1. The Site Translator at the top right shows flags. Most of you understand English, so just ignore this. Some of you would rather read this site in your language. Just click on that flag and this blog, within a few seconds, is translated into your language.
2. The Visitors box provides a real time accounting of how many from which countries have visited this blog. You can click on that box to get the details. For example, doing this, you will see that 95 countries have thus far visited. On Saturday or Sunday, I add up the visitors, and for this week, I indicate:
3782-95-370
The numbers represent total number of visitors-number of countries-visitors this week.
There are 194 countries. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF EACH OF YOU COULD SEND THIS BLOG TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW FROM THE MOST OBSCURE NATION ON PLANET EARTH. At 95, I am not even halfway there yet. This is partly why I have been alphabetically reviewing these nations. My last entry was #16 Belarus on July 17.
3. Gasoline/gallon prices are provided for each state. Should you immediately wish to see the average for your state, just type in the abbreviation in the box on the bottom right. Double click instead to read the average for the USA.
4. My prediction of gasoline prices in 2012 I'll maintain for the sake of record. Actually, I now think that a steady $150/barrel price of oil will not be attained until the 2014 to 2019 period. While a complete conversion to sustainable fuels will not be possible in this interval, the length of the coming depression can be minimized if we seriously start today making some tough decisions. My July 21 blog describes what we must do in Hawaii. (While 99% of you already know this, a few don't. All you need to do to get to that July 21 blog site is to click on those words. You will notice that some words are colored differently or are underlined. Generally, you can click on them and jump to that site. To return, click on the return arrow at the top left of your computer screen.)
5. The graph shows the price of oil. We are now again approaching $70/barrel. Remember, crude oil peaked at $147/barrel a little more than a year ago, and generally remained below $40/barrel from December into March.
6. "Year to Date World Oil Consumption" is distracting, so I'll soon ditch it.
7. Some background on oil consumption/day.
8. Click on "Add Page Element" to link to other sites.
9. Click on "U.S. National Debt Clock" to see that each of you owes nearly $38,000.
10. Click on "Measuring Worth..." to get the real cost of money over time. For example, most of you probably don't recall that the second oil crisis in 1979 caused a similar economic downturn in those days, and that President Reagan, when he assumed the presidency in 1981, got a $750 billion stimulus package, about the same as President Obama. However, by going to this site and typing in just three numbers: 1981, $750 (just remember that this is in billions) and 2009, you find that that sum is today worth $1800 billion, or $1.8 trillion. Say you want to know what $1 in 1950 is worth today? The answer (1950/1/2009) is about $9.
11. Regarding the blog archive, just click on any title to be sent to that posting. The articles are in chronological order.
12. Finally, a few things about me.
13. Two more standard blog items:
a. You will note that a few paragraphs during the weekday are in red and of slightly larger print. These represent the economic news of the day. I also initiated a blog challenge in November and purchased Microsoft (smart grid), General Electric (created the modern day wind energy conversion device), Boeing (was once into the hydrogen jetliner), Lockheed Martin (because they succeeded in 1979 with OTEC and are today advancing this technology), U.S. ProShares Ultra Basic Materials (we need next generation materials) and Ford (which showed the most promise for green vehicles...I actually bought this in March when it was down to 1.9...yesterday it had jumped to 8.0). This was a humanitarian gesture to "reward" companies for going green. This is not smart strategy for making money. However, as of today, my stocks are plus 172%. The key to all this is to buy only when the market is at bottom, and luck out on a stock like Ford.
b. At the bottom of the daily blog is a report on hurricanes in lavender. Tropical Storm Lana is now at 50 MPH and continues to move west northwest, well south of Hawaii. Just don't suddenly turn north, please. You need to wait until Tuesday, though, to feel comfortable. Lana is, though, expected to weaken over the next couple days.
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