Does anyone have any suggestions on how to short "global warming"

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  1. Shaddam IV

    Shaddam IV Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I'm serious.
     
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    willrocks Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    You could try terrorism.

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATTknP8t7JU[/youtube]
     
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    Does anyone have any suggestions on how to short massive stupidity?
     
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    raven Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Ah...... beautifull, that's an easy one !

    Plant a tree, grow your own food, and go to bed early !

    :)
     
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    willrocks Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Betting against stupidity is stupid in this day and age.
     
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    SpacePete Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Actually you are correct:

    Albert Einstein 'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.'

    :lol:
     
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    Ebola!
     
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    Buy coal stocks.
     
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    Assuming a long time frame, short soft commodities like grains and stocks in water utilities.
     
  10. Caput Lupinum

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    short renewable energy stocks
     
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    But only in Australia.
     
  12. Shaddam IV

    Shaddam IV Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Thank you to the intelligent posters for the useful responses to a stocks/derivatives question and apologies for the rantings from the peanut gallery hive mind.
     
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    Caput Lupinum Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Normally I'm right up there with the peanut gallery responses. Perhaps I've turned a corner :)
     
  14. Shaddam IV

    Shaddam IV Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I am all for renewable energy, it is the only sane response to the oil based industrial age that is drawing to a close. I think that it's a great stock to purchase if it is not some weird government funded project from some hastily constructed "green scheme" program such as the debacle in Australia which leaves rusting hulks of collapsed wave energy machines rusting in navigation channels. What I am looking for is a way to short the collapsing fake derivatives market set up by Al Gore and his partner General Electric along with the big merchant banks. It's clear that this system is rightfully approaching the end of it's run.
     
  15. Shaddam IV

    Shaddam IV Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I'm not sure that coal is something that I want to invest in, I want to see fossil fuels preserved and replaced with REAL renewable energy. Basically I want to short the collapsing scam projects such as "Cap and Trade".
     
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    There's probably a way you can place "Put" options on the European Climate Exchange (ECX) which trade carbon financial tools on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market. I don't really know enough about it though.
     

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