settle down at about $100.00 a barrel. Thank God."

This week oil prices dropped significantly from their meteoric rise of several weeks ago, and Mr. Bernanke of the Fed (who is starting to look more and more like Dr. Andrew Weill) announced that he saw no need to increase interest rates because he felt optimistic that inflation was not significant enough to warrant a monetary policy adjustment.

Suddenly, energy policy is retreating from the front lines as an issue, at least to the perception of the masses. A false sense of security is reducing their anger, their ambition and their initiative, as they retreat back into a new status quo. Why have oil prices dropped? Nobody knows except the few very powerful folks who control it, and who periodically conduct these evil experiments in the price elasticity of demand. I suspect that the oil barons determined that if pushed too much harder for too much longer, people would get quite serious about oil alternatives.

Mark my words (not literally, as that would be a waste of paper and a part of the chain reaction that causes deforestation). Douglas Castle says that the price of oil is going to spike several more times before people get queasy enough to start screaming out for relief again. It is only a matter of time, and the intervals between price run-up incidents will be getting shorter.

I am thankful that this last "lube job" on the Western Nations hurt enough that automakers are changing their design plans, that governmental and private institutions are still investing in alternative fuels and technologies, and that India has broken the stranglehold of the petroleum oiligopoly. Perhaps this time, the oil companies, acting in traditional harmonious collusion, pressed their luck just a bit too far. While the average person on the street is sinking back into contentment, some of the decisionmakers in industry and the public sector have decided that they should be prepared for the next assault.

I am even happier (albeit selfishly) that the number and frequency of inquiries about thorium and thorium-based nuclear technologies are continuing to rise. Apparently, not all of the people can be fooled all of the time.

In the spirit of the Olympics, I say: "Thorium --when you need energy to compete!"


--THORIUM ENERGY, INC.

p.s. The photo above depicts a small group of Americans enjoying a typical weekend, now that all is "well" with the economy. I would reckon that most of these spam-grillers think that Bernanke is a muffler company. But I would never put that in writing. --DC

Thursday, August 21, 2008

THORIUM INQUIRIES

Dear Friends:




There are several items of interest pertaining to THORIUM ENERGY, INC., each worthy of note:



  • Serious, albeit quiet inquiries regarding thorium energy as a practical alternative to both fossil fuels and to traditional, uranium-based nuclear reactors have been made in increasing numbers during the course of this past month by a powerful, growing and eclectic assortment of "interested parties," including: NASA, The US Department Of the Navy, The Department of Homeland Security (probably in between rigorous sessions of stripping, frisking, detaining and interrogating "suspicious-looking" elderly women at pre-boarding security checkpoints at our domestic commercial airports), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, several agencies of the United Nations, the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, every Big Oil company and others. These inquiries have been made to a number of firms and academic centers in the United states, directly to the government of India, and to agencies in the Canadian government. In our estimation, thorium energy has become an accepted reality, and all parties who are net users and net suppliers of energy have developed an increasingly keen interest in either keeping abreast of, or in acquiring interests in thorium or thorium-based nuclear technologies;


  • As discussed in our last post, the number of informal exchanges for trading in non-precious metals has been increasing, and is becoming an alternative capital market for those many persons and entities dispossessed and disillusioned by the economic events of this past year, and disenchanted with the traditional securities exchanges, banks and other financial institutions. These bodes well for the price of thorium, and may ultimately exert a downward pressure on oil prices. This is an example of the inherent genius in entrepreneurial capitalism. Of course the regulators in every country involved are eager to get into these newly-thriving exchanges in order to regulate them. There is no surprise here -- regulation is a big business unto itself. Ultimately, one will have to ask: Who will regulate the regulators? (I'll hold that in reserve for a future post);


  • Several new links have been added to this site. Please take a look, click on the sites of interest, and go for a quick visit. If you would like for us to incorporate any additional links, please let us know via email and we will give your suggestion every consideration. Knowledge is power.

We will keep you apprised of all new developments and informational resources regarding thorium, and thorium technologies.

As always, thank you for thinking thorium.

--THORIUM ENERGY, INC.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

LIQUID THORIUM

Dear Readers:

LIQUID THORIUM.

