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alex muller

“I was wondering what you guys thought of this article: http://thenewsroom.com/details/329894/Business?c_id=adm
It almost makes me want to run out and buy stock in some of the oil companies out there so I can try to turn a buck on the ever-rising gas prices. But is that the real issue here? Should we be concentrating on making money or saving the environment? In the long run, probably saving the Earth, but is it bad to focus on your wallet in the short run?

brian

Who says the two have to be mutually exclusive? I would not invest in oil or tobacco, for instance. But the company that makes the super thin solar panels would get my money.

By the way, as a cyclist, I find it amusing that my largest holding is Amgen, makers of Epogen.

Fritz

Over the past 20 years, the oil companies LOST money in 17 of those years. This, along with the current changing regulatory climate and big pushes towards “green” fuels makes them very very reluctant to spend big money on capital expenses and exploration.

Nevertheless, Big Oil is spending a tremendous amount of money on exploration right now. Inside the United States, for example, real dollar exploration costs in the last two years exceed what was spent on exploration WORLDWIDE from the 50s and 60s. We’ve burned all the easy stuff, so we’ve hit diminishing returns by going after the hard stuff. If you take a look around at oil producing regions, you’ll see rigs punching holes in the ground all over the place. In my old neighborhood in Colorado, for example, oil companies are erecting drilling rigs in city parks and school playgrounds.

For much more, see commentary on Deutsche Bank analyst Paul Sankey’s statements over at the Oil Drum.

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