Alas, miracles are for suckers. The SEC's likely position will be that the spot silver market is so small and illiquid that an ETF will have a disruptive influence.
The bomb attacks on Saudi oil facilities and speeches by U.S. senators have only highlighted the fragile nature of world dependency on Saudi Arabian oil.
The South African Revenue Services reports that more than $32 million was paid into Brett Kebble's personal bank account by companies that benefited from the unauthorised sale of Randgold Resources shares.
Zhang Guobao, the vice director of the National Reform and Development Commission of China, openly chastises Russia for being unwilling to cooperate fully with China in the energy sector.
Silver hits its highest level in 22 years! Jason Hommel, Editor of Silver Stock Report, offers some insight on the strike in Mexico and just how illiquid the silver market really is.
by Staff, Energy Bulletin. Simmons:
What a difference 20 years make in crude oil prices ("What peak oil really means") /
Natural gas demand destruction /
December the peak? /
ASPO-USA response to ExxonMobil peak oil advertising /
Dr. Robert L. Hirsch joins ASPO-USA advisory board /
Everybody's an expert: putting predictions to the...
by Staff, Energy Bulletin. Japan: The slow life - Tune in, drop out, grow rice /
18 months in a retro-Amish-Mennonite community (Eric Brende interview) /
Oops, we helped ruin the planet:
Guide owners join to discourage 'casual flying' /
All the organic broccoli in the world won't be enough to save...
by Michael C. Ruppert, From the Wilderness. Immediate action required to save model for post-peak sustainability in cities. "The relevant question is not whether this urban farm should be preserved... The question is, rather, how can we best help multiply urban farms like this one throughout...
by Staff, Berea College public relations. Seven Kentucky colleges and universities, along with 13 state and community organizations, have organized a conference that speaks to the severe and imminent threats to sustainability that face our nation.
by Reps. Roscoe Bartlett and Tom Udall, Energy Bulletin. We want to alert you to a 3,000 word article, The End of Oil, by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Robert B. Semple, Jr. of the New Times Editorial
Board.
by Staff, Energy Bulletin. Why peak oil is probably about now /
Exxon ad is skeptical: "Peak oil?" /
The Oil Drum meets Philly regional planning /
OilCrash: a 90-minute PO documentary from Switzerland /
Challenger for Maine governer runs on energy platform /
PowerSwitch: Game over for fossil fuel addiction /
Preparing NYC for...