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I get that it's easy to read headlines and get jaded. There are some things we know as facts though. For example, we know that CO2 levels before the industrial revolution where 280 ppm, they are now 409 ppm. We know that an increase of that level in that short of a time period is an...

You posted a link to a file on your own computer. Seriously, you're hopeless!

Not trying to pick a fight but curious why you're so strongly anti-environment when everything else you say seems very moderate, reasoned, and we'll thought out?

No, you didn't. You grabbed some random numbers you can't even provide a link to which you don't even begin to comprehend and dumped them out to "prove"...well we can't even tell what you're trying to prove from what you are spewing. Apparently "renewable energy bad because Fox opinion host said...

So you went with the vast left wing tech company conspiracy with no proof thing. Like I warned you, conversation over when the irrational conspiracy theories get trotted out. Can't engage in a logical conversation with someone who rejects evidence based reality. And no, a bunch of tech companies...

I'm sure you know that The Bee is a satire site (actually bizarrely it's specifically a "Christian News Satire" site) like The Onion only not actually funny. But I'm sure there are plenty of others who don't so I'll point that out here in case they think that's actually real. Other recent...

Yeah, I think you have that about right. That's why the spot prices diverge for the futures price over time and the futures price isn't actually a prediction of where spot will be at that point in time in the future. Now go take an grad level MOOC on forex, you'll really enjoy it!

The problem here is that you don't have an account on Twitter and yet you are certain in your knowledge of what's on Twitter. You're not an American, and yet you're certain in your knowledge of how the U.S. First Amendment is applied and what U.S. monopoly laws are and what their basis is. And...

I'm looking at the ERCOT numbers, and I understand what an ISO is and how it works as well as what capacity factors are and how they work. Which numbers, exactly, are you looking at to come to the conclusions you've reached (links to the actual data please)? I run a business that does this for...

I asked for your sources and you just continue to fabricate numbers. It doesn't hurt anyone's feelings when you don't grasp the fact that you can't just make stuff up and expect to be taken seriously, it just makes you look foolish. So again, provide a link to your data or you've got nothing...

On item 1, it's unlikely the borrowing or lending would impact national interest rates. Much more likely that entering into the futures contracts required to make the whole no arb situation work impacts the price of that futures contract toward the no arb price. For item 2, my hypothetical...

The word monopoly has a meaning. You don't get to come up with your own. Amazon doesn't have a monopoly on web hosting. Not even close! There are 4 large web hosting companies, hundreds of smaller ones, and it takes very little expertise to set up your own server. You literally have hundreds of...

The Swiss Franc isn't the easiest example to step through because it's under negative interest rates, so let me use a fictional example with round numbers so it will be more intuitive. Let's say there is a currency called the Franconian Franc (FFF) that currently has a national interest rate of...

So first off utilities are regulated monopolies, so what they can and can't do is determined by their state regulator, not the company. Horrible example there. But, can a store refuse service to someone? Absolutely, as long as they're not legally prohibited form doing so. Ever seen "no shoes...

If that's the case we would see a whole lot bigger indicators in the market than IB showing unreasonable VIX margins!

Actually demand increased and supply decreased, again just facts. The whole state was out of power. The shortfall was significantly greater than the total generated by wind. Since demand increased then wind, since it's a non-dispatched resource that always produced 100% of what it's capable of...

Please, enlighten us with your vast knowledge of ISOs and power dispatch on exactly how this is possible? To abstract this to a level you can understand, let me ask you this; how far down does this magical ability of wind to cause outages go? If something generates 15% of the power on a grid...

That's simply categorically false. Wind outages were responsible for 13% of the outages according to ERCOT, you know the ISO that runs the Texas power grid (https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/02/16/wind-power-isnt-to-blame-for-texas-electricity-crisis/?sh=516b71f221b3). What is your...

One can't help but notice that you failed to answer every question I asked and instead attempted to engage in some blatant whataboutism instead. I'm happy to engage you in a conversation if you actually address each of the points I make first, rather than ignoring them. That's how grown-ups...

I run a business in the electricity generation business, so you could say I know a little something about how the grid works, but I have to wonder about you. What are your thoughts on ERCOT versus the other ISOs and ERCOTs use of a capacity reserve margin rather than a capacity market? You are...