Tag Archives: bubble
Shale Gas: The Next Bubble to Burst?
The “shale revolution” has been grabbing a great deal of headlines for some time now. A favourite topic of investors, sector commentators and analysts – many of whom claim we are about to enter a new energy era with cheap and abundant shale gas leading the charge. But on closer examination the incredible claims and [...]
Solar: A Great Hedge Against Hyper-Inflation
Many economists think that a financial Armageddon is on the horizon in the United States and Europe. While don’t necessarily agree that a meltdown would result in an end-days scenario, doomsday prepper-style, there is certainly an argument to be made for inevitable inflation if out of control deficit spending by governments continues. How can solar [...]
Shale Gas and Oil: Bubble Building?
In recent years, we’ve seen what happens when gigantic speculative “bubbles” build up, whether in the high tech sector or in the housing market. Eventually, the bubble bursts, and a lot of people get hurt in the process. Now, an article in Bloomberg is raising the possibility of a similar phenomenon occurring with oil and [...]
The Green Jobs Bubble
There’s going to be a Green Jobs backlash. There…I said it. Themanufacturing plant that closed up the road can’t be re-tooled over thecourse of eighteen months to magically employ the same number of peopledoing mythical ‘green’ things. Promising this to a community or aperson that has been laid off is a recipe for disappointment andresentment [...]
Is Cleantech The Next Bubble?
Judging by the reaction to recent IPO A123 Systems (AONE) [Sep 24: A123 Systems - Hype or Hope?] there certainly can be a case made that ‘cleantech’ has a chance to be one of the bubbles the Federal Reservecreates next. I am not so sure in terms of job creation (solar is nowdominated by China, [...]
Green Bubble?
A bubbleis defined as "the phenomenon of rising share prices amid a mood ofgeneral euphoria, leading to a ‘bursting’ and a reversal of the pricesand the mood." According to the Conservative publication The New Republic, the Green bubble has already burst. In an article subtitled "why environmentalism keeps imploding"they appear to blame educated liberals, Fortune [...]