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Michael Lynch (linked uptop):
Then you realize--too late--that the bat had rabies.
The other "expert", Severin Borenstein, director of the UC Berkeley Energy Institute, on high prices: "I can't tell you what it is. The other explanation about increasing concerns about demand growing may be right, but it doesn't explain why the prices suddenly went up four and a half dollars today," Borenstein said.
"It's hard to know what the real reason is," he said.
Moron.
or maybe it never had rabies. or maybe it wasn't even a bat at all? maybe it was a cute fuzzy bunny and always had been.
just like the Monty Python (In search of the Holy Grail) killer rabbit?
One rabbit stew coming right up!
Jeezzzz!
Vorpal Bunny!
Classic! And appropiate, AD!
A fellow Monty Python/D&Der? Ahh, I thought I was alone here in my geekness :).
Cheers to all. Things seem to be rather grim lately. I've added a few articles to this mix which, if you read, I hope you enjoy.
Peak Oil and the Truth About Why Oil Prices Are so High
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/613631/peak_oil_and_the_truth_a...
Can Biofuels Make Up the Difference for Struggling World Oil Production?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/594757/can_biofuels_make_up_the...
Possible Results of Venezuelan Oil Embargo to the United States
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/596945/possible_results_of_vene...
As Oil Majors Chime In, the Reality of Peak Oil Lurches Closer
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/575837/as_oil_majors_chime_in_t...
Oh dear, now i am seeing a few FOX headlines...
"$150 oil; Just a Flesh Wound."
Another FOX headline:
"Bank Runs/$150 oil: What a lovely set of coconuts."
That's a lot of maybe's, Antidoomer.
If you're willing to stick to the point of the metaphor, however, if you're seeing bats where you used to see mice, you don't have to be afraid, but you should be aware that something is changing, and you ought to know what it is and prepare yourself.
Bats are not, in fact, mice with wings. They're bats.. they're only cousins to mice now.
Tell those folks in Nepal that Energy Insecurity is a cute fuzzy bunny. Not scary, not evil. Fuzzy and Sweet. Right to their faces.. put it on You Tube.. I want to see.
Bob
A mouse that flies? And this guy works for a bank?
Thats why!
Lynch sounds more like the Wizard of Oz ("Pay no attention to that refinery explosion in the corner") every day. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports,
Excellent grab. I'm running with it.
It's like finding a mouse with wings inside the bat's mouth. no, wait,
it's like finding that the mouse that the bat caught was blind.
And that the mouse's two other siblings couldn't see.
So we surmised that this third mouse was blind as well.
Bats are mammals so they produces milk, with the right culture you could make bat cheese out of it.
Maybe we could build miniature bat milking machines. Ok, maybe I'm milking this bat thing a bit here.
Then again it gives the expression, "batshit insane" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?
Oh, wait a minute, Bat Shit is guano, that's fertilizer...a lot like finely refined yak dung, which shouldn't be confused with pure bullshit. Of course bulls can't be milked which is why we are headed for a bear market.
Maybe this is an unexpected doorway into Yergin's psyche, an unconscious reference to "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss?
"Alfred:
Should you lose some illusions,
Which once delighted your heart,
Wine will soon give you consolation
By forgetting!
Happy is the person who forgets,
What can't be altered anyway.
Ting-a-ling, sing, sing, sing,
Drink with me, sing with me,...."
It might be good background music to have on whilst contempting,,erh, contemplating any odd Yergin message.