The SHEEPLE do not own BS detectors and THEY VOTE !!!!
They outvote you and I.
Be scared.
Be very scared.

Remember, in the valley of the blind voters,
the one eyed man is ... in the minority.


Well Yergin can say anything he likes now, but when crude prices go up (next year??) it will be pretty clear to people where things are headed.
No it won't.

No it won't be clear to the sheeple.

And prices have nothing to do with the truth of the situation.

"Prices" are numbers negotiated by people.

Remember back in the year 2000 when sheeple negotiated high prices for dot.com stock (a.k.a. worthless pieces of paper). They each thought they were so smart. They each smelled the lure of "profit". Their self-absorbed greed drove them into a frenzied pursuit of the dot.com paper. After all, someone knew somebody who just became a gizzilionare with sockpuppet.dot.com stock. The sheeple are easy to fool. Just wave the lure of money, fame or being-better-than-the-Jones's before their herd-mentality eyeballs.

Even with Hurricane Rita (CAT 5) barelling down on Galveston/Houston, the sheeple do not understand what the "Invisible Waving Hand" has done to them. They still dream the American dream.

Yeah, they vote.  So what?  Let 'em vote all they want. As if  any election in any country were going to make a dime's worth of difference to the subject matter of TOD.  Politicians don't control events - about all they can manage to do these days is steal elections, which in case you haven't noticed, they do more clumsily now in the USA than they do in Latin America. (apologies to all of my Latino friends) Events have politicians running around like the Keystone Cops while trying to give the impression they have things under control.
There are these funny things called "money" and "taxes".
When a politician gets elected, our "money" gets funneled into control of the elected politician by the system of "taxes". The politician then decides whom next will receive the money they took away from you and me, and HOW it will be spent.

So if you were paying attention to MSM over the last few years, you probably got a sense that the "current administration" funnels great parts of the tax revenue flow to a company called "Halliburton". Look at this 2003 story for example:
http://www.bodydharma.org/choices/Bush/drutman.html

What MSM does not report, is that the "current administration" also directs the flow of money for R&D. There are things called "government grants". Take a look, for example, at this one:

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Amendment A001 to Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-PS26-05NT42115-02:

This announcement has been amended to correct the CFDA Code to 81.086 Conservation Research and Development.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS: As part of the Department's implementation of e-Government, we are requiring the submission of applications through Grants.gov. There are several one-time actions you must complete in order to submit an application through Grants.gov (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR), register with the credential provider and register with Grants.gov). You must complete all the one-time actions in "Get Started" at www.Grants.gov prior to submitting your initial application. Applicants who are not registered with CCR and Grants.gov should allow at least 14 days to complete these requirements. It is suggested that the process be started as soon as possible.

The DOE BTP is seeking applications for cost shared projects that will work to achieve the goal of increased penetration of energy efficient windows in today's marketplace. DOE's goal is to increase the penetration of energy efficient windows into the marketplace. The focus of activities in this area is a constant shift to more efficient products. Thus, DOE would like to see a greater number of manufacturers labeling their products in accordance with the National Fenestration Rating Council. DOE would like to see more companies offering and selling greater shares of ENERGY STAR compliant models. Lastly, DOE would like to see the most advanced products that are currently available begin to grow in market share. These advanced products could qualify for rebate offers from utility programs, if such programs existed. Part of the effort in this area is to work with market transformation organizations to create such programs, especially as new products become available.
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This onee was found at
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/E8358DBF74E5FA6E8525701C004BA9EB?OpenDocument

This is part of DOE's Building Efficiency program. Only certain friends of the administration are entitled to play (to receive the "money" that came from "taxing" you and I). To be eligible, you must be rich because this is a cost sharing "opportunity" for a grant. You must be a member of the existing glass manufacturing elite. It is the administration choosing who the winners and losers will be in the rigged energy business. Don't let them fool you with their "free market" BS. The only thing that is free is your money as it flows to their friends.