It would seem impossible, but yet it is getting ever-closer to reality. Because of the emerging exchanges (throughout the entire world) in non-traditional commodities, and especially those which have generally been inaccessible to smaller investors due to the sheer minimum purchase price thresholds, thorium and other non-precious metals are pushing their way into the financial products marketplace. Thorium and the Rare Earth Elements are attracting a particularly high level of interest.

This new opportunity for more investors to enter the marketplace will likely serve to increase the values of resources and proven reserves of thorium and a large number of other high-utility elements used in various technologies.

Read more about this fast-emerging phenomenon in THE GLOBAL FUTURIST.



--THORIUM ENERGY, INC.


p.s. Jack Lifton has written an excellent article in RESOURCE INVESTOR which can be accessed at http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=44746 .

Friday, August 1, 2008

CONNECT THE DOTS...

Dear Readers:



This post has been some time in the making. Every time we get ramped up to write it, something important comes out in the media that adds the elements of additional perspective or further credibility to the case for nuclear energy {although some prefer "nu-que-lar" energy, and we are too judicious to mention any names, especially those of persons who are 1) in the "awl bid'ness", and are 2) in a position of national leadership as a kind of sideline} and, more specifically, to the case for Thorium Energy.


THORIUM ENERGY, INC. is a privately-held company which holds very significant resources and reserves of both thorium and Rare Earth Elements. If you are in the Lemhi Pass District, the Company's fortune, and the future of abundant energy lies beneath your feet. Literally.


This post involves the simple and occasionally entertaining exercise of connecting the dots. Children often do this. Adults tend to lose the knack. Sadly, many of them have lost their grasp on the concept of a "straight line"... others can not seem to look at more than two dots without getting dizzy. If you have an interest in your future, and in your childrens' futures, now is a particular time to get back into the knack.






  • There is a recent article about Thorium Power, Inc. (no relation to THORIUM ENERGY, INC.) and its entering into agreements to provide nuclear technology and various other consulting services to the United Arab Emirates. The UAE, as you might recall, became incredibly wealthy because of the oil industry, especially with OPEC's rise to power some years ago as a result of the Western World's dependence upon fossil fuels! Isn't that ironic? Why would oil barons invest so heavily in thorium energy? I suspect that it is because they have seen the future, and it is thorium. Click on the article http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080801/20080801005461.html?.v=1


  • There is another article (I usually read these while having a glass of warm milk right before bedtime - this practice has gotten me off of sleeping pills) about a temporarily stalled business transaction between British Energy (a large nuclear power provider owned by the British Government and a consortium of financial service companies such as Prudential and Invesco) and France's EDF, a power provider which owns the largest nuclear power plant in the world. While the differences between the parties are as yet unresolved (the British are "disappointed," while the French are "insulted"), the objective was and still is for the British to sell off a significant stake in BE in order to fund additional nuclear power plants. They are prepared to sell off some equity in order to raise funds for more of exactly what their own company does. Why? I suspect that it is because the British are tired of paying exhorbitant prices for petrol at the pumps, and want to take action. Connect the dots. As an American, I believe that the notion of "offshore drilling" is untenable, and I also believe that the American public will start to see this as a business ploy on the part of Big Oil to foster even further dependence, and to thicken their already bulging wallets. As a side note: WE HAVE THORIUM RIGHT HERE. WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASING INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR OUR PRODUCT. Read the article by clicking on http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/wl_uk_afp/britainenergynuclearcompanytakeover


  • In other news, the IAEA (the International Atomic Energy Agency) has approved a plan for inspection of India's nuclear power facilities by the United Nations. This brings India and the United States one step closer to breaking an almost thirty-year policy of prohibition of the sale of fissionable nuclear materials to India, which has not signed international non-proliferation treaties. India wants the "hot stuff" in order to initiate powering of of its thorium-based reactors. Connect the dots. Perhaps I'm a bit cynical, but I believe that the US is opening up a better line of communications with India in order to grab hold of India's rapidly-evolving thorium-based technology. If you'd like, read the article by clicking on http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/nuclear_india

The world is moving in the direction of pro-nuclear after too much abuse at the hands of the oil barons. And the nuclear community is clearly moving in the direction of Thorium.

--THORIUM ENERGY, INC.



p.s. Stay tuned for a post about Lanthanum, a Rare Earth Element of increasing value. Jack Lifton of RESOURCE INVESTOR has written an article worth discussing. Its implications are vast. Even better, its implications are wonderful for the value of THORIUM ENERGY's holdings. -DC

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