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April 21, 2017

written by reader Free newsletter? Just stop paying

I have always had six to eight subscriptions to newsletters. generally in the $50 to $80 range. I am particularly fond of the Agora publication set, but I have other subscriptions, too. Over past 12 months or so, I have decided to end my subscriptions to Jim Rickard’s Strategic Intelligence and True Alpha (formerly Capital […]

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On Microblog: Free newsletter? Just stop paying
Posted on April 22, 2017

Which is exactly why I only pay my subscriptions with a paper check![...]

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On Microblog: Free newsletter? Just stop paying
Posted on April 21, 2017

Rickards does seem to have gravitas, but he went out of his way to predict that, with the IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), that China's currency would leave the US in the dust. Well, it's been about 18 months and this prediction -- his major, earth-shatt[...]

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On What's the "'Unknown Giant' of Energy Storage?"
Posted on August 4, 2016

As I discussed on an earlier thread, any one who pays for anything but lead acid batteries is a fool with poor math talents. As long as space or weight is not an issue (which is truly the case for any storage not in a car) lead acid batteries reign supreme[...]

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On What's the "Salt Fuel" Pitched by JR Crooks?
Posted on March 29, 2016

Is discharge is an an issue, the NiCd works just fine (http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/whats_the_best_battery). According to my friend, there is nothing new in batteries, since the Periodic Table of the Elements is unchanged. Most "breakthroughs[...]

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On What's the "Salt Fuel" Pitched by JR Crooks?
Posted on March 29, 2016

What most people don't realize is that the only advantage that lithium has over conventional lead acid batteries is one of weight. As a friend of mine who owns a high tech battery firm says, if you have a floor, you don't need a lithium battery!So lith[...]

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On "Three Bakken Stocks Below $5 to Buy Right Now" Revealed (Well, two of 'em, at least)
Posted on September 10, 2015

I am glad that you admit that your Thinkolator is not always 100 per cent prescient, not that I would buy Kohl's newsletter to find out the names for sure.I subscribe to two natural resources/oil newsletters. Sure has been a bloodbath in the near past.[...]

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